A different kind of extreme runway

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

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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

CAUTION Rwy forms part of Dempster hwy (mile 244)

Wow, a rare instance of governmental common sense. Imagine, actually
trusting a pilot to make sure there are not trucks on the highway before
landing!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

The runway on Gibraltar used to be the same way. Traffic had to be
stopped on the "road" when the"runway" is in use. I don't know if that's
still the case or not, but it was back in the sixties.

Dave Reinhart


David Megginson wrote:

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

Jay Honeck wrote:

CAUTION Rwy forms part of Dempster hwy (mile 244)


Wow, a rare instance of governmental common sense. Imagine, actually
trusting a pilot to make sure there are not trucks on the highway before
landing!

Any road in Montana that is not Federal can be used as a runway. Just
look both ways.

In article b7Emb.21615$mZ5.81261@attbi_s54, Newps
wrote:

CAUTION Rwy forms part of Dempster hwy (mile 244)

Wow, a rare instance of governmental common sense. Imagine, actually
trusting a pilot to make sure there are not trucks on the highway before
landing!

Any road in Montana that is not Federal can be used as a runway. Just
look both ways.

In Alaska there are signs that state "Airplanes Have Right-of-Way On
Road".

Have been stationed at a number of Air Force Bases that had roads
going around the end of the R/W across the overrun. They had red and
green lights on the road and if a bird was landing or taking off, the
red light was on and traffic stopped. If green, all traffic moved on
road.

Must have worked ok as never heard of a collision between someone on
the peripheral road and an aircraft.

Big John


On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:14:04 GMT, David Megginson
wrote:

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

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 01:24:28 GMT, EDR wrote:

Any road in Montana that is not Federal can be used as a runway. Just
look both ways.

In Alaska there are signs that state "Airplanes Have Right-of-Way On
Road".

http://www.airport-directory.com/bilder/rightofway.gif

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In Alaska there are signs that state "Airplanes Have Right-of-Way On
Road".

I want one of those signs for our upcoming "Backwoods Suite"!

I wonder if the Alaskan DOT will sell me one...?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"