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Just how far do you have to dig to get the absolutely final word on TFR's?!!
Willow Grove NAS (KNXX) class D airspace is very close to the end of rwy 6 @ KLOM, so we're accustomed to treating that airspace as a wall not to be crossed on departures and in the pattern.
There is a big airshow at KNXX this weekend, with the inevitable TFR. AS PUBLISHED, the TFR is centered on a 5nm radius around the Yardley 264 radial @ 11.5mi.
Well, since I hope take a few flights over the next couple days, I figured I'd check and double check the TFR. I fired up Golden Eagle and used the ruler to place a waypoint at the TFR center per the published location. I expected it to be centered on the airport itself, and figured I was engaging in a VERY academic exercise. Well, I scratched my head, because doing so put the center of the TFR a bit north of KNXX. Hmm, well let's set a waypoint with the TFR's Lat/Lon coordinates as published. Guess what? That waypoint was centered on the airport. I wondered if the published location should have read "ARD 254 radial?" Guess what -- 11.5mi on the 254 is directly over the airport.
I'm going to check with FSS to see how they describe it to me - they may just say "there's a 5 mi TFR over KNXX" and leave it at that. Obviously, the best solution is to maintain a wide berth from any TFR (treat 'em like a thunderstorm) but in some situations, like this one where the TFR is so close to our pattern, you'd really like the published info to be correct. Wouldn't you????????
Willow Grove NAS (KNXX) class D airspace is very close to the end of rwy 6 @ KLOM, so we're accustomed to treating that airspace as a wall not to be crossed on departures and in the pattern.
There is a big airshow at KNXX this weekend, with the inevitable TFR. AS PUBLISHED, the TFR is centered on a 5nm radius around the Yardley 264 radial @ 11.5mi.
Well, since I hope take a few flights over the next couple days, I figured I'd check and double check the TFR. I fired up Golden Eagle and used the ruler to place a waypoint at the TFR center per the published location. I expected it to be centered on the airport itself, and figured I was engaging in a VERY academic exercise. Well, I scratched my head, because doing so put the center of the TFR a bit north of KNXX. Hmm, well let's set a waypoint with the TFR's Lat/Lon coordinates as published. Guess what? That waypoint was centered on the airport. I wondered if the published location should have read "ARD 254 radial?" Guess what -- 11.5mi on the 254 is directly over the airport.
I'm going to check with FSS to see how they describe it to me - they may just say "there's a 5 mi TFR over KNXX" and leave it at that. Obviously, the best solution is to maintain a wide berth from any TFR (treat 'em like a thunderstorm) but in some situations, like this one where the TFR is so close to our pattern, you'd really like the published info to be correct. Wouldn't you????????