I fly out of Addison, McKinney, Mesquite, Denton, Rockwell, Sulphur Springs and Aero Country a lot. I am also friends with the A&P located at Airpark. If you would like a safety pilot who knows the local area, maybe we can hook up.
A few things to remember when operating out of airpark:
- The runway is maintained. But, it is not perfectly smooth. Treat it like a soft field.
- When taxiing anywhere besides the runway, you will be taxiing on turf. Protect your nose wheel.
- In the daytime watch out for chickens.
- At night, beware of coyotes.
- Do not park, walk, or stand under the concrete bikini hangars. They are off-limits due to instability and collapse.
- The runway has non-standard markings
- The runway is a lot shorter than you think due to displaced thresholds at both ends due to buildings, fences, and trees.
- The runway is aligned with the runway at Addison. You will be on a very similar final and departure leg.
- Addison is only 3 miles away. You can almost see the Airpark area from the Addison tower.
- Because of Addison towers Proximity to Airpark, contacting them as soon as practicable means as soon as you start the engine.
- Addison tower does not like hearing from pilots directly as an initial radio call. They prefer pilots to contact ground first and get transferred to them via a frequency change.
- Inbound to the Addison Class D, you are required to listen to the ATIS first. There will be a frequency given over ATIS to contact Fort Worth approach. You must contact Fort Worth Approach before contacting Addison tower. Period! Trust me when I say Addison tower will not like it if they are your first point of contact.
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