Danny Deger wrote:
In another thread, I have just read that there might be controlled airports
without having class D airspace, and pilots are supposed to know this and
know to contact the tower and stay of their non-class D airspace if they are
not in contact with the tower.

Can anyone confirm this?


I've seen this several times at airports with newly commissioned towers.
Apparently, the FAA can open a tower any old time, but it takes months to
create class D airspace. Airspace changes have to be published in the
federal register and go through the rulemaking process.

The last two towers I remember being commissioned, it was about 6 months
before the class D airspace was depicted on the charts.

The FAA assumes that you would automatically know about a tower without
class D airspace depicted because you're supposed to get all available
information before a flight. This would include the NOTAM for the tower,
which will be there until the charts reflect it.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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