AOPA Airports: Shady Acres (3B8)

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Shady Acres

Spanaway, WA
Phone: 253-846-8953
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Overview

Attendance:	Not Attended Unattended
Tower:	No
Elevation:	445 ft (135.6 m) (Estimated)
Location:	3.00 mi. SE of Spanaway
Beacon:	Present
Approaches:	(None)
Runways:	16/34 Runway length: 1800 ft
Fees:	No data

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Ppr for Night Ops Call Amgr 253-846-8953

Pwr Plants with Emissions That May Not be Vsbl .5 & 1 Sm NE of Apt

Pline East Trees. Pwr Pole N of Field Trees Mrkd with Orange Balls

Military Actvty on & Invof Arpt

Shady Acres Painted on Rwy Midfield

All Patterns to the East

Powerplants 1/2 mi NE & 1 mi NE, emissions are sometimes not visible; tfc pat E side; dspled thld ry 34; cntr 20' asphalt w/65' usable turf shoulders ea side; full stop lndgs only; ry 34 preferred for tkof whenever poss; early left turns ry 16; school 1/2 mi SW, please refrain ops in vcnty; public parking acrs st to S

Noise sens area W & SW please operate only in designated tfc pat

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Runway 16/34

Dimensions:	1800 x 20ft. / 548.6 x 6.1m	Weight Bearing Cap:
Surface:	asphalt, no surface treatment, in good condition	Runway Edge Lights:	low

#	Elev/Hdg	Markings	Approach Lights	TD Point	Obstructions	Comments/Noise
16	No Data	non-standard	No Data		Trees, Both-Sides, 20 ft high, 200 ft from end	45 Ft Tree 17 Ft, 81 Ft Rt +80 Ft Bldg 1,320 Ft Nw Ry 16 End Rwy 16 Id is Not Std Dist From Rwy End

34	No Data	non-standard	No Data	200' Disp Threshold	Road, 38 ft Left of center, 15 ft high, 200 ft from end	Road at 8 Ft; Rwy 34 Apch Slope 13:1 to Dsplcd Thr Apch Ratio 0:1 Fm Dsplcd Thld to 4 Ft Fence at 0 Ft, 100 Ft L; 33 Ft Pwr Pole at 206 Ft, 81 Ft R Dsplcd Thld Mkd with Nstd Chevrons

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Operations & More Information

Lat/Long:	N47 4.2233' / W122 22.2650'47.0703889-122.3710833
Charts:	NACO: Seattle Sectional
Mag Var:	20E (1985)
ARTCC:	Seattle (ZSE)
FSS:	Seattle (SEA) 1-800-WXBRIEF
NOTAM Facility:	SEA
Approach/Departure Control Facility
Pattern Altitude:	Light Aircraft: 1200 MSL
Wind Indicator:	Present (unlit)
Seg. Circle:	No
Lighting:	No data

Aircraft & Activity

Based GA Aircraft

Single Engine:	34
Multi Engine:	1
Jets:
Helicopters:
Gliders:
Ultralights:

Airport Activity

GA Local:	1,500
GA Itinerant:	500
Commercial:
Air Taxi:
Military:	20

(12-month period ending on 5/31/2011)

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Type	Location/Call	Freq./Phone	Sector
CTAF	N/A	122.9

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ID	Type	Freq	Radial	Distance
TCM	VORTAC	109.6	115	6 nm
LAC	NDB	328.0	048	9 nm
GRF	NDB	216.0	101	11 nm
SEA	VORTAC	116.8	168	22 nm
OLM	VORTAC	113.4	056	23 nm
SEA	VOT	117.5	000	23 nm
RNT	NDB	353.0	177	26 nm
BFI	VOT	108.6	000	28 nm
CAN	NDB	274.0	117	28 nm
PWT	NDB	206.0	128	30 nm
MNC	NDB	348.0	091	31 nm

Contact Addresses

ASN Volunteer:	Owner:	Airport Manager:
Joseph Price	Shady Acres Airport Inc	Joseph Price
	4409 208 St E	P. O. Box 4962
	Spanaway, WA 98387	Spanaway, WA 98387
	253-846-8953 (Office)	253-846-8953 (Office)
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