On Jun 16, 7:51*am, GARY BOGGS wrote:
Our local port authority just installed a barbed wire fence along the
road at the east end of our airport. *The fence is approximately 300ft
from the end of the runway. *I can understand them putting up a chain
link fence, but a barbed wire fence is an extreme hazard and should be
illegal. *Does anybody know if there are any laws against such a
hazard?

Boggs

Unfortunately, I doubt that it is illegal as many airports have barbed
wire fences. At Moriarty we've had barbed wire surrounding the airport
for many years. Barbed wire definitely does encourage accurate
landings and if you have a problem on T/O and if there is a question
on stopping before the fence, it does encourage landing on the "other"
side of the fence.

That being said, you may want to go to your airport manager and
airport advisory committee (if there is one) to see if you can get
this changed. If they are resistant and if you feel strongly about
this, you may want to consider offering to pay for this section of
fence to be changed over to some other material...Good luck!
Thx - Renny