Disappearing Runways

On 5/24/05 9:44 PM, in article , "Kyle
Boatright" spewed:

I think I'm seeing a growing trend where ex-military fields, typically of
WWII vintage, are suffereing runway attrition. 20 miles from my home field,
the Rome, GA airport has closed one of its 3 intersecting runways, and on my
last X/C to Texas, I discovered that one of my favorite stops - Greenville,
MS has closed its East/West runway (although keeping both of the N/S runways
open). Also, on Sunday, I was flying commercial from Las Vegas to Atlanta
and saw quite a few small airports with yellow X's on one or more runways.

Is this happening in your neighborhood too, or am I overly sensitive because
I fly a taildragger and really appreciate multiple runway options?

KB


I fly out of Canton, GA and we do approaches into Rome's ILS quite often. I
don't recall ever seeing that runway open at Rome. Do you know when it
closed?
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On 5/24/05 9:44 PM, in article , "Kyle
Boatright" spewed:

I think I'm seeing a growing trend where ex-military fields, typically of
WWII vintage, are suffereing runway attrition. 20 miles from my home
field,
the Rome, GA airport has closed one of its 3 intersecting runways, and on
my
last X/C to Texas, I discovered that one of my favorite stops -
Greenville,
MS has closed its East/West runway (although keeping both of the N/S
runways
open). Also, on Sunday, I was flying commercial from Las Vegas to Atlanta
and saw quite a few small airports with yellow X's on one or more
runways.

Is this happening in your neighborhood too, or am I overly sensitive
because
I fly a taildragger and really appreciate multiple runway options?

KB


I fly out of Canton, GA and we do approaches into Rome's ILS quite often.
I
don't recall ever seeing that runway open at Rome. Do you know when it
closed?
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino

It closed about 5 years ago. I completed my tailwheel endorsement on that
runway one cold and windy day in February a year or two before it closed.
No way I'd have been able to land a Taylorcraft on any of the other runways
in Rome that day. By the way, that Taylorcraft belonged to Alan Bobo, and
was based in Canton. I seem to remember that it was tan and brown. You may
have seen it before he sold it.

KB