Marxism-FennekinismSep 11, 2023

An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway

https://lemmy.ml/post/4761282

An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway - Lemmy

Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287 [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287]

Show threadGorkSep 11, 2023
Why doesn’t that runway have, like, lights and stuff. Or an ILS.
Show threadMarxism-FennekinismSep 11, 2023
I can’t imagine this being used for anything other than daylight VFR flying, which doesn’t need radio guidance or even guidance in general beyond the airstrip itself. It’s also possible that there are lights, and they’re just too small to see when not lit.
Show threadGorkSep 11, 2023
Aren’t there usually strips of lights on the approach before the runway itself? At least for normal commercial airports they are present.
Show threadCaptain_Ender
Naw most VFR unguided airstrips like this don't have anything in the way of landing assistance. The idea being that they'd never fly at night time and divert to a nearby IFR airport if there's sudden weather. Like literal fair weather pilots.
Sep 11, 2023 at 7:19pmWeb