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One guy I worked with started a glider club. Turns out they needed a runway. So they made one out of an old farmers field. No real runway just an empty field
by sumtechguy 3y ago
One guy I worked with started a glider club. Turns out they needed a runway. So they made one out of an old farmers field. No real runway just an empty field cut low and a small shack at the end of the run way to fix things. "I am going to name it an international something, not sure what". Few years later I asked him if they gave him his international name. They had! So this little random field is an 'international' airport.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoI'm curious; what's the ICAO airport code? The story reminds me of Llandegley International airport[1], except in your colleague's case there actually was somewhere to land! [1]: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/wales-airport-llandegley-joke-b2226200.html https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/wales-a...
- sumtechguy 3y agoAw sorry dude it was like 20 years ago at this point. I do remember it started with an I and it was in the middle of North Carolina near Advance. They may have closed it since then.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoCould it have been the Northbrook International Ultraport Ultralight Airport? It gets pretty close to your description: one grass runway, listed as privately owned by a James K. Peeler and nestled in underneath the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport's airspace in North Carolina.