[TowerTalk] TOWAIR query - proximity to airport, FCC and FAA registration

[Roger (K8RI)]

Gary Schafer wrote:
> When I checked Towair calculated the airport from the end of the runway
> closest to me. 
>
>   
I'm surprised as it didn't do that for me.
> I looked up my lat/lon on google earth, plugged that into Towair and it gave
> me the distance from my qth to the end of the runway closest to me, not to
> the center of the airport.
>
> Towair gave me two distances as the airport also has a crossing runway as
> well as the main runway. Again it gave the distance from the closest end of
> the crossing runway to me.
>   
Again, I only received one here.
> I checked the lat/lon positions with google earth of the airport positions
> that towair said were at the airport. They were indeed the lat/lon positions
> at the closest ends of the two runways.
>
> 73
> Gary K4FMX
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of van wd8aam
>> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 10:05 AM
>> To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics.
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TOWAIR query - proximity to airport, FCC and
>> FAA registration
>>
>> You measure from the airport reference point (ARP) which is published
>> for
>> each airport.  It's the lat/long of the considered center of the
>> airport.
>>
>> Call the airport, and ask them for their ARP.
>> Van Lincoln (retired FAA)
>>
>> At 22:51 4/3/2010, you wrote:
>>     
>>> Do you measure from the airport property line or the runway?
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