Moses Lake Washington

[Fred Choate]

I am going to be flying to Moses Lake, WA in a couple of weeks. Anyone
familiar with Grant County? According to the AF/D, it is busy with military
traffic. Just curious....

Thanks.

Fred

[NW_PILOT]

"Fred Choate" > wrote in message
...
> I am going to be flying to Moses Lake, WA in a couple of weeks. Anyone
> familiar with Grant County? According to the AF/D, it is busy with
military
> traffic. Just curious....
>
> Thanks.
>
> Fred
>
>


I am, its not to bad unless the MOA is HOT I think they like to use us for
target practice.

[Fred Choate]

Ahhh......that is good to hear. Does ATC put you on the big runway most of
the time, or do us little guys get to use 18/36?

Fred


"NW_PILOT" > wrote in message
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>
> "Fred Choate" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I am going to be flying to Moses Lake, WA in a couple of weeks. Anyone
>> familiar with Grant County? According to the AF/D, it is busy with
> military
>> traffic. Just curious....
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>
>
> I am, its not to bad unless the MOA is HOT I think they like to use us for
> target practice.
>
>

[Charles Oppermann]

> Ahhh......that is good to hear. Does ATC put you on the big runway most
> of the time, or do us little guys get to use 18/36?

The times I've flown in there, I've always been routed to 4/22, which is
10,000x100. Twice I've seen Boeing 747 doing touch and go's on 14/32, the
big one at 13,500x300.

One night the ATIS had a warning about miltary activity running lights out
in the pattern.

It's a nice airport and you'll have fun. If you have some spare time, fly
up to Grand Coulee Dam, a little to the north. Enjoy!

[NW_PILOT]

"Charles Oppermann" > wrote in message
...
> > Ahhh......that is good to hear. Does ATC put you on the big runway most
> > of the time, or do us little guys get to use 18/36?
>
> The times I've flown in there, I've always been routed to 4/22, which is
> 10,000x100. Twice I've seen Boeing 747 doing touch and go's on 14/32, the
> big one at 13,500x300.
>
> One night the ATIS had a warning about miltary activity running lights out
> in the pattern.
>
> It's a nice airport and you'll have fun. If you have some spare time, fly
> up to Grand Coulee Dam, a little to the north. Enjoy!
>
>

All sorts of neat stuff goes on there,

[Fred Choate]

Thanks, I will try to do that. I am picking up my 9 year old daughter, so
she would get a kick out of flying up over the dam.

Thanks for the info Folks......

Fred

"Charles Oppermann" > wrote in message
...
>> Ahhh......that is good to hear. Does ATC put you on the big runway most
>> of the time, or do us little guys get to use 18/36?
>
> The times I've flown in there, I've always been routed to 4/22, which is
> 10,000x100. Twice I've seen Boeing 747 doing touch and go's on 14/32, the
> big one at 13,500x300.
>
> One night the ATIS had a warning about miltary activity running lights out
> in the pattern.
>
> It's a nice airport and you'll have fun. If you have some spare time, fly
> up to Grand Coulee Dam, a little to the north. Enjoy!
>

[Chris G.]

Check out the AF/D... One of the runways there is used as a C-17 Assault
Landing Strip. It's very interesting to see the military ops, so I'm told.

Chris

Fred Choate wrote:
> Thanks, I will try to do that. I am picking up my 9 year old daughter, so
> she would get a kick out of flying up over the dam.
>
> Thanks for the info Folks......
>
> Fred
>
> "Charles Oppermann" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>>Ahhh......that is good to hear. Does ATC put you on the big runway most
>>>of the time, or do us little guys get to use 18/36?
>>
>>The times I've flown in there, I've always been routed to 4/22, which is
>>10,000x100. Twice I've seen Boeing 747 doing touch and go's on 14/32, the
>>big one at 13,500x300.
>>
>>One night the ATIS had a warning about miltary activity running lights out
>>in the pattern.
>>
>>It's a nice airport and you'll have fun. If you have some spare time, fly
>>up to Grand Coulee Dam, a little to the north. Enjoy!
>>
>
>
>

[Fidel Perez]

"NW_PILOT" > wrote in message
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>
> "Fred Choate" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I am going to be flying to Moses Lake, WA in a couple of weeks. Anyone
>> familiar with Grant County? According to the AF/D, it is busy with
> military
>> traffic. Just curious....
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>
>
> I am, its not to bad unless the MOA is HOT I think they like to use us for
> target practice.
>
>

Target practice? I think you still have Yakima in your brain.

How busy Grant Co. is depends on the day of the week. Even the tower is
closed some days.

Fidel

[David Herman]

"Fred Choate" > wrote in message
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>I am going to be flying to Moses Lake, WA in a couple of weeks. Anyone
>familiar with Grant County? According to the AF/D, it is busy with
>military traffic. Just curious....

Busy? Hardly.

Grant County Int'l is a tremendous airport out in the middle of nowhere
(former airforce base and a designated space shuttle alternate landing
site!). Yes, there's some military activity sometimes, and yes, some of the
airlines use it for training (gotta use all that pavement for something),
but to describe the place as "busy" is laughable. Most of the times I've
been there I felt like the guys in the tower were angry at me for
interrupting their naps or poker game. I've probably been in there a dozen
times, maybe more, and only recall seeing another airplane moving once or
twice.

It's one of the sleepiest airports with endless pavement that you're likley
to ever visit. No problemo.

For an FBO while you're there, I recommend Air America. They'll treat you
nice.

Hope that helps,

David Herman
N6170T 1965 Cessna 150E
Boeing Field (BFI), Seattle, WA
http://www.pacificnorthwestflying.com/

[Fred Choate]

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't figure it to be too bad. I have driven
through there a million times and only recall seeing a handful of military
aircraft myself, but I wasn't really paying that close attention.

I will check out Air America while I am there......thanks again for the info
everyone.

Fred


"David Herman" > wrote in message
news:1120085866.899520@yasure...
> "Fred Choate" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I am going to be flying to Moses Lake, WA in a couple of weeks. Anyone
>>familiar with Grant County? According to the AF/D, it is busy with
>>military traffic. Just curious....
>
> Busy? Hardly.
>
> Grant County Int'l is a tremendous airport out in the middle of nowhere
> (former airforce base and a designated space shuttle alternate landing
> site!). Yes, there's some military activity sometimes, and yes, some of
> the airlines use it for training (gotta use all that pavement for
> something), but to describe the place as "busy" is laughable. Most of the
> times I've been there I felt like the guys in the tower were angry at me
> for interrupting their naps or poker game. I've probably been in there a
> dozen times, maybe more, and only recall seeing another airplane moving
> once or twice.
>
> It's one of the sleepiest airports with endless pavement that you're
> likley to ever visit. No problemo.
>
> For an FBO while you're there, I recommend Air America. They'll treat you
> nice.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> David Herman
> N6170T 1965 Cessna 150E
> Boeing Field (BFI), Seattle, WA
> http://www.pacificnorthwestflying.com/
>
>

[NW_PILOT]

"Fred Choate" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for the heads up. I didn't figure it to be too bad. I have driven
> through there a million times and only recall seeing a handful of military
> aircraft myself, but I wasn't really paying that close attention.
>
> I will check out Air America while I am there......thanks again for the
info
> everyone.
>
> Fred
>


As said watch out the military like's to use us as target practice. Hook
your regular scanner up and scan the military band while flying in the area
when they are playing around area.

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Fred
I did a season crop dusting there and to the south it was kind of
interesting watching the heavies doing parachute drops at low level -
500-1000'agl - and making sure I was out of their drop zone! The bigger
of the two airports there use it for training Japan Airlines crews. The
smaller airport, where I flew out of, has about 2300 hard surface and
lots of ag activity right about now. It is to the east a few miles and
right on the edge ot town. Pretty quiet place all in all.
Rocky

[Fred Choate]

Thanks Rocky.......I don't think that airport has fuel available according
to the AF/D....but with all the ag activity, maybe there is?

Fred

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> Fred
> I did a season crop dusting there and to the south it was kind of
> interesting watching the heavies doing parachute drops at low level -
> 500-1000'agl - and making sure I was out of their drop zone! The bigger
> of the two airports there use it for training Japan Airlines crews. The
> smaller airport, where I flew out of, has about 2300 hard surface and
> lots of ag activity right about now. It is to the east a few miles and
> right on the edge ot town. Pretty quiet place all in all.
> Rocky
>