Meigs Class D Still Active?

Do you have to call the tower when the tower is closed at any other airport?

Bob Gardner

"Tom Fleischman" wrote in
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I'm planning a flight to Racine (KRAC) and I'd like to transition along
the lake shore between Gary (GYY) and Racine. The only problematic
airspace is the Meigs Class D which is still depicted on the sectional and
terminal chart.

Does one still have to establish comm in order to transition Meigs Class
D? There is an RCO freq listed.

Bob Gardner wrote:
Do you have to call the tower when the tower is closed at any other airport?

How do you call a tower that's no longer there?

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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How do you call a tower that's no longer there?


Use a radio equipped with flux capacitors.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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How do you call a tower that's no longer there?


Use a radio equipped with flux capacitors.




I pictured some guy sitting in a lawn chair, where the tower used to be,
talking into a handheld. He'd also have a battery powered light gun,
just in case... G

The tower is still there :-)

Paul kgyy wrote:
The tower is still there :-)


Sorry, I thought they tore it down when they wreck the airport.

So, the guy won't need the lawn chair? G

Bob Gardner makes an excellent point. If the tower is closed - it's closed.
You don't have to make contact with them. So no, Meigs Class D is not
active.

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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Bob Gardner wrote:
Do you have to call the tower when the tower is closed at any other
airport?

How do you call a tower that's no longer there?

("B A R R Y" wrote)
How do you call a tower that's no longer there?


Call a different tower. I suggest Sears.


MontyWards ...speaking of no longer there.

"Art Varrassi" wrote in message
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Bob Gardner makes an excellent point. If the tower is closed - it's
closed. You don't have to make contact with them. So no, Meigs Class D is
not active.


Controlled airspace is established by regulatory action. Part-time Class D
airspace will be in effect for the period the tower is open. But if
something happens to force the early closure of the tower the airspace
remains Class D.

Airspace changes have to go through the entire rulemaking process. An NPRM
is issued with a 90 day comment period. That's what happened at Meigs, the
Class D airspace remained in effect well after the field was destroyed.
Two years ago Meigs was depicted by name as a closed, uncontrolled field
within a Class D surface area. There was no entry for the airport in the
A/FD, just for the RCO. The approaches had been removed from the TPP. You
had Class D airspace without an operating control tower.

Most of the Class D airports I fly to revert to Class G when the tower is
closed. Is that not true for Meigs?


"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Art Varrassi" wrote in message
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Bob Gardner makes an excellent point. If the tower is closed - it's
closed. You don't have to make contact with them. So no, Meigs Class D is
not active.


Controlled airspace is established by regulatory action. Part-time Class
D
airspace will be in effect for the period the tower is open. But if
something happens to force the early closure of the tower the airspace
remains Class D.

Airspace changes have to go through the entire rulemaking process. An
NPRM
is issued with a 90 day comment period. That's what happened at Meigs,
the
Class D airspace remained in effect well after the field was destroyed.
Two years ago Meigs was depicted by name as a closed, uncontrolled field
within a Class D surface area. There was no entry for the airport in the
A/FD, just for the RCO. The approaches had been removed from the TPP.
You
had Class D airspace without an operating control tower.