{"id":33,"date":"2024-05-27T17:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T22:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org.staging3.juiceboxint.com\/decatur-airport\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:09:25","slug":"pilots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Decatur Airport<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identifier:<\/td>DEC<\/td><\/tr>
Location:<\/td>4 miles east of central Decatur<\/td><\/tr>
Latitude:<\/td>39 (deg) 50 (min) 08 (sec)<\/td><\/tr>
Longitude:<\/td>88 (deg) 51 (min) 98 (sec)<\/td><\/tr>
Elevation:<\/td>682\u2019 MSL<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Runways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Runway 6-24<\/td>8,500\u2019 X 150\u2019<\/td>grooved asphalt & concrete, HIRL<\/td><\/tr>
Runway 12-30<\/td>6,800\u2019 X 150\u2019<\/td>grooved (partial) asphalt & concrete, MIRL<\/td><\/tr>
Runway 18-36<\/td>5,300\u2019 X 150\u2019<\/td>grooved asphalt, MIRL<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Navigational Aids<\/strong><\/td><\/td>Communication<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Runway 6<\/td>ILS, GPS, MALSR<\/td><\/td>Tower (Local Control)<\/td>118.9<\/td><\/tr>
Runway 24<\/td>LOC-BC, VASI, REIL<\/td><\/td>Ground Control<\/td>121.75<\/td><\/tr>
Runway 12<\/td>REIL<\/td><\/td>Approach Control<\/td>132.85<\/td><\/tr>
Runway 30<\/td>GPS<\/td><\/td>Departure Control<\/td>132.85<\/td><\/tr>
Runway 18<\/td>VOR, PAPI<\/td><\/td>ATIS<\/td>126.35<\/td><\/tr>
Runway 36<\/td>NDB, VOR, VASI<\/td><\/td>Unicom<\/td>122.95<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td><\/td>CTAF<\/td>118.9<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Control Tower (Level I) \u2013 6:00 a.m. \u2013 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airport Surface Observation System (ASOS) \u2013 217 \u2013 429-0052<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilot-Controlled Lighting: When tower is closed, HIRL runway 6-24 preset low intensity; to increase intensity and activate MIRL runway 12-30 and runway 18-36 and REILS; taxiway lights and MALSR runway 6, use CTAF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours of Operation: 24 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuel: 100LL and Jet A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certified FAR Part 139<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24-hour Fire Protection (ARFF Index A; can provide Index B or C upon request)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAUTION<\/strong>
The purpose of this page is to provide general information for VFR flying that may be useful to a pilot in planning a flight or in communicating with the Decatur Airport. It is not intended to be relied upon as a completely accurate depiction of existing airport conditions. The user is cautioned against using this document as a sole source for obtaining airport information. Please obtain the latest information from all available sources prior to flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

www.flightaware.comDecatur Airport Identifier: DEC Location: 4 miles east of central Decatur Latitude: 39 (deg) 50 (min) 08 (sec) Longitude: 88 (deg) 51 (min) 98 (sec) Elevation: 682\u2019 MSL Runways Runway 6-24 8,500\u2019 X 150\u2019 grooved asphalt & concrete, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":{"banner_style":"is-style-1","alt_title":"","desc":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/decatur-airport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}