Can gliders and powered aircraft co-exist on the same runway?

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:14:45 GMT
(Ron Lee) wrote:

Can anyone identify and airport where gliders and powered aircraft use
the same runway? Do they use opposite traffic patterns? Any other
operational issues?

Stanton (KSYN), http://www.stantonairfield.com/ runs a lot of glider
operations on the same runways as powered traffic, including students
and sport pilots. Stanton Airfield is the headquarters of the Minnesota
Soaring Club.

The gliders use the same traffic patterns, but sometimes do a short
approach or enter on base leg or final rather than downwind. Glider
traffic has the right of way over powered aircraft. After landing, they
roll off to the side of the runway and are pulled back to the staging
area by a golf cart.

Powered traffic just lands beyond the staging area and taxis on the
opposite side of the runway.

Doug

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