Pell City-St. Clair County Airport (PLR/KPLR)

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Location
FAA Identifier: PLR
Lat/Long: 33-33-31.8000N / 086-14-56.6000W
33-33.530000N / 086-14.943333W
33.5588333 / -86.2490556
(estimated)
Elevation: 485 ft. / 147.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (2005)
From city: 3 miles SE of PELL CITY, AL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 35128

Airport Operations
Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1900, ALL SAT-SUN 0730-1900
Pattern altitude: 1285 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 02/20 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: 123.05
BIRMINGHAM APPROACH: 123.8 [0600-2300]
BIRMINGHAM DEPARTURE: 123.8 [0600-2300]
WX ASOS at ANB (20 nm E): 119.675 (256-835-3931)

Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq Var
TDGr263/10.4 TALLADEGA VOR/DME 108.80 02E
GADr196/26.4 GADSDEN VOR/DME 112.30 02E
VUZr100/33.2 VULCAN VORTAC 114.40 02E


NDB name Hdg/Dist Freq Var ID
PELL CITY at field 257 01E PLR .--. .-.. .-.
SYLACAUGA 012/23.3 284 03W SCD ... -.-. -..

Airport Services
Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information
Runway 2/20
Dimensions: 5001 x 80 ft. / 1524 x 24 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: Single wheel: 30000 lbs

Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 2 RUNWAY 20
Latitude: 33-33.147892N 33-33.911823N
Longitude: 086-15.127498W 086-14.756732W
Elevation: 483.2 ft. 482.4 ft.
Gradient: 0.1 0.1
Traffic pattern: left left
Runway heading: 025 magnetic, 022 true 205 magnetic, 202 true
Displaced threshold: 39 ft. no
Markings: basic, in good condition basic, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lights yes, no lights
Obstructions: 37 ft. tree, 400 ft. from runway, 86 ft. right of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear
RY 02 APCH RATIO 11:1 TO DSPLCD THR. 12 ft. road, 200 ft. from runway, 235 ft. left of centerline
+12 ROAD 100' FM RY END 230'L.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ST CLAIR CO ARPT AUTH
PO BOX 36
CROPWELL, AL 35054
Phone 205-338-9456
CONTACT PERSON: MIKE FRICKER; CHAIRMAN ST. CLAIR COUNTY ARPT AUTHORITY.
Manager: BILL WALKER
240 AIRPORT ROAD
PELL CITY, AL 35128
Phone 205-338-9456

Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: 83
Single engine airplanes: 72
Multi engine airplanes: 8
Jet airplanes: 1
Gliders airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 1
Aircraft operations: avg 95/day *
80% transient general aviation
17% local general aviation
3% military
* for 12-month period ending 07 June 2000


Additional Remarks
- S 1000 FT PARALLEL TY UNLGTD INDEFLY.
E117 ARMY RES REPAIR STN, AMOS.

Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.
NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 15 March 2007 at 0901Z and 12 April 2007 at 0900Z.


IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR OR GPS-A download (197KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 02 download (192KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 20 download (194KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply download (33KB)

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