The airport manager can close an airport by sending the
nearest FSS a notice. If the closing of the airport meets
the standard, an FTC Notam will be issued, perhaps notam D.



"Peter Duniho" wrote in
message ...
| "Tim Nunes" wrote in message
|
ups.com...
| I cannot tell if you are talking about closing the
airport, or closing
| the tower.
|
| It's quite clear from his post (for once ) that he is
speaking of closing
| the airport, not the tower. That is why he wrote things
like "a
| closed...towered airport", and "closing the
airport...during the time the
| tower is open".
|
| How would you "close the airport" during the time the
tower is open if
| "close the airport" actually meant "close the tower"?
|
| [...]
| This is much more common than you may think. It happens
with some
| Class C airspace as well. Chattanooga, TN is one
example that I can
| think of.
|
| Rest assured, Steven is *quite* familiar with the concept
of part-time ATC
| positions. As much as he drives most of us batty some
times, there are few
| issues regarding ATC that he doesn't know more about than
anyone else
| posting here (and he would never admit even to those few).
|
| Pete
|
|