Airport Information

3B3 - STERLING

STERLING, MA

METAR reported by FIT
Located 7.8nm at 011°

Current METAR

Reported by KFIT, 09/08 13:52 UTC

VFR

- No Clouds Below 12000'

- Visibility 10 Miles

- Precipitation unknown

- Winds 240° at 7 Knots

- Temperature unknown

- Dewpoint unknown

- 29.74 inches mercury

Raw: 2010/09/08 13:52 KFIT 081352Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2974 RMK AO2 SLP070 T02440194

Location

Latitude/Longitude:	42° 25' 33.30" N / 71° 47' 34.30" W 42° 25.5550' N / 71° 47.5717' W 42.425917 / -71.792861
Elevation:	459
Magnetic Variation:	15W
Sectional:	NEW YORK
Distance/Direction From City:	2 nautical miles SW of STERLING, MA

Operations

Open to the Public:	Yes
Control Tower:	No
Attendance Schedule:	ALL YEAR, THU-SUN, 0800-1800
Lighting Schedule:	RDO-CTL
Segmented Circle:	No
Landing Fee:	No
Unicom Frequency:
CTAF Frequency:	122.900

General Info

Airport Type:	Airport
Ownership Type:	Private
Owner:	MONADNOCK REALTY CORP
Owner Address:	LAFAYETTE RD RYE, NH 03870 508-756-4605
Manager:	THOMAS DUFFY
Manager Address:	121 GREENLAND RD STERLING, MA 01565 508-422-8860
Number of Based Aircraft:	75
Number of Annual Operations:	49260

Services

Available Fuel:	100LL
Airframe Repair:	MINOR
Powerplant Repair:	MINOR
Bottled Oxygen Availability:	None
Bulk Oxygen Availability:	None

Runways

Runway 16/34
3086 x 40 feet
Asphalt , in Good condition
Edge Lighting: Non-standard lighting

	16	34
True Alignment
Traffic Pattern	Left	Left
Threshold lat/lon	unknown	42° 25' 25.40" N / 71° 47' 25.25" W
Threshold Crossing Height	0	0
Touchdown Elevation	0	0
ILS	None	None
Visual Glide Slope	none	none
Controlling Object	Trees: 33 ft high, 400 ft from runway end, 40 ft to the left (on approach). - Clearance slope is 6:1. - Object is not marked or lighted.	Tree: 75 ft high, 600 ft from runway end, 53 ft to the right (on approach). - Clearance slope is 5:1. - Object is not marked or lighted.
Runway Remarks	- RUNWAY 16 APPROACH RATIO 16:1 TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD.	- RUNWAY 34 APPROACH RATIO 14:1 TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD.

Runway H1
50 x 50 feet
Asphalt , in Fair condition
Edge Lighting: No edge lighting

	H1
True Alignment
Traffic Pattern	Left	Left
Threshold lat/lon	unknown	unknown
Threshold Crossing Height	0	0
Touchdown Elevation	0	0
ILS	None	None
Visual Glide Slope	none	none
Controlling Object	none	none
Runway Remarks	none	- THIS AIRPORT HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY. - GLIDER OPERATIONS IN VICINITY OF AIRPORT SR-SUNSET DAILY. - ACTIVATE LOW INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS (LIRL) RUNWAY 16/34 & ROTATING BEACON - CTAF. - INTENSIVE GLIDER ACTIVITY ON WKENDS. - ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO 1959.

Remarks

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- THIS AIRPORT HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY.
- GLIDER OPERATIONS IN VICINITY OF AIRPORT SR-SUNSET DAILY.
- NON-STANDARD LOW INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS (LIRL); FIRST 190 FT RUNWAY 16 UNLIGHTED; FIRST 240 FT RUNWAY 34 UNLIGHTED.
- RUNWAY 16 APPROACH RATIO 16:1 TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD.
- RUNWAY 34 APPROACH RATIO 14:1 TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD.
- ACTIVATE LOW INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS (LIRL) RUNWAY 16/34 & ROTATING BEACON - CTAF.
- INTENSIVE GLIDER ACTIVITY ON WKENDS.
- ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO 1959.

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