Scriv,
I used to conduct advanced FAA studies when I worked for a large tower
company. You can use the TOWAIR system on the FCC WTB website to get a rough
idea of the requirements near an airport but to get maximum heights there
are many factors mainly dealing with invisible surfaces that relate to
instrument approach procedures. They can get very complicated. Towair can
also give you false positive indications that you would need to light a
tower. This is mainly due to the fact that TOWAIR calculates the distance to
the airport reference point rather than the closest point to the actual ends
of the runway. While this is no big deal in most cases, it can be if you are
located close to the field. As a tower company we used to figure out the
best possible locations and heights using some great software from
www.airspaceusa.com. While the software is expensive for the casual user,
the owner Clyde Pitman can run studies for you. He is a retired FAA air
traffic controller and very knowledgeable on the subject. If anyone needs to
locate a tower near an airport feel free to get in touch with me and I'll
let you know all the tricks to get the maximum heights. Simple things like
level of survey certification can gain you up to 50 feet in additional
height allowed by the FAA.
Thank You,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: John Scrivner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:59 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations
There are FAA guidelines about structures under 200 feet near airports
but I have not searched for those guidelines. If you Google it and find
anything of interest please feel free to pass along to the rest of us
here. I remember something about allowing so many feet above AGL
(Average Ground Level) for every mile from a runway.
Scriv
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* JNA <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *To:* 'WISPA General List' <mailto:wireless@wispa.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:57 AM
> *Subject:* RE: [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations
>
> Did anyone ever respond on this? I am interested as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Kurt Fankhauser
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:44 PM
> *To:* wireless@wispa.org <mailto:wireless@wispa.org>
> *Subject:* [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations
>
> Beside’s local regulations does the FAA/FCC have requirements on
> the distance your tower is from the roads if it falls. I had
> someone tell me today that a couple years ago they made a law that
> if you had a 100’ tower it needed to be 150’ away from the road.
> And they said that older towers would be grandfathered in.
>
> Kurt Fankhauser
>
> WAVELINC
>
> 114 S. Walnut St.
>
> Bucyrus, OH 44820
>
> 419-562-6405
>
> www.wavelinc.com
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