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Old October 25th 03, 07:26 PM
Dan Thomas
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David Megginson wrote in message ...
I just noticed an interesting airport in the CFS (Canadian A&FD).
I glanced at the airport diagram for CAJ2, Eagle Plains/Wiley, Yukon
Territory, and noticed that the runway was on top of a road. A glance
at the CAUTION section confirmed that:

CAUTION Rwy forms part of Dempster hwy (mile 244)

The runway is 2500x60 gravel (pavement isn't common north of 60), so
basically, the highway just gets wider for a half mile and there's a
wind sock sitting beside it. Has anyone reading this group visited
this airport (either by plane or car)? I wonder how it's signed on
the highway, and how pilots feel about fighting with trucks for the
right of way.


All the best,


David


Little pavement north of 60, and few trucks and cars, too. Pilot
just gets a good look at the highway on either end of the strip and
makes sure nobody's coming.
Alaska highway has similar strips.

Dan