You can't assume. They look at primary secondary and emergency flight paths....its not linear....we had to reduce a tower 10 ft. in Laredo even though it was only 150 ft tall and three miles from airport!!!
Jaime Solorza On Oct 28, 2015 8:36 PM, "Glen Waldrop" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to get the info out there, you guys might say its a nothing question > anyway, 4+ miles from a tiny rural airport, 50ft tower at 77ft higher > elevation, probably won't even break the tree tops. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Brian Webster <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 8:53 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Towers near airports > > It’s actually pretty complex to figure out. Many factors such as if you > are near the end, or the side of the runway come in to play. Other issues > such as submitting a good 1A survey letter to have a ground elevation for > the tower so the FAA will not add a margin of error to your height make a > big difference. I used to do a lot of this work for a tower company about > 17 years ago. Had some real advanced software to calculate the instrument > approaches to see the maximum heights we could build towers. Different > types of approaches are approved for various airfields. Our towers near > airports always rented well J. TOWAIR is a good first pass for the easy > stuff. If you need to do some harder work I recommend that you work with > the folks at www.airspaceusa.com. The founder is a retired FAA guy and > knows the best way to get things done. > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Glen Waldrop > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Towers near airports > > > > Towair says I'm good, but what are the distance requirements before it is > an issue? > > I'd like some ballpark guidelines at least. Any tips? Something not in > this horrible FCC tech/legaleze nonsense? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Glen Waldrop <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:56 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Towers near airports > > > > There is one at 140ft closer to the airport than my planned one will be, > only looking for a 50ft mini pop to hit a few houses behind a hill. > > > > I'll check out the site. > > Thanks guys. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:35 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Towers near airports > > > > i like safely landing rather than getting snagged outa the air by a tower > ;-) > > > > seriously though, the FCC and the FAA work together to make sure the > national airspace is safe for everyone. > > > > there are ways to get a tower near an airport if they are in the right > spot and/or not too tall as to create a problem. > > > > -sean > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is quite a distance away where you are still required to pass the glide > slope, and notify them of any frequency changes. I know that every tower > that I have looked into building within a couple miles has failed the test > in towair. Still looking for alternatives. I just hate all the red tape. > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Put it in to the towair website and see if it passes or fails. > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Glen Waldrop <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What is the legality of towers near airports? > > How high, how far does it need to be from the airport, etc? > > > > > > > > > >
