I am a retired FAA employee (non air traffic control) I remember one
airport that was routinely shutting down one runway for events of some
sort. A pilot complained to the FAA Airports District Office and they made
the airport discontinue it. The rulling was that if a event is
non-aviation related and the airport accepted federal funds they couldn't
do it.
This would apply to active taxiways also. Areas other than that should be
ok. Most airports receive 90% funding for projects on the airport and the
state pays 5% and the airport pays the other 5%. some airports can get
away with it if the aviation community supports it without complaining.
The best solution is if the airport has a inactive runway like a lot of
them that were military training sites.
Joe Worsley
Michael Poorboy wrote:
> Hi List,
> I need some information from clubs that use Public airports as their
> event sites.
> We have a local airport with a large pad area adjacent to an active
> runway. I
> have been in contact with the airport manager and he doesn't seem the
> have
> a problem of us renting this area, but the County attorney is against
> it. The
> funny thing is the Sheriff Department uses the same area for their
> drivers
> school. The airport we would like to use isn't a very busy facility and
> doesn't
> have any commercial carriers there.
>
> Does anyone know the FAA restrictions for using areas located within an
> active airport ? I worked on a flight line for years and we had several
> events
> at the airport while the runways were still being used. I am thinking
> this is mainly
> a way to keep from having to deal with us.
>
> I want to know as much information as possible before I tackle the
> County
> Commisioners.
>
> Thanks for any and all the help.
> Mike
> http://www.asnw.org/
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