Have you talked to an “Advisory Tower”? 🛫
The concept is unique: they give weather and traffic advisories, but they DON’T exercise any control over the airspace or the airport.
It’s like if you had someone on CTAF telling you that the runway is clear, that there’s someone on downwind ahead of you or that the ceiling is 3,000ft over the field.
Exuma Intl (MYEF) in the Bahamas 🇧🇸 has such tower, and it was interesting to interact with them. Pilots will still make all the regular calls they’d make in the pattern for a non-towered airport, but the difference is someone will reply back acknowledging your calls.
They also help you find your way around the ramp (if you’re unfamiliar) and can advise on other things you may want to know about before arriving or departing.
Do you know of any other airport(s) that have an Advisory Tower? I’d love to know! 👇🏻
Some things are harder than others…
I also push the “Close Door” button every time I’m trying to help someone get in the elevator 🙄 Oh well.
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Deer on the runway 🦌❌ I just sat there and waited for them to walk away. It took a minute… 😅 But better to be safe than sorry…
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Fun times at Palm Beach, FL! 🏝️
“Cheat code” is a just a joke, obviously. Although the first controller never gave me a reason for the go-around, I’m certain that it was because I lost minimum separation from a jet landing on the parallel runway (per IFR rules).
When I cancelled my IFR and switched to VFR, the minimum separation becomes much more flexible, which makes it much easier for ATC to “squeeze me in”. I was even told there was a jet landing right next to me (on the parallel), but in VFR rules it wasn’t breaking the minimum separation rules.
Thanks to the controllers at Palm Beach Approach and PBI Tower for all you do!
When the pre-flight gets a little weird…
Who would’ve thought? It works! 😴
And they even gave me a number to call in my dreams 😅
“I am a plane” 😂 I guess Grummans aren’t common in Turks & Caicos… 🤷🏻♂️
Context 👉🏻 runway 10 in MBPV is really long and all aircraft are required to backtaxi for departure. I was at the very end of the runway (close to the 28 threshold) and the Tower told me to “line up and wait”. I thought that was weird, since there wouldn’t be enough runway for me to take-off from that intersection. So I replied that I was holding short.
I’m glad we clarified the situation with ATC 😂 And that he had a good laugh lol
I guess my sleep pattern is going around… 🥱
How’s that 122.8 treating ya lately? 😂
