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An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 23 points 3 years ago (7 children)

These little strips don't use a tower. Pilots communicate with each other on unicom.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    unicom

    First thing I thought of reading on this tiny screen: 🦄

    We need a community for keming.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    A private (meaning, non-public) field like this one probably uses the multicom frequency, but yes. Self-announce on the CTAF. Irks me a bit there aren't runway numbers.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Why do they need numbers? There's only one runway.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Gives you a rough magnetic heading so you can line up easier and keep your pattern straight. Also to tell others which way you're going to keep from crashing head-on (a north/south strip might be 36/18, for example, so ppl know which way you're going).

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    A runway with two ends. And you'd probably be surprised how easy it is to choose one end when you mean another.

    Also to identify it from the air as a runway. It's paved and they painted a centerline; I would have also painted numbers and thresholds.

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