Castle in Atwater, California has 1 runway. Runway 13/31 is 11,802 ft long and 150 ft wide. The surface is ASPH-CONC. Runway headings are 141° and 321° magnetic. Runway 31 has ILS. The control tower is open 0700-2100. Right traffic is published for runway 31. No runway-specific noise abatement notes are published. This is a long runway for a single-strip field. Check the current FAA Chart Supplement before departure. Use aviationweather for live METAR and TAF.
Wind & favored runway
Favored end is picked from the current METAR wind at KMER.
Pattern entry · RWY 31
RIGHT TRAFFICAll runways
Traffic pattern
Pattern altitude is not published. For light piston operations, use the standard 1,000 ft AGL unless ATC assigns something different. The field elevation is 190.4 ft MSL, so that puts a normal pattern near 1,190 ft MSL. Tower control is in effect from 0700 to 2100. Expect ATC to sequence the pattern during those hours. Runway 31 has published right traffic. No other pattern exceptions are published in the facts.
Every end, one page
Each runway end has its own page with wind component, traffic pattern geometry and ILS for that specific direction.