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SoonerAviator
Curious on the thoughts from the gallery on this runway, given very little information at the moment.
Backstory: Parents are looking to acquire more land, and a parcel came up that has about 5 acres of mostly wooded area but is in a gated community . . . turns out this "community" is about 10 properties, 6 of which have houses on them and are attached to a turf runway. I don't know the particulars just yet, but I was doing some Google Map investigations on the runway. Appears to be about 3,000' x 60', with an 800' extension on the South end which is about 50% narrower than the main runway. I don't know how they use it, if it's a displaced threshold or fully usable. Anyone see any obvious problems? There are a few ponds on either side of the runway, but those are about the only obstacles, nothing off of the North end (aside from a barbed wire fence) for probably 1/4 mile, and the South is open for another 1/2 mile+ aside from scrub trees and general unimproved land. I do have a feeling the extension on the South end could be affected by rain/runoff at times, which would render it unwise for use.
AirNav info lists the runway as 2200' x 150', but it likely hasn't been updated in a while.
Backstory: Parents are looking to acquire more land, and a parcel came up that has about 5 acres of mostly wooded area but is in a gated community . . . turns out this "community" is about 10 properties, 6 of which have houses on them and are attached to a turf runway. I don't know the particulars just yet, but I was doing some Google Map investigations on the runway. Appears to be about 3,000' x 60', with an 800' extension on the South end which is about 50% narrower than the main runway. I don't know how they use it, if it's a displaced threshold or fully usable. Anyone see any obvious problems? There are a few ponds on either side of the runway, but those are about the only obstacles, nothing off of the North end (aside from a barbed wire fence) for probably 1/4 mile, and the South is open for another 1/2 mile+ aside from scrub trees and general unimproved land. I do have a feeling the extension on the South end could be affected by rain/runoff at times, which would render it unwise for use.
AirNav info lists the runway as 2200' x 150', but it likely hasn't been updated in a while.