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ALERT FLD AIRPORT

BIG SANDY, TX, USA
Airport Info
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Location
Latitude / Longitude: 32°35'6"N / 95°3'50"W
  32°35.1118'N / 95°3.8349'W
  32.5852 / -95.0639
Elevation: 390.0 ft. (surveyed)
Variation: 04E (1965)
From city: 02 miles E of BIG SANDY, TX

Operations
Facility use: Private
Sectional chart: DALLAS-FT WORTH
Control tower: no
Boundary ARTCC: FORT WORTH
Responsible ARTCC: FORT WORTH
FSS: FORT WORTH [1-800-WX-BRIEF]
Segmented circle: no
Lights: SEE RMK
Landing fee: no

Communications
UNICOM: 122.800

Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq Var
GGG 303oT/18.7 GREGG COUNTY VORTAC 112.30 07E
TYR 51oT/22.0 TYLER VOR/DME 114.20 06E
UIM 139oT/23.4 QUITMAN VOR/DME 114.00 08E
FZT 38oT/38.7 FRANKSTON VOR/DME 111.40 06E
 
NDB name Hdg/Dist Freq Var ID
AMBASSADOR 90oT/2.5 404 07E ABG
TYLER 64oT/22.9 320 06E TY
HENDERSON 337oT/26.0 371 06E HNO
LONE STAR 218oT/26.2 305 05E LST

Services
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 08/26
Dimensions: 5093 x 45 ft.
Surface: ASPHALT OR BITUMINOUS CONCRETE,GOOD CONDITION,NO SPECIAL SURFACE TREATMENT
Edge lights: NON-STANDARD LIGHTING SYSTEM
 
Runway 08
Runway 26
Latitude: 32-35-07.0940N 32-35-06.3040N
Longitude: 095-04-19.8870W 095-03-20.3680W
Elevation: 359.0 ft. 349.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: left left
Runway true heading: 091 271
Markings: basic, in good condition basic, in good condition
 

Operational Statistics
Annual operations: 2000
Local: 1200
Itinerant: 800

Additional Remarks
  • THIS AIRPORT HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY.
  • CAUTION: ROAD INTERSECTS CNTR OF RWY 2507 FT FM THR OF RWY 8. RWY GATES MUST BE LOWERED FOR LNDG. TO ACTVT GATES: 7 CLICKS DOWN (2 MIN TIMER), AND 9 CLICKS UP.
  • FOR CD CTC FORT WORTH ARTCC - 817-858-7584
  • FOR PMSN TO LND, CTC DIR OF OPNS AT 903-636-2012.
  • RWY CRESTS AT MID AND SLOPES DOWNWARD TWD EACH END. ACFT LNDG RWY 26 MAY WANT TO TOUCHDOWN PAST HNGR TWY TO AVOID UPSLOPE.

Instrument Procedures
No published instrument procedures available
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