Courtesy of Jim Darke
Dated: 27 March 2016
Magnetic Variation: 14.6E
Time zone: US/Pacific, Summer offset from GMT is -7:00 and in Winter it is -8:00.
Information about the Valley Soaring Association is available at www.valleysoaring.net/
The primary specification of the waypoint coordinates is degrees, minutes, and seconds
Names: TP Names are alphabetical with WSC (the home base) listed first with a numeric one preceding the name WSC. ICAO ID may be included in name.
Elevations: Many elevations are rounded
Classification of each TP is included at the end of each name. Letter at end will be either: R, E, or U:
R = Runway on sectional
E = Emergency Landing area
U = Unlandable area
After the letter is a qualification number: 1, 2, or 3 is good, 7, 8, or 9 is bad.
Comments at end of line may include:
Runway:
Length in hundreds ( H for Hard or S for Soft surface) e.g."20H" means 2000 ft hard surface
Surface: H=Hard (concrete/ asphalt/paved) S=Soft (gravel, sod or dirt)
Width may be shown after length e.g. "25Hx90" 2500 long x 90 ft wide. Width sometimes is only the paved area, but other times it estimates width and it may contain obstructions
Direction: e.g. 14/32, N/S, 16/34
Radio frequency: 22.9=122.9 22.7=122.7
Aviation Weather: AW24.5=124.5
Control Tower: CT18.7=118.7
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User assumes all risk of use.
"Please note that private use airports in the FAA's National
Airspace System are for the use of the owner only or with the
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and should not be attempting to land at private use airports."
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