"LWG" wrote in message
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Yes, I think Gatineau airport, near Ottawa, is the same. It's a nice
system.

Question:

This is a very common COMM situation in Canada. Is there a US equivalent?

moo



Les

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, said:
Last week I was in Greenland, at Narsarsuaq, formerly the USAAF and
USAF airfield Bluie West One.

It's a fabulous place, but one aspect of the Narsarsuaq airfield
really astonished me. There is a tower, six days a week during normal
daylight hours, but the tower only gives advice; the pilot is always
in control, and makes his own decisions.

Is this very unusual?

Several Canadian airports I've been at have a FSS on the field. Their
facility looks like a tower cab, but not up on a tower, and they are the
ones you talk to (you say "St. Catherines Radio" instead of "St.
Catherines Traffic" or they get upset with you), but they tell you the
wind an altimeter settings, tell you if anybody else is in the pattern,
but they don't clear you for anything.

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