TABLE OF CONTENTS - Shaw Air Force Base

CHAPTER 8 – AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
1. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL: The airfield must be controlled either by tower
personnel or a fully functioning airboss whenever ACC aircraft are
scheduled to operate there, including arrival and departure.
2. HAZARDS: Please provide the single-ship demonstration pilot a sectional
chart and advise on any hazards in the local area that are not readily known to
transient aircraft. This information must be provided to the pilots prior to their
arrival at your show site.
3. RUNWAY BARRIERS:
a. For any F-15, F-15E Strike Eagle, or F-16 Demonstration team, show sites
without arresting gear and with runways less than 8,000 feet must provide
temporary arresting gear if an airfield with suitable arresting gear or runway
length greater than 10,000 feet is not within 80 NM of the staged location and
show site.
b. For the F-22 Demonstration team, all show sites (regardless of runway
length) must have either a suitable arresting gear (BAK-12 or equivalent) on site
or within 80nm of the staging location and show site. Minimum runway length is
7,000 feet.
c. Show sites should coordinate with local FAA and airport management, as
certain types of temporary arrestment equipment may affect civil commercial
operations.
d. Arresting gear may be activated from the tower or manually positioned. If
manually positioned, it must be in place before all scheduled practices and
demonstrations. The gear must be certified by someone other than
demonstration team pilot upon arrival.
4. LOCAL AIRPORTS: Please make sure you contact all airports within a 5 NM
radius of your airfield to ensure they are shut down during the time periods
specified in the FAA waiver.
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