Wiley Post Airport
5915 Phillip J. Rhoads Ave. #104
Oklahoma City, OK 73008
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Wiley Post Airport
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location
FAA Identifier: PWA
Lat/Long: 35-32-02.999N / 097-38-49.391W
35-32.04998N / 097-38.82318W
35.5341664 / -97.6470531
Elevation: 1299 ft. / 395.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 07E (1985)
From city: 7 miles NW of OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
airport communications
CTAF: 126.9
UNICOM: 122.95
ATIS: 128.725(405-495-4063)
WX ASOS: 128.725 (405-495-7192)
WILEY POST GROUND: 121.7 [0700-2200]
WILEY POST TOWER: 126.9 306.9 [0700-2200]
OKE CITY APPROACH: 120.45(081-170) 124.2(001-080)
120.45(081-170) 124.2(001-080)
OKE CITY DEPARTURE:120.45(081-170) 124.2(001-080)
120.45(081-170) 124.2(001-080)
EMERG: 121.5 243.0
IC:124.6(171-360)
WX ASOS at OKC (9 nm S):PHONE 405-682-4871
WX AWOS-3 at OUN (19 nm SE): 119.55 (405-325-7302)
airport operations
Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: DALLAS-FT WORTH
Control tower: yes
ARTCC: FORT WORTH CENTER
FSS: MC ALESTER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-800-WX-BRIEF]
NOTAMs facility: PWA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: CONTINUOUS
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights:DUSK-DAWN
WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT HIRL RY
17L/35R & MALSR RY 17L - CTAF.
Beacon:white-green (lighted land airport)
airport services
Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen:HIGH/LOW
Bulk oxygen: HIGH/LOW
runway information
runway 17L/35R
Dimensions:7198 x 150 ft. / 2194 x 46 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight limitations:
Single wheel: 35000 lbs
Double wheel: 50000 lbs
Double tandem: 90000 lbs
Runway edge lights: high intensity
runway 17L
Latitude: 35-32.65997N
Longitude: 097-38.72980W
Elevation: 1290.1 ft.
Traffic pattern: right
Runway heading: 173 magnetic, 180 true
Displaced threshold: no
Declared distances: TORA-7198; TODA-7198; ASDA-6843; LDA-6843.
Markings: precision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Approach lights: MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
Touchdown point: yes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS
Runway edge lights: high intensity
runway 35R
Latitude: 35-31.47357N
Longitude: 097-38.72945W
Elevation: 1299.3 ft.
Traffic pattern: left
Runway heading: 353 magnetic, 360 true
Displaced threshold: 355 ft.
Declared distances: TORA-7198; TODA-7198; ASDA-7198; LDA-6843.
Markings: precision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Approach lights:
Touchdown point: yes, no lights
runway 13/31
Dimensions: 4213 x 100 ft. / 1284 x 30 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight limitations:
Single wheel: 35000 lbs
Double wheel: 50000 lbs
Double tandem: 90000 lbs
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Operational restrictions: RY CLSD 2200-0700.
runway 13
Latitude: 35-32.10585N
Longitude: 097-39.13133W
Elevation: 1269.9 ft.
Traffic pattern: right
Runway heading: 128 magnetic, 135 true
Displaced threshold: no
Declared distances: TORA-4213; TODA-4213; ASDA-4213; LDA-4213.
Markings: nonprecision, in good condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lights
Obstructions: 25 ft. pole, 800 ft. from runway, 24:1 slope to clear
runway 31
Latitude: 35-31.61538N
Longitude: 097-38.53000W
Elevation: 1296.4 ft.
Traffic pattern: left
Runway heading: 308 magnetic, 315 true
Declared distances: TORA-4213; TODA-4213; ASDA-4213; LDA-4213.
Markings: nonprecision, in good condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lights
Obstructions: none
runway 17R/35L
Dimensions: 5000 x 75 ft. / 1524 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt/concrete, in good condition
SOUTH & NORTH 1000 FT CONC.
Weight limitations:
Single wheel: v26000 lbs
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
runway 17R
Latitude: 35-32.59750N
Longitude: 097-38.95167W
Elevation: 1282.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: right
Runway heading: 173 magnetic, 180 true
Declared distances: TORA-4001; TODA-4001; ASDA-4001; LDA-4001.
Markings: nonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lights
runway 35L
Latitude: 35-31.77340N
Longitude: 097-38.95140W
Elevation: 1275.1 ft.
Traffic pattern: left
Runway heading: 353 magnetic, 360 true
Declared distances: TORA-4001; TODA-4001; ASDA-4001; LDA-4001.
Markings: nonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: y4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lights
About Wiley Post
Wiley Hardeman Post was born near Grand Saline, Texas in 1898 and moved to Oklahoma five years later. He became enamored with planes as a youth and dreamed of becoming a pilot. His introduction to flying came when a barnstorming troop came to Oklahoma and he filled in for an injured skydiver. Post went to work in the oil fields to earn enough money to buy his own plane. His plans were nearly derailed when he lost an eye in a work-related accident. As a result, Post had trouble with depth-perception, but ultimately he trained himself to gauge distances accurately with one eye. He took the accident compensation, about $1800, and bought his first airplane. In it he gave flying lessons, flew oilmen to their rigs, barnstormed on the weekends, and on June 27, 1927 he eloped from Sweetwater, Texas with Miss Mae Laine.
In 1928 Post became the personal pilot to F.C. Hall, an Oklahoma oilman. It was in Hall's plane the "Winnie Mae" that Post won the National Air Race from Los Angeles to Chicago in 1930; the first of many accomplishments in the famous aircraft. On June 23, 1931 he and Australian navigator, Harold Gatty, took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, with the goal of breaking the record for flying around the world. Eight days, fifteen hours and fifty-one minutes later, the pair touched down again at Roosevelt Field after circling the globe and smashing the previous record of 20 days and four hours. The pair became instant heroes. In July 1933, Post attempted another around-the-world record, only this time he flew solo. He equipped his plane with a Sperry gyroscope and a radio direction finder. He made the trip in seven days, eighteen hours and forty-nine minutes breaking his own record.
In 1934 Post designed his "Man from Mars" flying suit, the world’s first practical pressure suit, and made an unofficial ascent to 49,000 feet. The suit facilitated his exploration of the sub-stratosphere and helped pioneer high-altitude flight. Wiley Post predicted the development of aircraft that would provide supersonic transport and the possibility of space travel. He recognized the importance of biological rhythms and the effects of fatigue on pilot proficiency and was one of the first to conduct research in this area.
Post’s final flight was with his friend, American humorist and aviation enthusiast, Will Rogers. Rogers had asked Post to fly him through Alaska so that he could gather new material for his newspaper column. When Post and Rogers took off for Point Barrow, Alaska, on August 15, 1935, the plane’s engine stalled and the aircraft plummeted into a lake.
During his lifetime, Post received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1932 by an act of Congress and won the Collier Trophy in the same year. In 1934 he won the Gold Medal of Belgium and the Harmon trophy. He was given two New York City ticker-tape parades and the keys to the city. He was honored twice at the White House by two Presidents – Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
From his record-breaking flights to his innovations and explorations, Wiley Post made many vital contributions that advanced the science and theory of flight and made him one of the most celebrated pilots in aviation history.