notam interpretation
tkatc
I fly into an airport that currently has a notam which includes the language "rwy clsd except dalgt vmc". My question is what is the FAA's definition of dalgt (i.e. daylight)? Is it between sunrise and sunset for the airport's latitude and longitude? Is it civil twilight (where the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon but still provides adequate light to see) at the airport's location? I asked two different controllers why they used sundown and not civil twilight. Neither controller was able to tell me if it was in the FAR's or in a controller's handbook. I just would like to be able to read it in an official source.
Twice in the last month I have had to deviate around weather which caused me to arrive 7-10 minutes after official sunset, and I had to land at another airport while my hangar and car were 12 miles away. The last time was Wednesday coming back from Oshkosh.
Thanks
N41HS
RV6
tkatc
I fly into an airport that currently has a notam which includes the language "rwy clsd except dalgt vmc". My question is what is the FAA's definition of dalgt (i.e. daylight)? Is it between sunrise and sunset for the airport's latitude and longitude? Is it civil twilight (where the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon but still provides adequate light to see) at the airport's location? I asked two different controllers why they used sundown and not civil twilight. Neither controller was able to tell me if it was in the FAR's or in a controller's handbook. I just would like to be able to read it in an official source.
Twice in the last month I have had to deviate around weather which caused me to arrive 7-10 minutes after official sunset, and I had to land at another airport while my hangar and car were 12 miles away. The last time was Wednesday coming back from Oshkosh.
Thanks
N41HS
RV6