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

Greg ab7r at cablespeed.com
Sun Apr 4 20:20:19 PDT 2010


I use to live north of the air station by Deception Pass.  I could swear 
they were using my roof as a bombing target at 500ft AGL.  Lived there 
for about 10 years and never did get use to it at 2am.  Now I live south 
of town and if anything other than a helo flies overhead someone is 
lost.  :)

73
Greg - AB7R
Retired CPO


On 4/4/2010 5:07 PM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
> van wd8aam wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
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> If you are off the end of a runway it's the distance to the threshold of
> that runway and they use a different (more stringent)  height criteria
> for that. "I believe" Tower Air only figures the ARP.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>    
>> Call the airport, and ask them for their ARP.
>> Van Lincoln (retired FAA)
>>
>> At 22:51 4/3/2010, you wrote:
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>>      
>>> Do you measure from the airport property line or the runway?
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