Comment from Anonymous
Anonymous AnonymousOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter argues that the Legacy Crosswind section in Appendix B, Table B-3.3 of the Airport Improvement Program Handbook is overly burdensome and exceeds the scope of 49 USC 47102(V). They specifically point out several requirements in the table that are either not in the regulation or directly conflict with existing regulatory language regarding wind coverage.
The Legacy Crosswind section in Appendix B, Table B-3.3 seems to be overly burdensome and beyond the scope of the 49 USC 47102(V) regulation. The Table adds a requirement that the legacy crosswind "has received prior AIP funding". This requirement is not in the regulation. The Table adds a requirement "when the primary runway has sufficient wind coverage". This requirement is in direct conflict with the regulation which states "regardless of the wind coverage of the primary runway". The Table adds requirements that the "legacy crosswind runway lacks regular use" and "the RDC for the legacy crosswind runway is AI/BI small" and "a legacy crosswind runway is not justified if there is an existing crosswind runway that is needed for wind coverage". None of these requirement are stated in the regulation.