Runway fence going up?

[Islander]

I can't believe this is actually happening..... What a disgrace...

 

[cec1]

I would think that the fence would present an aviation hazard . . . no?

 

[PIRATE40]

I would think that the fence would present an aviation hazard . . . no?

..Even if they put a short fence, say 3-4' across the beach end of the approach, the runway is a bit higher than that. If you were that low, you better add power quick and climb up to the runway....

 

[Islander]

If the authorities really want to address the problem: (and I'm not discussing the damage on the landscape here)

They just need to build a fence at the end of the runway, and not accross the beach or even the water.
Just like in SXM. Make it 6 feet high and this is the end of the problems.

Aircraft performance requirements is to clear 50 foot obstacles at runway end for landing and take off. So 6 feet is safe enough.

 

[Earl]

Webcam shows large stakes at the end of the runway

Why not put up an invisible fence and make visitors wear an electronic collar? I mean, really...don't people know where the runway is?!?!?!?! Need the same thing at the round-about I guess. Geeeeeez.

 

[cec1]

Very interesting to know the 50 foot clearance rule for take-offs and landings. Thanks!

 

[PIRATE40]

Of course, as we know, just because the 50' requirement of the aircraft performance is there, a 28 approach is rarely flown that high, and therin lies the problem. Islanders solution of a fence at the end, even if you were to place it 20' from the end would force the planes in and out at a higher altitude....and leave the beach access unobstructed....

 

[TJH]

From Radio St Barth Facebook page:

 

[Bart -my real name-]

Why not put up an invisible fence and make visitors wear an electronic collar? I mean, really...don't people know where the runway is?!?!?!?! Need the same thing at the round-about I guess. Geeeeeez.

Tan lines. The collar would destroy the full body tan.

 

[JEK]

If the authorities really want to address the problem: (and I'm not discussing the damage on the landscape here)

They just need to build a fence at the end of the runway, and not accross the beach or even the water.
Just like in SXM. Make it 6 feet high and this is the end of the problems.

Aircraft performance requirements is to clear 50 foot obstacles at runway end for landing and take off. So 6 feet is safe enough.

Based on history that fence would be dragged into the Baie about once every few years.

 

[MIke R]

do you guys worry as much about what goes on in your real hometowns as you worry about what goes in your 1-2 week imaginary hometown somewhere else???....

 

[JEK]

6-12 weeks.

 

[Eve]

I don't want to be in a plane landing over the water with a 6 foot fence to go over.

 

[andynap]

Most airport runways on the water have fences to get over. Anyway of all the times I have landed at SBH I have never landed over the water.

 

[MIke R]

Most airport runways on the water have fences to get over. Anyway of all the times I have landed at SBH I have never landed over the water.

only twice for me.....

 

[JEK]

Most airport runways on the water have fences to get over. Anyway of all the times I have landed at SBH I have never landed over the water.

But most of those don't have a hill 2100 feet from the fence In the last 10 years I have landed over the beach more often than the hill.

 

[Eve]

Last 2 times we landed over water. Once over the water, once over Saline.

 

[PIRATE40]

But most of those don't have a hill 2100 feet from the fence In the last 10 years I have landed over the beach more often than the hill.

Plus, you would be landing uphill....

 

[Eve]

It isn't like sxm where your wheels are 100 feet over the fence.

 

[tim]

We landed over the water on our last trip down to the island, and we barely cleared the beach. I don't think that physical barriers on the beach are a good idea. Concern for the passengers and crew of the airplanes, to me, is more important than a random photog getting in the way every five or ten years.