Sent the following letter - hope it helps in some small way:

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Dear Sirs and Madam,

My name is ____________, and I have learned of a proposal to close the Pacific City Airport, through friends and fellow pilots that live in and own property in Pacific City and Portland. Although I am not a resident of Oregon, I am a frequent visitor for both business and vacation purposes. I understand that there may be budgetary pressures the the Oregon Department of Aviation is experiencing, and I wanted to reach out to you on behalf of a potentially under-represented and under-heard user group of the resource you are considering closing.

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that I routinely travel to Oregon, utilizing both commercial and private aviation means of conveyance. Local airports are a dwindling and vital link to local businesses and economies. I am not in a position to quantify the economic losses of such a move, but I would ask that you make sure and consider this carefully when making policy decisions. In addition, a network of maintained fields is critical to safety of people travelling and living in the area - from providing access to airlifts for medical emergencies, to making fuel and emergency stops a possibility for cross-country travel near the area.

I would implore you to seek to find a resolution to the budget issues that keeps the airport open to the public. This may include selling the property to private owners, but under a conservator-ship that would keep the property open indefinitely as an airfield.

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

soyAnarchisto wrote:Is there anything that us non-locals can do to help?

Here's contact information for key decisionmakers for this issue:

Mitch Swecker, Director
Oregon Dept. of Aviation
3040 25th St. SE Salem, OR 97302-1125
Phone: (503) 378-2340
e-mail: [email protected]

Commissioner Tim Josi, Chairperson
Tillamook County Commission
Tillamook County Courthouse
201 Laurel Ave., Tillamook, OR 97141
Phone: 503-842-3403
[email protected]

Senator Betsy Johnson
District Address:
PO Box R
Scappoose, OR 97056
District Phone: 503-543-4046
[email protected]

Thanks for considering our plea for for help. We hope to see you at the airport tour and County Commission meeting in Pacific City on Dec. 19th. Together let's fill postal and email in-boxes with hundreds of notes of concern and support. Please spread the word!

Any of the non locals can send an email saying they would encourage keeping this airport open!
GT

All letters, emails, and phone calls help. Thank you all very much. I hope y'all get to visit Pacific City on a sunny day! When I get my place done y'all are welcome.

Cheers...Rob

I'm boarding a flight in LA. I wish I could go with.

Zzz wrote:I'm boarding a flight in LA. I wish I could go with.

You were in LA??

58Skylane wrote:

Zzz wrote:I'm boarding a flight in LA. I wish I could go with.

You were in LA??

Yeah, was in Santa Barbara for work. Flew through LAX. Oh how I deplore that airport.

So Rob any news from Pacific City?

fern_hopper wrote:So Rob any news from Pacific City?

Rob is probably in the "crowbar" motel tonight for voicing his opinion on the matter.

Everybody wants to keep pc open. Went to the pub after. Had another pilot get in my face. Didn't like my high speed low passes. I finally told him tough shit!

OregonMaule wrote:Everybody wants to keep pc open. Went to the pub after. Had another pilot get in my face. Didn't like my high speed low passes. I finally told him tough shit!

That's good news. Was there a decent pilot turnout?

Anti- low pass guy probably subscribes to Flying Magazine and thinks you were doing some jackass flying.

OregonMaule wrote:Everybody wants to keep pc open. Went to the pub after. Had another pilot get in my face. Didn't like my high speed low passes. I finally told him tough shit!

Was that you or the whiskey tellin' him tough shit?

What's high speed for the maule? 45kts?

Are these high speed low passes over the Pacific City airport?

Inquiring minds want to know...will PC be closed or will it stay open?..or is it too early to tell?
Hell every time we land we do a low pass..especially if the landing is aborted.

Howdy;
about half dozen of us BCPers were in PC last night. Lots of local people also and other pilots not on this forum. About
80 people at the public hearing. All public comments made were positive. The County Commissioners were all positive and definitely want PC to remain open. Mary from Oregon Pilots Assoc. was there and indicated their support. Suprising how
many people showed up considering the rain was sideways at 35 knots or so.

Where it is at: nothing will happen fast. And it all boils down to the State exposure to Liability risk in the event of a suit.
There will be a bill introduced in the next legislative session which would raise the fuel tax on jet A by 1 and 1/2 cents which
will help the financial situation at OR Dept of Av. ODA appears to be on our side but is under pressure to trim their budgets.

You can call ODA 503-378-2523 and get your name on their e-mail list for updates and their newsletter.

Tom

OregonMaule wrote:...Had another pilot get in my face. Didn't like my high speed low passes. I finally told him tough shit!

A friend of mine lives on a very nice 2400' grass strip right near my (public) airport. A fair number of us fly in to visit, but the neighbors only gripe when there's some high speed/low altitude shenanigans involved. Those might be fun for the pilot, but generally have the effect of making nearby non-airplane people less airport-friendly which is what you don't need about now. You might want to rethink the "tough shit" attitude, and do your low passes somewhere less objectionable-- maybe give it a whirl at PDX the next time you swing by there? Just saying.....

OregonMaule wrote:Everybody wants to keep pc open. Went to the pub after. Had another pilot get in my face. Didn't like my high speed low passes. I finally told him tough shit!

Did you sell the Maule and get something fast? Or does this guy not know what high speed is?

Pacific City sea plane base. hahaha



Cheers

Holy crap!!!

I got a nice response from commissioner Josi to my email. I hope you guys can work this out and we don't lose it. I can't wait to do a high speed low approach in my cub some day.

soyAnarchisto wrote:I can't wait to do a high speed low approach in my cub some day.