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I'm sure a lot of us want to fly less than 5 miles from an airport in the US and it looks like it is perfectly fine as long as you give them advance notice of your flight.
The airport I want to fly near (4.7 miles away from...so not near, but included in the FAA's expanded rules) is a non-towered airport. How do you deal with that where you live? I'm sure I can bungle around and find a phone number to call, but I'm surprised at how little this topic seems to be discussed.
I'm also noticing that most of the apps and maps for us mark only the major airports, not these non-towered airports, even though this one receives hundreds of flights a day (granted, it's almost all general aviation, not 737's and such).
In short I'm interested to hear your experiences notifying a local airport that you are flying, and what kinds of questions or details they ask about to pass on to pilots in the area.
The airport I want to fly near (4.7 miles away from...so not near, but included in the FAA's expanded rules) is a non-towered airport. How do you deal with that where you live? I'm sure I can bungle around and find a phone number to call, but I'm surprised at how little this topic seems to be discussed.
I'm also noticing that most of the apps and maps for us mark only the major airports, not these non-towered airports, even though this one receives hundreds of flights a day (granted, it's almost all general aviation, not 737's and such).
In short I'm interested to hear your experiences notifying a local airport that you are flying, and what kinds of questions or details they ask about to pass on to pilots in the area.