Pilot Information

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Airport Coordinates

Latitude: 36º 43'56"N
Longitude: 119º 49'11"W

Airport Pilot Information

Identifier: FCH

Hours Attended:

8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (24-hour restrooms available at closed control tower).

Fees:

A mail-in self addressed envelope will be placed on your aircraft. For 4 to 24 hours the fee is $2.88 for aircraft weighing 0-7,500 lbs; $3.60 for 7,501 to 12,500 lbs; and an additional .36 cents for each 1,000 lbs over 12,500.

Type of Landing Facility:

Public Owned, Public-Use Airport

Distance & Direction from Reference City:

1 1/2 statute miles West of downtown.

Traffic Pattern Altitude:

1,100' MSL (800' AGL)

Traffic Pattern Direction:

Left Traffic Runway 30
Right Traffic Runway 12 
Airport Special Operations: Helicopter training (mid-field racetrack pattern on and north of closed Runway).

Airport Hours of Operation:

24 hours daily.

Rotating Beacon Hours of Operation:

Dusk to dawn.

Pilot Controlled Airport Lighting (123.0 MHz):

• 3 mic clicks: Runway 12-30/ Runway/Reil Lights at Low
• 5 mic clicks: Runway 12-30/ Runway/Reil Lights at Medium
• 7 mic clicks: Runway 12-30/ Runway/Reil Lights at High and REILs On.

Field Elevation:

278' MSL

Magnetic Variation:

14° 6’ E (5/2005)

VORTAC/DME Waypoint:

CZQ ("Clovis") 167/9.1 (Radial/DME)

Aeronautical Charts:

San Francisco Sectional, and NOS L-2 and Jeppesen US (LO) 3 Enroute Low Altitude charts.

Published Instrument Approaches:

• GPS RWY 30 (Straight-In Approach)
• VOR DME-C (GPS Overlay)
• NDB-B

NOTE: Contact Fresno Approach Control at least 20nm out for clearance and terminal radar service within the Class C airspace.

Radio Frequencies:

Telephone Numbers:

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City of Fresno Department of Transportation - Airports
4995 E. Clinton Way, Fresno, California, 93727
(559) 621-4500 Fax: (559) 251-4825