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Pilot information for Castle Airport

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General information for Castle Airport

Airport codes: KMER MER
Type: regional airport
Scheduled airline service: no
Serves: Merced, California, United States
Latitude: 37.380501 | 37 22.830047 N | N37 22 49
Longitude: -120.568001 | 120 34.080048 W | W120 34 04
Field elevation: 191 ft/58 m MSL
Magnetic variation: 14.2°E

Radio communication frequencies for Castle Airport

A/D: 120.95 MHz (NORCAL APP/DEP)
AWOS: 124.475 MHz (AWO 3)
UNIC: 123.075 MHz (CTAF/UNICOM)

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Runways at Castle Airport

13/31
11,802 x 150 ft (3,597 x 46 m) — other (PEM) — lighted

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Aviation weather for Castle Airport

Current conditions (METAR) for Castle Airport

Retrieved 2012/05/27 06:55: 

KMER 270655Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM CLR 12/09 A3006 RMK AO1

Forecast (TAF) for Castle Airport

Retrieved 2012/05/27 06:00: 

TAF KMER 270542Z 2706/2806 32006KT P6SM SKC 
     FM271800 33009KT P6SM SKC

Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) for Castle Airport

Please confirm all NOTAMs at the original source! These are for information only, and may be wrong, out of date, or incomplete.

NOTAM 05/008: Castle Airport (KMER) 
!MER 05/008 MER TWY A,L CLSD NORTH TWY D WEF 1205241300-1205290100
CREATED: 24 May 2012 01:30:00 
SOURCE: KRIUYFYX
NOTAM 05/006: Castle Airport (KMER) 
!MER 05/006 MER TWY K,E CLSD WEF 1205241300-1205290100
CREATED: 24 May 2012 01:27:00 
SOURCE: KCDCYFYX
NOTAM 05/005: Castle Airport (KMER) 
!MER 05/005 MER AD LARGE SCALE MODEL ACFT NW END OF AD WEST OF TWY A
 1000 AGL/BLW WEF 1205241900-1205290100
CREATED: 24 May 2012 01:19:00 
SOURCE: KOAKYFYX
NOTAM 05/004: Castle Airport (KMER) 
!MER 05/004 MER TWY L CLSD BTN TWY A AND TWY K
CREATED: 23 May 2012 15:24:00 
SOURCE: KHHRYFYX
NOTAM 12/007: Castle Airport (KMER) 
!MER 12/007 MER NAV RWY 31 ILS UNMNT 0500-1500 DLY
CREATED: 21 Dec 2010 20:56:00 
SOURCE: KCDCYFYX
NOTAM 02/003: Castle Airport (KMER) 
!MER 02/003 MER RWY 13 SFL OTS
CREATED: 10 Feb 2010 19:44:00 
SOURCE: KOAKYFYX
NOTAM 1/4618: Castle Airport (KMER) 
!FDC 1/4618 MER CASTLE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE, ESSENTIAL 
SERVICE BROADCAST. EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 10, 2011. THE FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION (FAA) HAS ADOPTED TWO ADS-B DATA LINKS: 1090 MHZ 
EXTENDED SQUITTER (1090ES) AND 978 MHZ UNIVERSAL ACCESS TRANSCEIVER 
(UAT). THE TWO LINKS OPERATE SIMILARLY AND SUPPORT TRAFFIC 
INFORMATION SERVICE-BROADCAST (TIS-B). ADDITIONALLY, THE UAT LINK 
SUPPORTS FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE- BROADCAST (FIS-B). TIS-B SERVICE
WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS) 
WHERE THERE ARE BOTH ADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE COVERAGE (RADAR) AND 
ADEQUATE BROADCAST COVERAGE FROM ADS-B GROUND STATIONS. FIS-B SERVICE
AVAILABILITY IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NAS IN 2013, AND IS 
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WITHIN CERTAIN REGIONS. THIS NOTAM ANNOUNCES THE 
AVAILABILITY OF THE INITIAL TIS-B AND FIS-B CAPABILITY WITH THE 
CASTLE  MER AIRSPACE. THE FAA IS DEVELOPING POLICY GUIDANCE MATERIAL 
ON AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST (ADS-B), ESSENTIAL 
SERVICES- TIS-B AND FIS-B THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN TRADITIONAL 
SOURCE REFERENCES SUCH AS THE AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL (AIM). 
REPORTS OF TIS-B AND FIS-B MALFUNCTIONS SHOULD BE REPORTED BY RADIO 
OR TELEPHONE TO THE NEAREST FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) FACILITY.
CREATED: 11 Nov 2011 11:25:00 
SOURCE: KDZZNAXX