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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 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Where is the air traffic controller for the neighborhood? Or do they never leave and enter at the same time?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

The majority of airports don't have traffic control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-towered_airport

There are similar neighborhoods out where I grew up, aviation is a big thing in the Antelope Valley. Ancient Valley/Pontious and Rosamond Skypark airports come immediately to mind.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Typically small airports like this use a common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) instead of ATC. Basically, there is a predefined frequency that everyone is on, and you have to announce your intentions and everything you do within the airspace, and if another pilot notices a conflict between you and them they have to tell you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

probably the old guy at the end