Bryan Wood
Well Known Member
Can a pilot Notam a field? Tonight when the runway lights failed at my home field I tried to Notam the airport and was told that only the airport manager can do this. (It was 1a.m. local and the airport manager was at home asleep) For some reason I thought it was SOP for a pilot to Notam the field after events such as a Gear Up incident, or similar. Because of this assumption I tried to let the folks know at WX Brief about the dark runway. They blew me off. With a change in strategy I told the lady to consider it a Pirep and she said she noted it. It has been a couple of hours and it still doesn't show up on Weathermeister. So what's the deal? What do you do when the airport has a problem or potential hazard?