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Old 21st September 2004 | 07:03
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Squadgy
 
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No no, I can find specific aerodromes, it's answers to questions like "at a licensed aerodrome, what's the difference between a licensed runway and an unlicensed runway" that I sometimes have trouble searching for.

GTW - For an airfield to be licenced it has to meet specific criteria laid down by the CAA in CAP168 - this will include things like Rescue and Fire Fighting Cover & Emergency Planning, Airfield Inspection regime, Bird Control, Taxyway Signage etc.

For a runway to be licenced it too has to meet certain criteria laid down in CAP168 - this includes the physical quality of the runway, the distance between the runway centreline and obstructions and from the threshold to obstructions, lighting etc.

The CAA carry out annual inspections at all licenced airfields, during this inspection the licenced runways are measured and obstructions noted, the offical LDA, TORA, TODA etc taken from these measurments - if the runway is unlicenced then the measurements are unoffical and LDA, TORA and TODA can't be published.

It is possible for an aerodrome to be licenced but for one of its runways not to meet or, be assessed for, the licencing criteria - this is why you could have a licenced airfield, but with one of the runways being unlicenced.


I suppose, any comment on whether it was safe to assume that a club's insurance covered landing on unlicensed runways unless otherwise stated, or whether it was prudent to assume that a club's insurance didn't cover landing on unlicensed runways unless otherwise stated.
The club I sometimes rent from requires that the CFI authorises landings on unlicenced runways.

Our Group aircraft's policy requires that the pilot is familiar with the unlicenced runway before using it.


Hope this makes sense [
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