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An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway (lemmy.ml)
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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 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.

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year 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.