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re: Highway Airstrips in Cuba
Please note that there is no separate heading for military-use airports in OurAirports, and that the inclusion of any aviation facility on this site does not imply permission to land there, given the thousands of private-use airstrips and heliports in the United States alone.
Moreover, many airports throughout the world are dual-use military-civilian, including my closest major airport (Austin Bergstrom International) which hosts a National Guard unit. So having a separate "military" category would make this very difficult as the same facility cannot be listed multiple times with the same ICAO code under different categories.
Airports on OuAirports are categorized by size and frequency of use, so "Small Airport" would be the most salient category for highway airstrips due to their infrequency of employment.
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Best Tuna Melt in the Congo. Simply kengetastic!
Available chart ?
Hi, anybody could confirm that aeronautical charts exists for Brunette Downs airport ?
If yes, how to get it ?
Thanks in advance
Includes the Jack F. Paulus Skiway
The Skiway is essentially a runway for the station.
Subantarctic research station
This research station is administratively part of Cape Town, despite the fact that it's over 2,100 km away.
re: closed?
Reply to @feitidede: Still listed as Active on AirNav as of 10/20/2022, owner: State of Nevada Department of Energy.
Confirmed per YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mizs218XOQ
Private airstrip X marking visible at south end of grass runway in this 2018 YouTube video of N503AM taking off from here.
2022 Update
Unlike its twin to the east-southeast, this ultralight airport continues to thrive for now.
Update 2022
N/S runway still appears intact, but hangar structures appear to have been demolished.
Found it!
Evidently disused, but it exists.
LSA Fly-Ins
Attended the small light sport aircraft fly-in here in March 2022, their website lists this as twice a year, so keep your eyes peeled!
re: This may be defunct
Reply to @AdventureAviator: It's pretty long since defunct and has been marked as closed.
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Reply to @espinielli: Clearly had to be towed or trucked there somehow, considering the lack of runway (or VTOL capability). Pretty wild.
re: penguins...
Reply to @feitidede: Please refrain from spam comments, there are no penguins this far inland. Thank you.
Dibangun dalam beberapa tahun lagi..
Oke..
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Very friendly bunch here
You can spend the night there
I had an early flight and slept inside the airport. Besides the restaurant, which is close during the night, you can sleep there in a comfortable way. You can get to the airport from downtown Gdansk for about 1 euro (4.8 sloti). I The journey takes about 40 minutes. The bus is number 210.
re: KP 395 Decommisioned
According to AIC 04/20 it wasn't decommisioned yet, it is planned to be disabled by 2025.
1970 is more than 22 years before 2018.
Looks like this airport did exist ... 40 to 50 years ago.
Dual-use facility
JMSDF Chichijima Airfield has both a seaplane ramp (ShinMaywa US-2 patrol flying boats) and a heliport.
airpark?
looked like a really nice airpark community has been recently built here
stunning approach
great views over the water and of the canal when landing 18
re: Pilot
Reply to @Glastar1995: that's awesome!
re: Frenchy's Cassette Tape - The Art of Flying
I still have the 8 track tape.
Formerly Pendleton Airpark
Used to be Pendleton Airpark, 77NY. Note the unusual runway designation, E-W rather than 09-27.
Shares runways with EBBR
But has a different ICAO, so maintaining the separate heading is necessary.
Inspiration for the musical Come from Away
A former transatlantic crossroads before the jet era, Gander was one of the airports that housed stranded travelers when American airspace was closed due to the events of September 11, 2001; Gander International received 7000 passengers from thirty-eight planes. The incredible hospitality of the Newfoundlanders inspired the musical Come from Away, which ran on Broadway from 2017 to 2022, and continues to spark interest from innumerable "Come-from-Aways" in the people and culture of the island.
Excellent condition gravel runway
Ultralight certification process undergoing
Claimed as the highest airstrip in the world
At 16200 feet, this is definitely about as high-altitude as permanent facilities get. More information on the linked Wiki page, of course.
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re: Immigration assistance
Reply to @Teresa: email please.
re: Immigration assistance
Reply to @Teresa: sorry same pla tyo
Problem Report resolved
@david RPLP Legazpi Domestic is now a closed airport, and the IATA code of LGP has been properly transferred to RPLK Bicol International.
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Gravel runway for the 'I am Gold' Goldmine in Burkina Faso
re: OurAirports doesn't delete closed airports
Reply to @animebirder: Thank you. Yes, that is correct. We keep closed airports in the database, but not closed heliports or floatplane bases (unless they have special historical interest; we haven't been too consistent, though). They are easy to filter out of the open data export.
OurAirports doesn't delete closed airports
Hi @mforte! My understanding is that closed airports remain on the database for historical records as well as to keep people informed for aviation safety reasons -- so pilots do not attempt to land there, but are aware the facility either exists or previously existed. There is also the chance that if a closed airport still exists, it may still be used in case of emergency (ie Air Canada Flight 143, 23/07/1983).
This also allows passengers and pilots to log historical visits that occurred in the past (ie my own visit to Hong Kong Kai Tak in 1980).
Cheers!
Great airpark!
Flew in today for an open house for a couple of the properties on the field. Nice place!
re: Not GMAR
Reply to @PapaOscar
I am supposed to fly at GMAR next november ifor the occasion of Rallye La Marche Verte organized by the royal aero club of Agadir:
Plateforme ULM
Visitée le 20/08/2022. Piste bien entretenue. Attention antenne très proche côté seuil 24.
Welcome Zoufftgen!
As flying member of this airfield near Luxembourg, it had to be present on Ourairports.com !
re: Please fix
Reply to @emes: Done
Please fix
@david could you please edit
The best fish and chips!
I heard the rumors, it took me a while to venture down here, but the fish were phenomenal! I loved the theme of the restaurant (very similar to Randy's at Boeing (RIP).
Not much left to land on!
Maybe for a helicopter, or for Scrappy or Draco (RIP), but most of the airfield was eroded away
Runway is a bit deteriorated
Beware of lots of cracks and weeds on the runway when landing here.
They have complimentary bicycles here as well but were not usable due being in disrepair. Hopefully they will fix them because I want to go back!
Some things to keep in mind flying to Orillia Ramara airport
1. The beginning of rwy 30 slopes upwards but this isn't listed in the CFS.
2. Lots of birds grazing on the grass.
3. The ARCAL is apparently private and I couldn't activate them when I flew overhead the field one night recently, so keep this in mind if staying here till dark.
4. The taxiway just off the runway is very narrow, so be sure to listen to any traffic on the ground as two planes can't squeeze past each other on the narrow section
5. Airport restaurant is tasty and has live music as well, (a bit expensive though) if fly-and-dining is your cup of tea. A bit strange of me to mention, but the pictures in the male washroom are very funny!
re: Great airport for night fliers
Reply to @cessna1504lyfe: Also another thing to add, an AWOS is available here on 122.55.
Not sure why it's not listed in the CFS.
re: Not sure why tagged as a "spam airport".
π Mon, 31 Oct 2022
β @david at Martinamatos Airfield, Spain
Reply to @animebirder: I've rejected the problem report.