I live at an airpark that is privately owned, but Airport Use is "Open to the public".
At big events (the yearly fly-in among other days), it gets kind of crazy. At the town party today, people were doing drag racing down the runway most of the day. The runway was never NOTAM'd closed. Tonight, after dark, people were doing donuts and drag racing on the runway without their headlights on.
The police were called, but the airport owner was upset that they responded to a call from someone else. The airport owner's position is, "I own the runway."
What are the rules in this situation? Does the runway need to be NOTAM'd closed in this situation? Who has jurisdiction?
At big events (the yearly fly-in among other days), it gets kind of crazy. At the town party today, people were doing drag racing down the runway most of the day. The runway was never NOTAM'd closed. Tonight, after dark, people were doing donuts and drag racing on the runway without their headlights on.
The police were called, but the airport owner was upset that they responded to a call from someone else. The airport owner's position is, "I own the runway."
What are the rules in this situation? Does the runway need to be NOTAM'd closed in this situation? Who has jurisdiction?