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This Notice to Airman page is intended to be a supplement posting site for all special air traffic notices, ground hazards, special operation conditions and site specific warnings that might be of concern to airman in and around Blue Ridge Airpark, Oak Hill, Florida. Postings are presented from newest to oldest. Due to the sensitive nature of land ownership and personal liability from actions taken on private property, please contact individual residents if you have any further questions about specific hazards or notices seen on this or any other page. Click on image ( right ) for detailed plot map of land surrounding the active runway (17/35).

Note: It is the responsibility of each pilot to ensure that they have all FAA issued NOTAM's for their intended flight. This site makes no promise that any or all of the FAA issued NOTAM's will be posted. Please check with the FAA for all official information that pertains to your flight : http://www.faa.gov/NTAP/index.htm Again, this site is not intended as a single point contact for all safety information pertaining to Blue Ridge Airpark.

The trees that once challenged pilots on the south end of the runway have been removed ( for the most part ). The tallest tree still standing is about 30 feet tall and all are more than 600 feet south of the runway's southern starting point. In keeping with the 20:1 glide ratio, the displaced threshold markers have now been re-located some 425 feet to the south. The markers now co-inside with the southern starting point of the runway. Please note that the southern turn-around is not the start of the runway. The start of the runway is about 150 feet north of the center of the turn-around. Please do not use the southern turn-around or southern taxi way as a landing target. All take-off and landing activities are still restricted to happen between the southern and northern displaced threshold markers. These markers are clearly visible from both the ground and air. Please note that the southern turn-around circle is for taxi and turning activities only.

Please also remember that 100% of the property that makes up the Blue Ridge Flightpark is private property. The entire length of the runway and all taxi way's are on somebody's private property and you are visiting at their discretion. Only residents and invited guest are authorized to use the airpark at all. For your safety and as a courtesy to those you are visiting, please contact your party or the flight park manager prior to visiting to be sure you understand the taxi and parking permissions being enforced. This is not meant to discourage any authorized visitors, but the reality of the civil suit is that it has reduced the tolerance of some flightpark residents to visiting guest.

Due to continued civil suit issues and obstructions north of the northern turn-around, FDOT continues to list our runway as decreased in length : 2150 feet. All flight activities must be conducted between the displaced northern threshold markers ( approximately 1200 feet from the northern end of the runway, and the southern displaced threshold markers, approx 425 feet from the southern end of the runway.

This was released for public airports but the basics apply to private airports as well.

Use your eyes and ears to keep our airports safe. Here's what to look for: Pilots who appear under the control of someone else. Anyone trying to access an aircraft through force - without keys, using a crowbar or screwdriver. Anyone who seems unfamiliar with aviation procedures trying to check out an airplane. Anyone who misuses aviation lingo - or seems too eager to use all the lingo. People or groups who seem determined to keep to themselves. Any members of your airport neighborhood who work to avoid contact with you or other airport tenants. Anyone who appears to be just loitering, with no specific reason for being there. Any out-of-the-ordinary videotaping of aircraft or hangars. Aircraft with unusual or obviously unauthorized modifications. Dangerous cargo or loads - explosives, chemicals, openly displayed weapons - being loaded into an airplane. Anything that strikes you as wrong - listen to your gut instinct, and then follow through. Pay special attention to height, weight, and the individual's clothing or other identifiable traits. Use your common sense. Not all these items indicate terrorist activity. When in doubt, check it out! Check with airport staff or call the National Response Center at 1-866-GA-SECURE.

Please use your common sense in these matters. False or misleading reports consume valuable resources that are there to protect us all.

11/04/02 The northern threshold (approach to runway 17) has what appears to be an open framed semi trailer of very large aircraft parts parked on the center of the active runway north of the sand piles (reference lot # 378). These obstructions are approximately 10 ft high and located 150 ft north of the ( northern ) turn around. Be advised that these obstructions are an eminent threat to the safety of aviators using runway 17/35. Click on image for detailed view.

PHOTO ID LAW NOW IN EFFECT
Pilots are reminded that beginning this week, a government-issued photo
identification--in addition to pilot and medical certificates--must be carried
when flying an aircraft. AOPA petitioned for the new requirement in February
as a way to meet the intent of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act,
which requires the Under Secretary of Transportation to consider a photo-ID
pilot certificate. The requirement to carry a government-issued photo ID, such
as a driver's license, is less costly and quicker to implement; it took effect
Monday. See AOPA Online for more information
( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2002/02-4-021.html ).

10/01/02 The northern threshold (approach to runway 17) has been for-shortened by 250 feet due to the presence of piles of sand on the active runway. Be advised that these piles of sand are an eminent threat to the safety of aviators using runway 17/35. The sand piles are approximately 3 feet high and 10 feet in diameter and are located on the center line of the active about 10 feet north of the ( northern ) turn-around. (reference lot # 378). Click on image for detailed view.

Due to obstructions to runway 17/35, it is suggested that all take-offs and landings be conducted in the un-obstructed 1800+ ft of active runway that lies south of the sand piles. Night landing and departures are of particular risk to aviators as these obstructions are not lit up in any way and can not be seen from pattern altitudes. please note that the runway lighting starts immediately after the piles of sand. Click on image of suggested safe runway graphic for detailed view.

11/28/01 There is a " zone of death " around the Space Shuttle. ( not literally, but it got your attention ) There is a " NO FLY ZONE " around the Space Shuttle immediately before and during launch/landing/flight operations. Do not take this OFFICIAL FAA ISSUED NOTAM lightly. More than a dozen aircraft have been forced down by US AIR FORCE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT for " innocent " incursions into the " NO FLY ZONE ". Note that 12 to 24 hours before scheduled launch, this zone is activated. It is activated over and over again if scrubs delay the launch. Blue Ridge Flightpark is within the " NO FLY ZONE ". This is about as serious as the US AIR FORCE gets. Click on image for detailed view of the "NO FLY ZONE".

06/01/01 The active runway lighting is non standard. Runway illumination is provided by non-pilot controlled, solar re-charged, amber colored lights set every 200 feet along the east and west edges of the active. due to the limited amount of illumination available from each lamp, the lighting has been arranged to best be seen on approach to runway 17. Beginning at the northern turn-around, lighting runs for 1200 feet south. With aircraft landing lights on, the reflective surfaces and white paint on the runway markers ( tires ) allow for continued active surface identification past the end of the provided lighting. These lights are only active for a few hours after sundown each night. clouds and weather during the day also decrease their post dusk operating time. Click on image for detailed view.

Since Forever Ago There are 2 Sand Hill cranes that live on / about the airfield. They pose no real threat to aviation except that they are in the habit of flying left pattern at a much reduced altitude ( like 30 feet AGL ) and they move kinda slow. Please be on the lookout for these majestic aviators as they have been a part of the airfield for many many years. Note that there is sometimes a third (smaller) member of this feathered family. The younger baby cranes fly left pattern too, but not as predictably.