How hard would it be to add “Mass” to the headline? Or any state name abbreviation? That aside, the first paragraph that I read spelled out the city and state; was that a correction to what some commenters saw? Still, it would be nice for headlines to give more location info; as a Wyoming reader I would not have bothered to read past the headline, because, who knows - there might be a Chatham, Colorado.
Good point Larry.
Chatham might be using landing fees to get around rules it’s not legally allowed to break, and that could catch the FAA’s eye. Airports that take federal funds have to follow rules like:
- Grant Assurance #22
https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/grant_assurances
(Says airports must be open to all users without unfair discrimination) - 49 U.S. Code § 47107 – Grant Conditions
49 U.S. Code § 47107 - Project grant application approval conditioned on assurances about airport operations | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
(Federal law outlining obligations tied to airport funding)
If they move forward with this plan, it wouldn’t be surprising if someone files:
- Part 13 Complaint (informal FAA complaint)
Federal Register :: Request Access - Part 16 Complaint (formal legal challenge with possible enforcement)
Federal Register :: Request Access
Yep, and it called “Canaveral” and it’s not on the Gulf of Meximerica.
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I think Amelia should start using only aerodrome IDs in the heads. That would remove any ambiguity, and will force us all to bone up on the A/FD.
Since this airport has a 3000ft runway I don’t think they’d have to worry much about “large” airplanes. They should feel lucky to get any business at all? I don’t get it.
Looking at this again, not updating your prices every two or three years to keep up with inflation and leaving them stagnant for too long is not good. FBO’s tend to do that at small airports. When the price doubles to where it should be everybody cries foul. The prices mentioned here in this article are probably not out of line, it’s the huge jump that leaves a bad impression.