If you're the mayor and you want to close an airport, do you follow FAA procedure and give notice to the government and all the aircraft owners (especially the ones with planes parked on the tarmac)?
Nope! You shut it down in the middle of the night and bulldoze the runway. Problem solved!
If you're the mayor and you want to close an airport, do you follow FAA procedure and give notice to the government and all the aircraft owners (especially the ones with planes parked on the tarmac)?
Nope! You shut it down in the middle of the night and bulldoze the runway. Problem solved!
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2003/march/31/m...
http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/day-shut-down-meigs-...