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Heath Canyon Airport

In the late 1970s I made several trips to Heath Canyon Airport carrying flourspar miners to and from their work It was not a landing strip for the faint of heart and I would not advise anyone to attempt to land there without some dual with a pilot experienced with the runway. It is a one way runway which lands to he northwest and departs to the southeast. The approach is over a bluff (which can be seen in the picture) that is about 300' high and about two miles southeast of the runway and you are landing on a runway that, though paved, is very narrow. About 500 feet after touch down the runway climbs a hill and then stays level for about 800' before climbing another hill. It is best to touch down shortly after the threshold. There is nearly always a strong crosswind from the west. Once over the bluff you are committed to land as the runway ends against another high bluff which would make any attempt at a go around nearly impossible. Takeoffs should be done from the northwest threshold. I found that, in a Cessna 210 I was not at VR before the first "roller coaster" hill and I had to hold forward pressure so as not to be thrown into the air before the plane was ready to fly and then make a sort of "ski jump" off the second hill. Sometimes I could climb straight out but not usually.

However, this is all moot as I notice that the 2009 DigitalGlobe picture shows X's on the runway.This is just as well as Somebody might be tempted to land there and it really is a dangerous strip.

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re: ATIS, communication with CT

Thanks for the info....it's not that I was in a hurry, I was in the plane on the ramp getting ready to taxi. and later inbound for landing. Kind of tough to see the phone# on the gate from either location. ;-) Good to know where I can find it though. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

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re: ATIS, communication with CT

Reply to @CathyV:

CDW towers phone number is posted right at the front gate, near ops all numbers are listed you cant miss it. You must have been in a hurry if you didnt catch it.

RobG

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Helipad in SteinstΓΌcken

SteinstΓΌcken was west-exclave in DDR. This helipad was used by US army from 1961 to 1989.

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ATC

Toth Stagefield is home to the best Air Traffic Controllers the Army has to offer.

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pet's policy

What are the restriction , if any, to transport a small animal (a ferret), and what are the additonal charges when traveling with a pet.

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New Airport in NE North Carolina

Check out this aiport that opened in May 2009... closing former airport (RZZ)

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re: dont belive in people in cameroon

OMG, i was just about to make arrangement for a cat, is this all true? I was finding if weird that this person is saying they are American but when they type by email they are not making sense.

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re: location on map, nice to have in my neighborhood!

It looks like @ptomblin has moved it to the correct location. I'd be nervous using that strip with the trees so close.

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location on map, nice to have in my neighborhood!

The location shown is actually about 3 blocks (maybe 1200 feet or so?) east of the actual strip. You can see the strip running north and south. It's quite narrow. Someone built a house right at one end. Rumor has it that there's neighborhood opposition to the strip, but not from me. I've only caught a couple of flights and only one landing (I can recognize the aircraft based there), but I hope to see more. The strip itself is a bit over 1000 feet long, and, as you can see, quite narrow. The trees are pretty high on either side too. WInd directional indication by part of an old water pumping windmill still on a tower.

I understand this is a private airport, and it seems only one aircraft is based there. It looks like an ultralight but perhaps is an LSA. Rumor, from someone who should know, says that Sid used to keep a Luscombe there.

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Berz Macomb Airport

I miss Berz Airport every day. I miss all the great folks who used to work there, hang out there, learned to fly there, our customers and the people who flew in and out of Berz macomb Airport.

It breaks my heart every time I pass by that area and see homes in its place. I grew up there and worked there most of my life. I was the third generation in the family business.

It was a business decision to sell. We sold at a good time before the economy took a dive.

Milton H. Berz who built the airport passed away December 6th of 2008. He was an aviation icon and a aviation pioneer.

Jeffery A. Berz (uiz@juno.com)

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very nice place to visit

994m long the grass RWY is 05/23.we can find 100ll.the cost is 2,8 the liter.people working there is very kind.notam,metar,taf are avaliable.they intend to put internet for pilot in order to consult map and meteo site.we paid only 35 euros taxes for 3 days:1 PA28 and 3 people.

very easy to go in town ,after 15mn walk you take the boat vaporetto to go to san marco for example.have a nice trip.

antoine

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Hawke Field

Private airstrip.

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Lac Eon

Former weather reporting station. 4000' sand/gravel strip.

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Photo

Photo of the airstrip looking NNE. http://www.santoy.ca/i/photos/otish/IMG_1974.jpg

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re: Where was RCAF Station Fingal?

I remember it well. My Dad was stationed there in 1940 before his transfer to Greenwood RCAF Base in NS. I grew up and went to the two room school house out side of town.

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dont belive in people in cameroon

dont belive in the people of cameroon because they never send your puppy and they are going to be asking for a lot of maoney for you to be send at some airport and everything is to be send to the same people reciving the money so its better if u found a puppy at your local area because they play with people filings.

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EFLL

Grass field for ultra and microflights, length around 400 meters

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re: Nice strip

A little soft in the spring but you're right, this is a great turf strip.

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heyy

its a huge scam. every "puppy" from douala is a scam. they are all 200 dollars and when u pay it u get an email from the airport saying u now owe 550 for the "crate". dont pay anything! get your dog in america or from a breeder.

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Landing

IF wind permits, land to east and take off to west. Avoid fling over school.

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Name of the airfield

Name is unspecified.

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Sable Island

Not to many people get to visit this place. I spent a month there plus I did some low level flying over it with a navajo.

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Landing

A great place to land for a snack break under the eye of Mount Cook

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Operations

An awesome airport for seeing lots of USAF aircraft involved in Operation Deep Freeze regular visitors throughout summer are C-17, C-5 and C-130.

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Expansion

What used to be a little aerodrome has now got a lot bigger. A variety of aircraft from warbirds to helicopters operate from this airport daily.

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re: Why does this helistop exist?

That big building across the street is probably a hospital.

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re: North South Rwy Obstructed

Oops, didn't mean to imply that the airport was unusable... The E/W runway is 1800 feet long, and clear at both ends.

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North South Rwy Obstructed

Although this airport has a 1300 foot north/south strip, it's pretty much unusuable due to the high tension power lines at the south end of the field.

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Why does this helistop exist?

Anyone know why this exists? 06C is practically right around the corner, so I have to imagine that there was a specific reason to build this helipad where it is.

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re: Where was RCAF Station Fingal?

You can see the runway outline clearly in the Google satellite view above. Switch to map view for driving directions.

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Where was RCAF Station Fingal?

No longer in operation. General vicinity of St. Thomas Ontario.

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My home base

Rotterdam airport is interest for private pilots, as it has commercial (mainly 737, F27) and GA (business and private) traffic. There are a number of flying clubs based there, one of which is the largest in the Netherlands with 20 aircraft.

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Have been there.

I lived just off the airport for a year. It is a classic small Philippine airport. Love the people of Bagabag.

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Geelong

A small airfield adjecent to avalon airfield

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Deer on runway

Always deer on edges of runways, great cheap fuel though

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Nice quiet airport in Ashland Wisconsin

Log building as terminal - nicely built and maintained

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Learned to fly at the Richard I Bong " Ace of Aces " airport

Small well run airport. Be sure to talk to Bill Amorde in the FBO. Bill is a local legend in flying and has FAA ratings as long as your arm. The guy has done it all, Planes, Balloons, Gliders, Helicopters !!!

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Location?

I was only 9 years old when we left the area, but I've put a POI about where I think the airport really was. Rumour had it back then that the owner had put everything in his wife's name because he'd been sued over an accident.

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re: about the airport

Generally an "international" airport means it has scheduled international service, although some of the small airports around here call themselves ""international" because they have on-call Customs service.

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about the airport

in my oppinion,this airport must be an international airport

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Bintulu

I'm a student from SMK Kidurong would like to have a favor to my Malaysia airlines system and Air asia. I just wondering , that Bintulu is oil town. I heard Kuala Lumpur , Kuantan , terengganu and Johor bahru always need direct flight to Bintulu. My opinion is ; I just wondering only that malaysia should make 2 or 3 flight from Kuala lumpur to Bintulu and that is for Malaysia airlines . and air asia too.. My friends always to johor. that said. they always transit to miri to get a fligth to johor and terengganu.kuantan.. is also always go to bintulu for their business or oil industrial. My teacher's too always transit to kuching. Because always full when she goin to KL and Pulau pinang.

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Closed for years

My Family still owns the Campbellford Airport, however it has been closed since my grandfather retired from flying in his mid-seventies. This would have been 20 years ago or maybe better. Time goes fast when you're having fun!

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Khya

Home airport

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Sudbury Airport

Roland a joke seriously,Don't go see that guy

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The airport

I was there in 1985 and 1997, no it's really a good airport.

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A-A

unattended, no cell phone reception, large rise in runway to south.

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Flightsschool

There is a Flightschool were you can Depature with an Instructor and go over Rio .

On the west side of SBJR is an smal UL-field, very nice people there (mail: caerdepaer@ig.com.br)

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Homebase

This is my homebase

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Lancaster

Once when I was in the air over CYTZ, the Lancaster from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum flew 500 feet under me: beautiful plane. Someone told me that it's one of only two airworthy Lancs left in the world