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Post by RollTideRex on Aug 12, 2009 10:40:12 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it's ever been pursued or not, but have we looked at the Hickory Airport? I know it's not in Charlotte  , but it looks like it could easily support us if they're willing to talk. |
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Post by lagunamiata on Aug 12, 2009 11:54:38 GMT -5
I've had the airport manager's number of a while, just haven't gotten around to calling him...
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Post by cb7tuner on Aug 12, 2009 12:44:27 GMT -5
Here is the thing about Hickory, it is a tower controlled field. Usually tower controlled fields are fairly busy. However, they do have 2 runways.
RWY 6-24 is 6500' x 150'
RWY 1-19 is 4400' x 150'
It may be possible to use pretty much all of RWY 1-19 but probably not the taxiways.
That said, I am not sure which of the two runways is usually in use because I have not flown there yet.
If you want to talk airports, I will look at my charts and materials for paved airports around that likely have little traffic that may be able to shutdown air traffic for us on a Sunday.
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Post by cr89x on Aug 12, 2009 13:02:37 GMT -5
1-19 would be the best all honesty. Idk what kind of aircraft they have coming in there, but if they keep the larger one then almost anything can land their yet.
Gary, look into Gastonia Municipal Airport. Seems you have more knowledge and can find out more about the little airports than I can. I only know and have information for the large commercial flown airports.
Elliott, good idea. Let's look into something along these lines.
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Post by RollTideRex on Aug 12, 2009 13:23:54 GMT -5
I also looked at Shelby, but they only have the one runway, so I don't know that we could pull that off.
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Post by lagunamiata on Aug 12, 2009 13:30:40 GMT -5
We've actually talked with Gastonia, but haven't been on-site yet to see if it would really work.
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Post by cb7tuner on Aug 12, 2009 13:36:42 GMT -5
1-19 would be the best all honesty. Idk what kind of aircraft they have coming in there, but if they keep the larger one then almost anything can land their yet. Gary, look into Gastonia Municipal Airport. Seems you have more knowledge and can find out more about the little airports than I can. I only know and have information for the large commercial flown airports. Elliott, good idea. Let's look into something along these lines. I just know this junk because I am learning how to fly planes right now. Gastonia (KAKH) has RWY 3-21 which is 3370' x 100' Now it looks as if Chester Cawtawba Regional in Chester, SC (KDCM) has a decommissioned runway. Looks like at one time they had 3 runways and it is likely all three are 5000' x 100' The non-operational one is at the north end of the field: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=chester,+sc&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.644639,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=34.790158,-81.194887&spn=0.025869,0.038581&t=h&z=15 Now, if you zoom in on that it looks like now there are buildings and a plane parked at the east end of the runway. My sectional chart also says there is higher than normal amounts of skydiving activity at this field. But airnav.com says that the field averages 23 operations per day, hardly busy. www.airnav.com/airport/KDCMNote, Charlotte (KCLT) averages 1421 ops/day Concord Regional (KJQF) averages 188 ops/day |
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Post by barbee810 on Aug 12, 2009 14:05:13 GMT -5
1-19 would be the best all honesty. Idk what kind of aircraft they have coming in there, but if they keep the larger one then almost anything can land their yet. Gary, look into Gastonia Municipal Airport. Seems you have more knowledge and can find out more about the little airports than I can. I only know and have information for the large commercial flown airports. Elliott, good idea. Let's look into something along these lines. I just know this junk because I am learning how to fly planes right now. Gastonia (KAKH) has RWY 3-21 which is 3370' x 100' Now it looks as if Chester Cawtawba Regional in Chester, SC (KDCM) has a decommissioned runway. Looks like at one time they had 3 runways and it is likely all three are 5000' x 100' The non-operational one is at the north end of the field: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=chester,+sc&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.644639,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=34.790158,-81.194887&spn=0.025869,0.038581&t=h&z=15 Now, if you zoom in on that it looks like now there are buildings and a plane parked at the east end of the runway. My sectional chart also says there is higher than normal amounts of skydiving activity at this field. But airnav.com says that the field averages 23 operations per day, hardly busy. www.airnav.com/airport/KDCMNote, Charlotte (KCLT) averages 1421 ops/day Concord Regional (KJQF) averages 188 ops/day We knew all that flight school would pay off some day but who knew it would happen so quickly! Airport course is interesting, down one way, turn around and come back, just keeping the turns in opposite direction so you don't have two cars aimed at one another? |
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Post by wcox32408 on Aug 12, 2009 14:21:33 GMT -5
I have dealt with live airports in the past in NY and autocrossed on them, would love to help and join the talks.
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Post by g60wcorrado on Aug 12, 2009 20:10:46 GMT -5
I'll get in contact with a friend that has a Hanger there, and see if they can give any advice or suggestions on whom to talk to.
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Post by cr89x on Aug 13, 2009 9:13:20 GMT -5
Ok 5000' is plenty long, that's for sure. But is 100' wide enough?? Just sounds like a really cool, long, snake run.
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Post by VpointVick on Aug 13, 2009 15:51:21 GMT -5
Ok 5000' is plenty long, that's for sure. But is 100' wide enough?? Just sounds like a really cool, long, snake run. SCR's Prince Of Orange Mall site can't be any wider than that. Makes for limited course design options, but can be done. A runway won't have curbs to keep away from either. We could run out almost to the grass! |
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Post by cb7tuner on Aug 13, 2009 16:09:47 GMT -5
Ok 5000' is plenty long, that's for sure. But is 100' wide enough?? Just sounds like a really cool, long, snake run. SCR's Prince Of Orange Mall site can't be any wider than that. Makes for limited course design options, but can be done. A runway won't have curbs to keep away from either. We could run out almost to the grass! Exactly. You can place cones right on the edge of the pavement. 100' is bigger than you think. |
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Post by cr89x on Aug 13, 2009 21:01:19 GMT -5
Kind of like the Black Lake site . ? (statement and question, rhetorical I guess)
Course design would be very limited, we have enough creative minds that I'm sure we could do something cool though.
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Post by cb7tuner on Aug 13, 2009 22:09:00 GMT -5
Kind of like the Black Lake site . ? (statement and question, rhetorical I guess) Course design would be very limited, we have enough creative minds that I'm sure we could do something cool though. Well SCCA has been using runways as sites for a while, course designs are out there. |
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Post by RollTideRex on Aug 14, 2009 7:27:25 GMT -5
The airstrip courses (to me, anyway) tend to be a lot more fun if the course designer includes the taxiway. That way, you've got the possibility of a couple of sweepers, you don't have to run the main runway section in reverse coming back, and you can typically get more cars on course at a time.
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Post by cb7tuner on Aug 17, 2009 14:11:40 GMT -5
I just wanted to say this about airports:
Using a single runway airport is going to pretty much be impossible if it is an active airport. Running an event there would require complete closure of the airport to air traffic during the period the cones are on the runway. Even the slowest of airports usually have some traffic on the weekends and the guy who owns a Cessna or even worse the jerk with a Cirrus who wants to go out on a Sunday afternoon but can't because there are a bunch of cone dodgers using his runway is not going to be happy.
So unless there is an airport with 1 runway that is that strapped for cash as to shutdown for the day, running on a single runway airport that does see traffic/has a number of A/C based at the field is probably not going to happen.
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Post by hkerekes on Sept 6, 2009 16:28:31 GMT -5
The company I work for delivers to Riverhawk Aviation ( used to be Profile Aviation) that either owns or rents the hangars, plane storage and maintenance areas at Hickory Airport.
I can get some names and numbers if people need them. There are maintenance Hangars off to the side with a decent amount of room in between them and they are off the main runway. There is also separate entrance/exits from the regular airport entrance.
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Post by lagunamiata on Sept 8, 2009 17:13:04 GMT -5
The company I work for delivers to Riverhawk Aviation ( used to be Profile Aviation) that either owns or rents the hangars, plane storage and maintenance areas at Hickory Airport. A fraternity brother's dad owned Profile Aviation and he (frat bro) was the accountant for Profile Aviation Services (Riverhawk). |
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, but it looks like it could easily support us if they're willing to talk.
