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Runway closed?
The only apparent runway in the satellite image has "X"s. I wonder if the whole airport is closed?
re: Weird
I send them emails when I notice something really strange, like the mix-up with KJUV becoming KXLL.
Is this really a separate facility?
Are the heliport and the airport (SAVJ) really considered separate facilities?
Dup?
There appears to be two Loncopue airports, about a mile apart. The other one (SA18) is in my DAFIF data. Not sure which one is right.
From Wikipedia
"A short coral runway still remains on the island, but is in disuse and is not maintained."
Another data anomaly
Not marked at closed in the FAA data, shown on the Baltimore-Washington TAC but not on the Washington Sectional.
Weird
It's in the FAA data still, but with a remark "(ARPT STATUS) ARPT CLSD PERMLY." You'd think that since the Google map now shows the subdivision that they'd remove it.
Maybe closed to itinerant, but it's still open
It's still marked as open in the FAA data, although it has a remark "ARPT CLSD TO ACR & TSNT ACFT." I'm not sure what "ACR" is, but "TSNT" is obviously "transient". I assume that means it's open to based aircraft.
Another dup?
This one appears to be a duplicate of TT02 "Ulithi Airport"
Duplicate?
This appears to be a duplicate of RP10, Shallow Reef Airport, Spratly Islands.
WiFi
Sometimes when I'm in Ottawa with nothing better to do, I go to the Ottawa Flying Club to leach their wifi, eat something from the snackbar and watch the planes go by. I wish my flying club had a club house.
RV81
It seems like such a tiny airport to have that amount of traffic with no ramp space to park them all, but I guess helicopters don't need much runway, so you could just park them on the runway?
You're a bit behind
A few FAA updates ago, Allentown Queen City changed id to KJVU and now it's changed id again to KXLL. (Except the FAA screwed up and put "XLL" in the FAA id part and "KJVU" in the ICAO part of the data)
Closed?
Not in the latest FAA data.
Closed?
It's not in the next FAA data set.
Closed?
I'm loading the next FAA dataset, and this airport doesn't appear on it any more.
Merge with 8U3?
CKK3 and 8U3 appear to be the same airport. You merged 7S8 and CEP4, so these should probably be merged as well.
re: FAA duplicate
But the two records also list different owners. I suppose the only way this is going to be settled is for somebody to phone both owners.
re: FAA duplicate
Oh, and the two records have different runways, one is 16/34 1500x75 and the other is "NW/SE" 1500x100.
Abandoned 727
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7446469.stm
"Vietnamese authorities say they are mystified as to who owns a Boeing 727 which has been abandoned at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport."
re: Change of designator
The DAFIF record for this airport shows both ids. I assume it's one for the civil part and one for the military part. It also has "Palma De Mallorca" and "Son San Juan" shown as names.
So which one are you going with?
re: Floatplanes welcome as well
The float plane base is a separate entry in this site - id "CSA7".
Is this plane stranded?
There doesn't appear to be a taxiway to the south that could get it to the runway.
re: Runway shortened by Lava
In the satellite picture, it looks like there is a very large airplane with no way to get to the runway. I wonder if it's really cut off, or if they taxi it over the lava flow?
Don't depart IFR on a VFR day!
I must have tied up traffic for 30 minutes of more waiting at the entrance for my IFR clearance. I'd taxied out after being told to, but there were 4 or 5 planes waiting behind me and by the time I suddenly realized that I could depart VFR and pick up a clearance later, the clearance had actually come. I felt like a complete dick.
Baiyun
The word "Baiyun" means "white cloud", which is an inauspicious name for an airport. However, it makes a good name for a cockatiel: http://gallery.xcski.com/v/paulart/photo_contest/baiyun.jpg.html
re: New York City's first airport
The first time I flew commercial into New York City I saw this underneath us as we were being vectored around. I didn't notice the historical aircraft, but there were plenty of helicopters.
Wrong id
The id on this airport should be "D38", not "KD38".
re: Mathis Airport
1550 feet long, according to the FAA.
Norcross?
I doubt this is correctly located as it appears to be in the middle of the interchange at I390 and Scottsville Rd. Their address is on Airpark drive which is a few hundred metres down the road. Come to think of it, I think there is a building down there with a windsock on the roof.
Saginaw Airport
Funny, it was still in the December FAA data set.
re: Landing fees
If you're paying a fee for landing, isn't it pretty much a given that you're also going to take off? So why don't they just increase the landing fee rather than imposing a takeoff fee as well?
re: OK
Take it up with Google.
Re: Dunolly
I have my doubts about several of the airports that came from that particular user. I've got 529 Australian airports from him, so I'm reluctant to delete them all, but I'm also reluctant to verify them all.
Paint Shop
We took our club's Dakota here to get painted. They did an excellent job, and the plane looks beautiful now.
Oshkosh 2003
Refueled here on the way to Oshkosh. They had free hotdogs, which I think is why my fellow club members chose it.
Oshkosh 2003
Ended up here when weathered out by a huge line of thunderstorms on a flight home from Oshkosh. Had dinner in a Hooters that was an easy walk (for somebody who just spent a week walking around Oshkosh) from the airport. Ate dinner with two Canadians who arrived VFR in a Grumman Tiger.
Nice airport
It's a little annoying that the jets get a big canopy to sit under while I had to pre-flight in the pouring rain, but that's par for the course. Clearance Delivery is available on the radio on the ground, which makes it easier to depart IMC since you don't get a clearance void time until you're at the end of the runway with your run-up done.
The FBO was nice and the people friendly and helpful.
Another duplicate heliport?
🔗 Wed, 31 Dec 2008
— @ptomblin at Isla Martin Garcia Airport, Argentina
Another case of a heliport exactly coincident with an airport (SA04).