And I'm not talking about towered airports I understand the procedures for getting access to them I'm talking about non-towered airports and airports that aren't even attended.
I ask because I was looking at places I had flown into back home in Texas. Lake Whitney being one of those places. Out in the middle of nowhere, not even an attended airstrip at a state park. I found this on airnav
http://www.airnav.com/airport/F50Additional Remarks
A96 ULTRALIGHT ACFT PROHIBITED.
A96 would be the FAA NFDC code related to ultralights, but that specific remark is missing from their airport info page: https://nfdc.faa.gov/nfdcApps/servic...?airportId=F50
It is listed in the latest A/FD, however: http://aeronav.faa.gov/pdfs/sc_365_22AUG2013.pdf
Sounds like it is time to make a quick call to the local FSDO: (817) 491-5000
They can, and do. I'm working with an airport to get that restriction lifted.
103.17 Operations in certain airspace.
No person may operate an ultralight vehicle within Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace or within the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport unless that person has prior authorization from the ATC facility having jurisdiction over that airspace.
Most non-towered airports will be Class G up to 700' AGL. Non-towered airports under lateral boundaries of Class E are not very common in most parts of the country. We have one in our area--it is a holdover from when there was a flight service station on the field years ago.Originally Posted by Tom Downey
If the airport received Federal funds in the past, then ultralights must be allowed.
The USUA has a manual about airport access. In the back is a list of all the airports that are public use [it's been a while since I looked at it but my understanding is they took Federal money]. Early on some thought they had the authority to restrict ultralights but they did not. The local FSDOs were often a big help in getting restrictions lifted and getting some airports squared away on what they can and can't do.
If you are trying to get access to an airport, the manual provides some information about how to do that. Might be worth ordering a copy to see if there is anything you haven't thought of in your efforts.
-Buzz
This particular airport HAD a unique situation. There was a UL operation only a mile or two away, and the ULers, despite repeated warnings, would take off from the UL field, do touch-and-goes at the public airport (without any attempt to establish themselves in the pattern), and then go back to the UL field. So, this airport established a blanket prohibition against ULs. The UL operation probably went away over 25 years ago, but no one ever thought about getting rid of the prohibition.
That's the kind of airspace abuse that established the bad reputation the UL community is trying to recover from even after 25 years.....
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