Hi all,
I'll put my two boobs worth in here, but my information is extremely
dated.
When I was gliding back in the 80's, we used to fly from a private
airstrip. There was no windsock
erected.
When I asked about this, I was told that a windsock implied a public
airstrip so could be used by
anyone. No windsock, no one else could use the strip (unless in an emergency).
That said, it could be an old wives' tale just to shut the "young'un"
up.
Ian
On 29/4/24 5:54 pm, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Thanks all - I'll drop that airstrip then.
>
> On 29/04/2024 10:04, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> the DWG was contacted by the owner of some farmland about an
>> aerodrome=airport that was mapped on
>> their property and which they would like to have removed since it was not a
>> published airstrip and
>> while they occasionally used it for take-offs and landings they don't want
>> ir promoted.
>>
>> My standard response in cases like this would be "I can mark it
>> access=private but if something is
>> clearly there, I cannot remove it."
>>
>> I have checked with aerial imagery though and there is absolutely nothing on
>> the aerial imagery
>> that would set this "airstrip" apart from the neighbouring grassland. Yes it
>> looks like I could
>> land a plane there, but I could also land a plane the next field over, or a
>> little bit further
>> east or west - it all looks the same. I assume that there might be a clue
>> locally like a windsock
>> or so, but other than that, nothing.
>>
>> I'd therefore be tempted to delete the airstrip from OSM. Opinions about
>> that? Here's the area:
>>
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/-38.3681/145.3901
>>
>> Bye
>> Frederik
>>
>
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