On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Carl J. Hixon wrote:

Isn't all of the Alaskan highway considered a runway? I have seen photos of
planes in auto gas stations fueling up...presumably with the proper STC.

Also, regarding the planned use of highways in times of war. I also thought
that was an option here in the US. Someone once told me that interstates
intentionally had straight sections suitable for a runway at fairly regular
intervals by design.

Not according to Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp

Strange, the things you read late at night that suddenly become
semi-relevent a week later!

Brian.



"randall g" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:14:04 GMT, David Megginson
wrote:

I just noticed an interesting airport in the CFS (Canadian A&FD).
I glanced at the airport diagram for CAJ2, Eagle Plains/Wiley, Yukon
Territory, and noticed that the runway was on top of a road. A glance
at the CAUTION section confirmed that:

CAUTION Rwy forms part of Dempster hwy (mile 244)

The runway is 2500x60 gravel (pavement isn't common north of 60), so
basically, the highway just gets wider for a half mile and there's a
wind sock sitting beside it. Has anyone reading this group visited
this airport (either by plane or car)? I wonder how it's signed on
the highway, and how pilots feel about fighting with trucks for the
right of way.



I have been there, by car, in 1986. On the highway are signs that say
"Watch For Aircraft Using Highway". This road is not at all busy so I am
sure there is not much trouble with right of way.

Here is a picture, taken from the north looking roughly south. There was
a small plane parked there that day.

http://www.telemark.net/~randallg/ea...ns_airport.jpg