i never had to light or mark a twr but have been in two
situations where the FAA adived me to file their forms and get
their approval....one was fer a small dirt strip private airport
in somewhat remote central oregon!! 73 w7gg
----------
> From: Bill Standerfer <williame@lynx.csn.net>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] FAA and Private Airports
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 12, 1997 1:26 PM
>
> k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
> > I noticed that WL7E mentioned that the FAA has required marking of a
> > tower that is less than 200 feet and only close to a PRIVATE airport.
> >
> > My experience has been that the FAA does not give any protection to
> > PRIVATE airports, only pulic use air facilities (including heliports).
> > [...]
> > I am interested to learn if anyone else has been required to mark or
> > light towers (Upon filing of a FAA 7460) by the FAA for Private
> > airports.
> >[...]
>
> I once lived on a private airport (Van Aire, Brighton, CO) and had a
> modest 50' tower up about 300' from the runway. I filed the form and
> got it back a few weeks later with no action required. Just before
> we moved in, someone else left who had 60' or so up about 100' from the
> runway, so I assume he had no action required by the Feds either.
>
> The FAA is really only interested in obstructions that might conflict
> with instrument approaches to a runway. If you're more than five
> miles away from any airport, I think they'd have a hard time
> justifying any restriction to even a 200' tower. There's a thick
> book that describes how obstacles affect approaches to an airport and
> there are lots of dependences, so trying to guess at what the FAA may
> say in a given situation is pure speculation.
>
> Bill Standerfer - W0GM - Baron N222AB
> Fort Collins, Colorado
> williame@csn.net
>
> --
> FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
> Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
> Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
> Problems: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm
--
FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm
|