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[-] Synthead@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

These little strips don't use a tower. Pilots communicate with each other on unicom.

[-] ryo@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 1 year ago

unicom

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[-] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

No, you read it right, UNICOM

Or UNIversal COMmunications

Also known as CTAF, or

Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.

Basically the frequency you use when you're in uncontrolled airspace.

[-] stevehobbes@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They read it as unicor n hence the emoji.

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 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

Gives you a rough magnetic heading so you can line up easier and keep your pattern straight. Also to tell others which way you're going to keep from crashing head-on (a north/south strip might be 36/18, for example, so ppl know which way you're going).

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.

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