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John H. Hooks, Jr Memorial Airport M79
Rayville, Louisiana, USA
FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 30 AUGUST 2007
Location
FAA Identifier: M79
Lat/Long: 32-29-07.0570N / 091-46-13.1340W 32-29.117617N / 091-46.218900W 32.4852936 / -91.7703150 (estimated)
Elevation: 83 ft. / 25.3 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02E (2000)
From city: “1 mile NW of RAYVILLE, LA”
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 71269
Airport Operations
Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: Sep-50
Sectional chart: MEMPHIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: FORT WORTH CENTER
FSS: DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [337-460-2500]
NOTAMs facility: DRI (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DAYLIGHT HOURS
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN MIRL RY 18/36 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RYS 18 & 36 - C
TAF Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8 WX ASOS at MLU (14 nm W): PHONE 318-361-0684 APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY FORT WORTH A RTCC ON FREQA 126.325/346.25 (MONROE RCAG) WHEN MONROE APCH CTL CLSD.
| VOR radial / distance | VOR name | Freq | Var |
| MLUr095/13.6 | MONROE VORTAC | 117.2 | 03E |
| NDB Name | Hdg / Dist | Freq | Var | ID |
| HOLLY RIDGE | 359/4.7 | 338 | 02E | MRK -- .-. -.- |
| BASTROP | 158/17.2 | 329 | 03E | BQP -... --.- .--. |
| LAKE PROVIDENCE | 232/35.9 | 278 | 03E | BLE -... .-.. . |
Airport Services
Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: 4000 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m
Surface: “asphalt, in good condition”
Weight bearing capacity: Single wheel: 12000 lbs
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: DSPLCD THLD MARKINGS NSTD - YELLOW.
RUNWAY 18
Latitude: 32-29.449500N 32-28.790498N
Longitude: 091-46.328633W 091-46.354235W
Elevation: 82.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1
Traffic pattern: left
Runway heading: “180 magnetic, 182 true”
Displaced threshold: no THLD DSPLCD 1200 FT INDEFLY.
Markings: “nonprecision, in good condition”
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes
Obstructions: “60 ft. trees, 909 ft. from runway, 331 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear”
Runway 9/27
Dimensions: 2200 x 100 ft. / 671 x 30 m
Surface: “turf, in fair condition”
RUNWAY 9
Latitude: 32-29.136233N
Longitude: 091-46.336200W
Elevation: 79.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1
Traffic pattern: left
Runway heading: “090 magnetic, 092 true”
Obstructions: “60 ft. tree, 365 ft. from runway, 110 ft. left of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear”
RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 32-28.790498N
Longitude: 091-46.354235W
Elevation: 81.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1
Traffic pattern: left
Runway heading: “000 magnetic, 002 true”
Displacement threshold: 291 ft.
Markings: nonprecision in good condition 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path) APCH SLOPE 16:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 32-29.124467N
Longitude: 091-45.908350W
Elevation: 82.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1
Traffic pattern: left
Runway heading: “270 magnetic, 272 true”
Obstructions: “30 ft. pline, marked 100 ft. from runway, 3:1 slope to clear
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF RAYVILLE PO BOX 878 “RAYVILLE, LA 71269” Phone 318-728-2011
Manager: ROBERT ADAMS 127 ASHEY AVE “RAYVILLE, LA 71269” Phone 318-728-2108
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: 16
Aircraft operations: avg 49/day *
Single engine airplanes: 16
67% local general aviation
33% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 20 April 2006
Additional Remarks
ROAD 367 FT & RR TRACK 467 FT FM APCH END RY 36. RY 18/36 40-60 FT TREES WEST SIDE OF RY PENETRATE TRANSITION SLOPE. “NORTH APRON HAS LONGITUDINAL AND TRAVERSE CRACKING WITH GRASS IN CRACKS, GRASS ENCROACHMENT & TURF BUILD UP.”
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