Bryant Field, Alaska, FAA wants class D

skukum12 · Oct 3, 2012

I and many others do not want or need this.

http://www.examiner.com/article/class-d-airspace-for-bryant-airfield-pilots-say-no

I need to find the comment link.....

Alaska_Rallyer · Oct 4, 2012

They already have everything from Elmendorf to Birchwood. Why do they need another air base right next to Elmendorf? No one obviously needed it for the last ten years.

skukum12 · Oct 4, 2012

Field has been there a long time. The problem is they want to make it class D airspace. This will force everyone who flies the corridor from anch to the valley, very highly traveled, to ask permission to fly through or be forced to climb over then descend.

Henny · Oct 4, 2012

Alaska_Rallyer said:
They already have everything from Elmendorf to Birchwood. Why do they need another air base right next to Elmendorf? No one obviously needed it for the last ten years.

Increased helo activity is the reason behind the proposal. One good thing about Bryant right now is that you can call Tower on 125.0 and when they are manned, they can give you the real-time status of R2203.

hooligan · Oct 4, 2012

I have always treated it as though it was a Class D because of the helicopter traffic.

StalledOut · Oct 4, 2012

I doubt many treat it as class D now. Most fly right down the center of the slot between the highway and the hills. I would bet most inbound traffic is listening to the ATIS at Merrill or Lake Hood and most outbound guys aren't listening to anything. Traffic has been traversing that route for decades without incident.

Ursa Major · Oct 4, 2012

StalledOut said:
I doubt many treat it as class D now. Most fly right down the center of the slot between the highway and the hills. I would bet most inbound traffic is listening to the ATIS at Merrill or Lake Hood and most outbound guys aren't listening to anything. Traffic has been traversing that route for decades without incident.

When inbound to Merrill I used to always report "abeam Bryant" on initial call up to MRI. It was bad enough scanning for traffic without the necessity of another frequency change. Probably couldn't have Merrill be the class D contact for both?

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