New Airport Design Standards Include Guidelines for Grass Strip Runway Placement
The EAA celebrates the most recent update to the FAA's new airport design standards, specifically a "long-awaited acknowledgment to allow turf operations on unpaved runway safety areas. For those pilots running a specially-configured aircraft using low-pressure tundra tires, ultralights, gliders, or vintage tailwheel aircraft, the long, unused, and perfectly functional grass strips are just the ticket for safer, most consistent operation.