"Ross Magnaldo" writes:

There's a built up area just to the West of the airport and I was told by my
instructor that they raise the DH so that on the missed approach there would
be sufficient clearance with the town. That also explains why the LOC (BC)
goes down to 1460 (436) - check the Notams though, it's been amended to
1540.

Thanks for the explanation. Does the development post-date the
airport? If so, then it's some pretty sloppy zoning.

The news about the landing fee is sad but not unexpected. What bugs
me is not paying CAD 10.00 or 15.00 to visit another airport, but
knowing that it probably costs them more than that to put together an
invoice, mail it to me, and collect the fee -- it's a sort of
screw-you gesture (i.e. "we'll bill you even if we lose money doing
it").

All the best,


David