Burning Man Airport FAQ

http://www.burningman.com/on_the_playa/airport/faq_air.html

by citizenkeys • 13 years ago

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citizenkeys2• 13 years ago

No paved runway, unfortunately. Also no sort of control tower nor air traffic controller. And skydivers still don't get into Burning Man for free.

karcass• 13 years ago

The vast majority of airports are non-towered. The playa is about as perfect a surface to land on as you can imagine. The main difficulty is figuring out how far you are above the ground, but if you set up a proper approach, it doesn't really matter.

aray• 13 years ago

They do take a bunch of water trucks out there and spray down the dust to "harden" the runway before the event, so it should be marginally better than landing on bare desert.

If you're interested flying out there contact some pilots who go yearly and they'll give you the run-down :)

matt__rose• 13 years ago

Also, the first point in the FAQ is wrong. The airport guys don't mind commercial aviation at all, and in fact, have a list of charters on their website http://www.portofentry.org/?page_id=2 The second point is mostly wrong, in that the airport tie-down area is outside the trash fence, but definitely inside the BM closure area, and anyone inside that area will get noticed and caught by either the BLM or BM Perimeter crew.

citizenkeys2• 13 years ago

Just occurred to me there isn't any fuel there, either. Nearest airport with fuel is KLOL, which is 50 miles away and has 24-hour self-serve 100LL.

Black Rock City Airport Info: http://www.airnav.com/airport/88NV

calbear81• 13 years ago

Seems like flights out to the Playa would have been a great promotion for a service like BlackJet (Uber for Private Jets).

Burning Man Airport FAQ

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