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> In the US and Canada, untowered airports account for a majority of takeoffs and landings. And the majority of those takeoffs and landings are probably tiny p
by JCharante 5y ago
> In the US and Canada, untowered airports account for a majority of takeoffs and landings.
And the majority of those takeoffs and landings are probably tiny planes, which I presume is easier to do adhoc coordination for
- kortilla 5y agoThe size of the plane has nothing to do with the difficulty of ad hoc coordination. Ad hoc coordination does not mean “swerve out of the way if someone shows up on the runway”. It means announcing intent to land on the runway well in advance and coordinating with other planes using the airport over the radio.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoNot sure about the US but in Europe it kinda does. If you have a bunch of GA active, odds are that 95% of the pilots are only SEP rated and PPLs. I think US pilots are generally a lot more experienced. GA is so expensive here and GA is often banned from busy areas so there's not many ways to get this experience. I saw some vids of people just flying up to LAX in their 172.. In Europe this would be unthinkable. They'll refuse and reroute you to a local small airport. In our area they were really strict on announcing all intent to traffic, but it was probably because we did have a tower at certain hours so that kept it on our minds.