It’s actually pretty complex to figure out. Many factors such as if you are near the end, or the side of the runway come in to play. Other issues such as submitting a good 1A survey letter to have a ground elevation for the tower so the FAA will not add a margin of error to your height make a big difference. I used to do a lot of this work for a tower company about 17 years ago. Had some real advanced software to calculate the instrument approaches to see the maximum heights we could build towers. Different types of approaches are approved for various airfields. Our towers near airports always rented well J. TOWAIR is a good first pass for the easy stuff. If you need to do some harder work I recommend that you work with the folks at www.airspaceusa.com. The founder is a retired FAA guy and knows the best way to get things done.
Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Glen Waldrop Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:00 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Towers near airports Towair says I'm good, but what are the distance requirements before it is an issue? I'd like some ballpark guidelines at least. Any tips? Something not in this horrible FCC tech/legaleze nonsense? ----- Original Message ----- From: Glen Waldrop <mailto:gwl...@cngwireless.net> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Towers near airports There is one at 140ft closer to the airport than my planned one will be, only looking for a 50ft mini pop to hit a few houses behind a hill. I'll check out the site. Thanks guys. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Heskett <mailto:af...@zirkel.us> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Towers near airports i like safely landing rather than getting snagged outa the air by a tower ;-) seriously though, the FCC and the FAA work together to make sure the national airspace is safe for everyone. there are ways to get a tower near an airport if they are in the right spot and/or not too tall as to create a problem. -sean On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: It is quite a distance away where you are still required to pass the glide slope, and notify them of any frequency changes. I know that every tower that I have looked into building within a couple miles has failed the test in towair. Still looking for alternatives. I just hate all the red tape. On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: Put it in to the towair website and see if it passes or fails. On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Glen Waldrop <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: What is the legality of towers near airports? How high, how far does it need to be from the airport, etc?
