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AVERY COUNTY/MORRISON FLD AIRPORT

SPRUCE PINE, NC, USA
Airport Info
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Location
Latitude / Longitude: 35°56'43"N / 81°59'46"W
  35°56.7217'N / 81°59.7733'W
  35.9454 / -81.9962
Elevation: 2745.2 ft. (surveyed)
Variation: 06W (2005)
From city: 04 miles NE of SPRUCE PINE, NC

Operations
Facility use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
Boundary ARTCC: ATLANTA
Responsible ARTCC: ATLANTA
FSS: RALEIGH [1-800-WX-BRIEF]
NOTAMs facility: RDU (NOTAM-D service available)
Segmented circle: no
Landing fee: no

Communications
UNICOM: 123.000
CTAF: 123.000

Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq Var
HMV 168oT/30.2 HOLSTON MOUNTAIN VORTAC 114.60 04W
SUG 22oT/35.0 SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN VORTAC 112.20 02W
BZM 277oT/37.0 BARRETTS MOUNTAIN VOR/DME 110.80 06W
 
NDB name Hdg/Dist Freq Var ID
HEMLOCK 204oT/13.7 320 02W BAR
FIDDLERS 312oT/21.2 391 07W FIQ
ELIZABETHTON 149oT/25.9 275 02W EZT
MOUNTAIN CITY 196oT/29.5 396 04W JJO
TAWBA 286oT/34.9 332 06W HK
RUTHERFORD 357oT/35.9 344 05W RFE
BOOIE 138oT/36.4 221 04W BO

Services
Fuel available: 100LLA1+
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35
Dimensions: 3001 x 60 ft.
Surface: ASPHALT OR BITUMINOUS CONCRETE,EXCELLENT CONDITION,NO SPECIAL SURFACE TREATMENT
 
Runway
Runway R
Latitude: SC G35-56-57.1 SC G35-56-29.3
Longitude: 1885N081-59-52. 3660N081-59-40.
Elevation: 7719W 2 ft. 1066W 2 ft.
Runway true heading: 1 3
Declared distances: TORA:/2014 TORA:/2014
Visual slope indicator: (.2 degrees glide path) (.6 degrees glide path)
Instrument approach: 7 160 5 340
 

Helipad H1
Dimensions: 40 x 40 ft.
Surface: PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE,GOOD CONDITION,NO SPECIAL SURFACE TREATMENT
 
Runway PER
Runway R
Latitude: SC G35-56-53.4
Longitude: 4000N081-59-48.
Elevation: 6000W 2 ft. ft.
Runway true heading: I H
Visual slope indicator: (.0 degrees glide path)
Instrument approach: 1
 

Additional Remarks
  • VFR OPS ONLY.
  • HIGH TRRN ALL QUADS, DALGT VFR OPS ONLY, RWY 35 UPHILL GRADE, RWY 17 RGT TFC PREF FOR TKOF.
  • MIL OPS ON AND INVOF ARPT.
  • WILDLIFE ON AND INVOF ARPT.
  • GRAVEL MINING OPS WEST OF AND ADJ TO RWY WITH DIRT BANK RANGING 26-48 FT HIGH LCTD 300-500 FT FROM RWY CNTRLN.
  • RWY 35 HAS 220+ FT TREES AND MTUS TRRN 2200FT FM THLD OFFSET 400 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN.
  • FOR CD CTC ATLANTA ARTCC AT 770-210-7692.
  • ONGOING CONST ACT WITH MEN AND EQUIP ON AND INVOF RWY 17/35.
  • GRASS LDG AREA FOR JAARS TRNG ONLY; SIMUL LDGS ON GRASS AND ON RWY PROHIBITED.
  • RWY 35 MTUS TRRN 6000 FT FM RWY END AND 650 FT ABV RWY ELEV ON CNTRLN.
  • RWY 35 HAS 60 FT DROP-OFF 250 FT FROM THR AND 50 RIGHT OF CNTRLN. RWY 17 HAS 40 FT DROP-OFF 300 FT FROM THR.

Instrument Procedures
No published instrument procedures available
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