Skydivers have the same right to use the airport and airspace that
glider pilots do.

Skydivers crossing runway approaches or overflying any runway below 500
feet are probably violating FARs but regardless this practice has been
prohibited at all of the 100 or so skydiving centers I've ever jumped
at. Jump operations get lots of FAA scrutiny and do not wish to
endanger their own existence.

And before anyone wags any more fingers at the "danger" of skydiving, I
highly suggest you examine the fatalities to participants ratio:
skydiving, about 30 per 100,000; soaring, about 45 per 100,000. We
should get our own house in order before we can go lecturing the
skydiving community about what is safe and what is not.

~ted/2NO