Please call New Breed Aviation
307-367-2290
for airport information

Weather information:
307-367-6425
For Fire Dept info, contact the Sublette Co. Sheriff's Office, 307-367-4378

Updated Airport Property Map  - Exhibit A (December, 2001)
Airport Property Map by JPS (138K) high res (518K) pdf (1,105K)

Pinedale Airport Board Plans for Possible Expansion  (February 2, 2001)
The Pinedale Airport Board held a public meeting Wednesday, January 31, 2001 at the Pinedale library on the Airport Layout Plan Update and topics concerning planned potential runway expansion. The Airport Layout Plan Update for Pinedale's General Aviation Airport, Ralph Wenz Field, was presented by JPS Aero Consultants Inc, Aviation Planners from Colorado. It reflects possible future runway expansion, hangar development, and other light industrial development when and if needed in the next 20 years. 
   The airport completed a construction project last summer that involved resurfacing of the runway, relocating some of the cross taxiways, upgrading the lighting system, and installing a wildlife fence. Currently the airport is classified as a CII airport and meets all FAA design standards for that classification.  The concern for the future is that the existing 7,100 foot runway length does not meet the design recommendations for that rating, and it is proposed to add 1,800 feet to the existing runway, extending it to 8,900 feet, to meet safety concerns. This expansion would put the end of the runway in the middle of the current Airport Subdivision. Adjacent landowners, and those living in the path of the runway expansion, expressed surprise and concern about the possibility of land acquisitions projected for property located within 2 or 3 miles of the existing or expanded runway, noise concerns, and air traffic increases. 
   According to the latest analysis, the Pinedale airport presently gets 8,600 aircraft "operations" per year, with a landing or a takeoff considered to each be a separate operation. By the year 2005 that number is expected to be 9,173, and by the year 2020 it is projected to be 11,135 operations. Of the current traffic, 92% is local or itinerate use. No air carrier or commuter traffic was recorded. Air Taxi traffic was 600 operations in the year 2000, and military traffic operations was 20 and not expected to increase. 
  This meeting was the only public meeting scheduled on this matter. A preliminary Airport Layout Plan, and all the maps, are available for review at the Pinedale Town Hall, 210 W Pine Street. A set of the Plan maps has been left at Office Outlet in Pinedale for the public to copy. For more information about the Plan, contact Rick Patton, Aviation Planner for JPS AeroConsultants, Inc at 719-429-0675 or by e-mail at rpatton@ris.net Comments about the proposed plan are being solicited from the public and can be sent to the Pinedale Town Hall at PO Box 709, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941, 307-367-4135, e-mail: top@wyoming.com. Public comments will be included in any future Environmental Impact Statements for the airport expansion and should be sent into the Town before their March Town meeting. 
Airport Layout Plan by JPS (95K) high res (294K) 
Airport Property Map by JPS (86K) high res (181K)

Airport Improvement Project is complete (October 20, 2000)
Pinedale Wenz Field is done with construction and is open and operational. Construction began in late July to resurface the runway, relocate some of the cross taxiways and upgrade the lighting system, among other things. For more information, please check NOTAMs or call 307-367-2290 for current status, or 307-537-5211 for more information from the FBO. AWOS weather is available at 307-367-6425.

The improvement project involves:

1. Asphalt overlay of existing runway and shift of 400' from its easterly to westerly end with related relocation of some cross taxiways and lighting systems.
2. Removal of the entire existing parallel taxiway due to failed base of this former runway. Installation of a new, relocated 35-foot wide parallel taxiway.
3. Uprading of VASI lighting to PAPI lighting.
4. Installation of an 8-foot perimeter game fence.
5. Updated Airport Layout Plan/instrument survey.
6. Miscellaneous improvements and upgrades incidental to the changes listed.

Airport Information as published on April 10, 2000

Location

   Lat/Long: 42-47-43.797N / 109-48-25.540W
             (42.7954992 / -109.8070944)
             (estimated)
  Elevation: 7085 ft. / 2160 m (estimated) 
  Variation: 14E (1985) 
  From city: 5 miles SE of PINEDALE, WY 

Pinedale/Big Piney aeronautical chart - Click for larger picture (53K)

Pinedale/Wind River Mountains aeronautical chart - Click for larger picture (55K)

Airport Operations

      Facility use: Open to the public 
   Sectional chart: SALT LAKE CITY 
     Control tower: no 
             ARTCC: SALT LAKE CITY CENTER 
               FSS: CASPER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-800-WX-BRIEF] 
   NOTAMs facility: CPR (NOTAM-D service available) 
        Attendance: 0800-1700
                    FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL 307-537-5211 OR 307-537-5219. 
    Wind indicator: lighted 
  Segmented circle: yes 
            Lights: DUSK-DAWN
                    ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29; VASI RYS 11 & 29; & REIL RY 29 -
                    CTAF. 
            Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport) 
       Landing fee: no 
Airline operations: not certified under FAR Part 139 

Airport Communications

     CTAF: 122.8 
   UNICOM: 122.8 
WX AWOS-3: 118.325 (307-367-6425) 

• APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY SALT LAKE ARTCC ON FREQS 128.35/381.6 (BIG PINEY RCAG). 

Radio aids to navigate to the Airport

  VOR radial/distance                 VOR name   Freq   Var
  -------------------  -----------------------  ------  ---
  BPIr030/18.6               BIG PINEY VOR/DME  116.50  16E

  NDB name                    Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
  --------------------------  --------  ----  ---  -------------------
  WENZ                        at field   392  14E  PNA  .--. -. .-

Airport Services

      Fuel available: 100LL A 
             Parking: hangars and tiedowns 
    Airframe service: MAJOR 
  Powerplant service: MAJOR 
      Bottled oxygen: NONE 
         Bulk oxygen: NONE 
      Other services: flight instruction, aircraft rental 

Runway Information

Runway 11/29

                    Dimensions: 7100 x 100 ft. / 2164 x 30 m
                       Surface: asphalt/porous friction courses, in good
                                condition 
            Weight limitations: PCN 14/F/A/X/T
                                Single wheel: 45000 lbs 
            Runway edge lights: medium intensity 
                                RUNWAY 11                RUNWAY 29
               Traffic pattern: left                     left
                      Markings: nonprecision instrument  nonprecision instrument 
            Markings condition: fair                     fair 
                     Elevation: 7076.0 ft.               7062.0 ft. 
     Threshold crossing height: 41 ft. AGL               42 ft. AGL 
       Visual glide path angle: 3.00 degrees             3.00 degrees 
        Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left       2-box VASI on left 
  Runway end identifier lights:                          yes 
           Displaced threshold: no                       no 
               Touchdown point: no                       no 

Airport Inspection

      Inspected by: State of Wyoming aeronautical personnel
   Last inspection: 30 June 1997
Federal agreements: - National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
                    - Grant agreements under FAAP/ADAP/AIP
                    - Assurances pursuant to Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964

Airport Operational Statistics

    Aircraft based on the field: 26      Aircraft operations: average 127/week
        Single engine airplanes: 17             60% local general aviation    
         Multi engine airplanes:  3             30% transient general aviation
                  Jet airplanes:  2              9% air taxi                  
                        Gliders:  2             <1% military                  
                    Ultralights:  2

Remarks

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WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT. 

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PAVED APRON PLUS GRADED AREA AVBL WITH TIE-DOWNS. 

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ULTRALIGHT ACTVTY ON & INVOF ARPT. 

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ALL HELICOPTER TFC TO COME & GO VIA THE TWY. FLYING OVER BLDGS ADJACENT TO RAMP IS PROHIBITED. 

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PARALLEL TWY CLSD 15 OCT -15 APR. 

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3 FT TO 5 FT SNOW BANKS ALONG RY EDGES NOV-MAR. 

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OCCASIONAL GRVL ON RY & TWY. 

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UNCONTROLLED VEHICLE ACCESS TO AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT AREAS. 

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(E81) TWY ENTRANCE LGTS. 

• Obtain a weather briefing.
• Always remain in a position where you can turn toward lowering terrain.
• Never fly beyond the point of no return.
• The visual aspects of mountain flying can be deceiving, but if you can see more and more of the terrain on the other side of the ridge you are approaching, you are higher than the ridge and can probably continue.
• Turn to approach ridges at a 45-degree angle to provide the option of escaping toward lowering terrain.
• Unless you have experience flying canyons with a knowledgeable instructor, do not fly up canyons. If it is necessary to fly in a canyon, gain altitude, fly to the head of the canyon, then fly downslope terrain.

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