Safety of aircraft in Mexico..

Given the fact that Alphonsinas "airport" is under water twice daily,
that government approval is interesting.

I'm not sure where that number comes from.

Tides? They are twice daily.

In the US private airports don't have nearly the same aviation safety
inspections or approvals.

If they did, they wouldn't exist any more.

Jose
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Jose wrote:
Given the fact that Alphonsinas "airport" is under water twice daily,
that government approval is interesting.

I'm not sure where that number comes from.

Tides? They are twice daily.

Only in certain conditions are the tides high enough to touch the
runway.
-Robert

On 17 Jul 2006 13:36:57 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote in . com::


Larry Dighera wrote:
On 17 Jul 2006 11:51:15 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote in .com::
by the gov't (even small dirt fields).

Given the fact that Alphonsinas "airport" is under water twice daily,
that government approval is interesting.

I'm not sure where that number comes from.

Given the apparent fact that the field elevation is 0 MSL, I figured
it flooded at each high tide.
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/get...hh=0.0&hl=-0.2

In my experience it floods for at most 3-4 hours per week.

Obviously, you, as someone with firsthand experience at Alphonsinas,
are in a much better position than me to comment of this.

The gov't has foced many recent changes at Alphoninas including new
signage and separation from the nearby road. Even though its one of the
few airports without locally based military they do come by at least
once a day to verify paperwork of all aircraft.

That's interesting. Thanks for the report from the front. :-)

In the US private airports don't have nearly the same aviation safety
inspections or approvals.

In the US, the CAP checks out the aircraft for the FAA.