DCA - Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl

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Transient Parking

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General description
Transient parking location
Fuel pump location

Location: Washington, VA

Elevation: 14ft

Sectional: Washington

Activation date: Mar 1941

Fuel: A (prices)

Runway 01/19: 7,169ft

Runway 15/33: 5,204ft

Runway 04/22: 5,000ft

Runway 19X: 0ft

Access: Open to the public

Current Weather — VFR

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METAR

2025-12-13 17:52:00 EST

Ceiling:	21,000ft
Wind:	050° @ 7kt
Temperature:	39°F
Dewpoint:	30°F
Weather:	N/A
Visbility:	10SM
Clouds:	Few @ 16,000ft, Overcast @ 21,000ft

Raw: METAR KDCA 132252Z 05007KT 10SM FEW160 OVC210 04/M01 A3003 RMK AO2 SLPNO T00441006 $

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Rwy 06 +53 ft trees 175 ft r @ thr.
Lgt fm vehicle parking lot lctd 1000 ft sw of rwy 01 could give false indications of being part of rwy 01 apch lgt sys drg periods of reduced vis & low ceilings.
Form 150r credit card for all rqrd svcs. no mil facs.
Twy k ends at gate 5.
Flocks of birds on & invof arpt; fqt gull & geese & duck populations ab over adj river areas.
Trng flights that include multiple apchs and/or touch & go opns require prior permission fm the arpt mgr.
Left-hand turn-offs from rwy 33 to twy 'k' prohibited.
Acft arriving/departing the ga parking area are prohibited fm taxing btn acr pushback opns & the gates.
Be advised some aircrews mistake rwy 15 for rwy 19.
Asde-x in use. operate transponders with altitude reporting mode and ads-b (if equipped) enabled on all airport surfaces.
Ronald reagan washington national arprt (kdca) is an emergency use only field for all dod owned and operated acft.
Twy n btn apch end rwy 15 and twy k clsd to acft wingspan more than 124ft.
Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 336 ft in length by 170 ft in width lctd at the der 04.
Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 142 ft in length by 170 ft in width lctd at the der 15.
Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 332 ft in length by 170 ft in width lctd at the der 33.
This rwy exists to support the dca lda associated with the ils.
Rwy 15 +8 ft blast fence 120 ft fm aer 250 ft right.
Rwy 19 papi-4l consists of two papi-4l systems. rwy 19 papi-4l is rotated 21 degs to right of cntrln. the rotated papi-4l system supports visual and instr apchs to rwy 19. adzy, acft on twy create tmpry obstn to papi-4l.
Three obstruction lgts poles--one 600 feet left, one on centerline, one 600 feet right.
Pcr value: 580/f/b/w/t
Pcr value: 420/f/b/w/t
Pcr value: 540/f/b/w/t

Comments

Ceiling:	20,000ft
Wind:	050° @ 7kt
Weather:	N/A
Visbility:	6SM
Clouds:	Few @ 15,000ft, Overcast @ 20,000ft

Ceiling:	3,500ft
Wind:	350° @ 3kt
Weather:	Light rain, light snow, mist
Visbility:	4SM
Clouds:	Scattered @ 1,500ft, Overcast @ 3,500ft

Ceiling:	1,500ft
Wind:	340° @ 4kt
Weather:	Snow, mist
Visbility:	0SM
Clouds:	Overcast @ 1,500ft

Ceiling:	3,000ft
Wind:	330° @ 12kt, gusts 21kt
Weather:	Light snow
Visbility:	6SM
Clouds:	Broken @ 3,000ft, Overcast @ 5,000ft

Ceiling:	5,000ft
Wind:	320° @ 20kt, gusts 26kt
Weather:	N/A
Visbility:	6SM
Clouds:	Broken @ 5,000ft, Broken @ 25,000ft

Ceiling:	25,000ft
Wind:	320° @ 19kt, gusts 30kt
Weather:	N/A
Visbility:	6SM
Clouds:	Broken @ 25,000ft

DCA - Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl

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