Last Ever Fly-In to East Hampton Long Island, New York - Saturday

Just found this in the news today:

 

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/the-latest/2022/05/19/radical-plan-delayed-court-temporarily-halts-east-hampton-airport-closure/
 
Actually, not funny at all. And as far as enforcing the restrictions, the plans are already in place and approved by the FAA to enforce them. There are FAA concerns over safety and the ATC system as the designator has been changed to JPX, the IFR approaches have been deactivated and the new Special Procedure, which require pilots to be precertified and approved to use what had been the RNAV approaches are in effect. Check what ever you currently use, Garmin, Jepp, FlyQ ForeFlight etc. and you will find that the instrument approaches are no longer there. Try to file an IFR departure or arrival into JPX and you will not be granted an IFR flight plan unless you have the approval registration number (it was a 33 page document I had to fill out, attached copies of my insurance certificates with hold harmless agreements, copies of the installation of and IFR certification of Navigation equipment etc.

The tower (FAA approved, but private) is back in operations as are the camera for recording tail numbers, which are on every runway and taxiway as well as the ramp. Boots are in inventory for disabling violated aircraft from moving etc. 

The local government has stated though that they will use mostly the camera system to enforce restrictions after the fact in way of fines and notifications of infractions to the FAA.

The latest TROs are the latest example of possibly winning the battle and losing the war. One of the things the order stated was that the court upheld the ability of East Hampton Town to now close the airport, but that it did not agree that it could close it and reopen it as a private airport without a defined impact study having been made in advance. This could result in the town saying, "OK Folks, we are shutting down period!"
 
Just found another Article from Flying Magazine:

 

https://www.flyingmag.com/flying-into-east-hampton-a-busy-airport-where-the-city-seeks-to-limit-operations/?utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%20Flying%20Mag%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=215204751&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8aTP_OKsymfFFy74caD2AWoO12ivMYr7LYyRVePzAkNAf6_aylur7MTXa6JTrLbHZ35k1ZpsEoJG556TF1zfc27SSsog&utm_content=215204751&utm_source=hs_email

 

One particular part of the article states:

 

"Meanwhile, GA pilots in light aircraft are unlikely to notice much difference in airport operations even if the town’s plans go through because, according to the proposed new airport rules, small piston airplanes are not considered “noisy” and will not have to secure special permission before landing. They can simply radio the tower for clearance as usual."
 
Boots!!  Wow!!

Hey Boss, the aircraft is ready to go except for the Boot on the landing gear.  That thing is probably going to have an effect on our balanced field calculation.
 
Easy, take a Spare Wheel, Jack the Gear, Swap the Wheels, Apply new weight and balance for Boot in cargo bin... Off you go. or A Battery SawsAll... Take no time at all.
 
Well with four law suits still pending, KJPX is still a Publoc Use airport with most of the restrictions on hold.
 
Let me know when you want to come out. I will be flying at Orange County next Monday. Could do Sussex also.
 
You want me to come, you gotta do something besides JPX - nothing there and $40 bucks to land. Blairstown has a great cafe if you're going west - or Sky Manor - or Sky Acres, but they're only open Fri, Sat, and Sunday. If you're staying around the island, there's my home KHWV with the best burgers and pancakes and also there's KBID. The new cafe there is pretty good - they get $10 bucks for landing, and if you go, please (PLEASE) don't believe the AWOS @KGON. Instead, overfly the field and check the sock first before landing. I came in Sunday two weeks ago with winds reported @KGON 150 @ 7, so set up straight in rwy 10 - used up the entire runway and watched as the next two planes behind me did the same thing, with a Mooney going over the edge of the runway (but not down the cliff, phew). Looked at the sock and the winds on the ground had shifted like 40 degrees , now from the SW-- At 2500ft. and a tailwind, you run outta asphalt quick. Inside at the counter, all the pilots laughed about getting 'fooled' by the reporting winds at the closest airport you could monitor, and following (like lemmings) the traffic in. Not one of them checked the sock either.

It wasn't so scary that I needed to change my shorts, and I always had a go around in the bag -- but I definitely wasn't laughing. And I probably should have gone around -- actually, not probably. ( and come in the OTHER way). On the plus side, T/O after breakfast off of 28 was super fast ... :oops:

OH YEAH - and I think I'm free every day but definintely not MONDAY.
 
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