[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: McChord Field, WA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Project to assess airfield encroachment

BY PAMELA KULOKAS
Northwest Guardian (WA)
October 20, 2016
 

The potential for an aircraft accident is statistically the highest at the end of runways, in the 3,000- by 3,000-foot safety area known as a clear zone. When McChord Field was transferred to the federal government in 1938, knowledge of the clear zone risk didn’t exist; neither did the term itself.

According to Bill Adamson, program director of the South Sound Military and Communities Partnership, the Federal Aviation Administration currently requires all commercial and military airfields to comply with clear zone requirements.

Currently, McChord Field’s north clear zone is not in compliance with FAA guidelines because several businesses and agencies are operating in the safety area. Some have been there since the 1960s; others are more recent additions.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nwguardian.com/2016/10/20/25925/project-to-assess-airfield-encroachment.html

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Lenny Siegel
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