Topband: Airports

[Tom W8JI]

> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Lucky me there is no "HOA" where I live. Mention HOA and everybody says
>> "huh? No way". I am about 4000 feet from the nearest runway but that is
>> for small aircraft and the 4000 feet is from my home to the *side* of
>> runway. The tallest tree on my place is about 40 feet high and I don't
>> want to go very much past that due to that runway AND to just keep a low
>> profile.


Keep in mind there is no distance restriction for private fields. Item 1 is 
particularly important. There are several small fields around me, none of 
which have FAA registration as a public field.

Only the following are restricted:

(1) A public use airport listed in the Airport/Facility Directory, Alaska 
Supplement, or Pacific Chart Supplement of the U.S. Government Flight 
Information Publications;

(2) A military airport under construction, or an airport under construction 
that will be available for public use;

(3) An airport operated by a Federal agency or the DOD.

(4) An airport or heliport with at least one FAA-approved instrument 
approach procedure.



73 Tom