I went there Sunday, the day after Svanarts. I called the place Saturday to ask about the runway condition and they said a plane was there... so I figured it could not be too bad. It was not too bad. But some cautions: There is a 40 foot elevation change within the 2000' length, sloping down to the north, so a southbound takeoff would be uphill and into rising terrain. Northbound takeoffs are a piece of cake. It can be windy there, they have a wind turbine installed, and no windsock... you can be tricked by the way the prevailing north winds have bent the trees, I would watch the palm fronds instead for guidance. I could imagine this combining with the bent trees to cause some long landings; there were some skid marks. The quoted 50' width is a once-upon-a-time thing, there are bushes within that in places, and the real trampled bit is maybe 20' wide; off that packed bit, there is significant ground squirrel activity, with three holes found that could swallow a normal tire. One was actually on the centerline, too. On landing, you may feel some repulsion from the sign at the south end of the runway, or some burbles from the hill there. Do not allow these to divert you towards the abandoned house or concrete pad, as there is a airplane-bending 2 or 3 foot drop along the left side of the runway in the critical area for a northbound landing.
It is a great place.
My friend had been going there for years and we talked to the owner. When I mentioned the holes, he mentioned that sometimes the squirrels do things and don't tell him. That is probably a good indication of the maintenance situation; we should be grateful it is there at all, I think. He mentioned that the FAA is non-responsive to requests to put it on the sectionals; I am not sure they see eye to eye on admissible runways. So, we borrowed shovels and filled in the holes as best we could. But with rain, our fill may slump farther into them, so it will be an ongoing thing and how it looks this spring will be telling.
Believe it or not, you can look at it on google streetview.
This may strike some as overly nitpicky but I am new to this, wanted to share the info, and would not want someone to expect a 2000 x 50' cakewalk.
