09/21/2021
The airport will be upgrading the runway lights starting the week of Sept 27th and continuing for approximately 6 weeks’ time, weather dependent. The first week will mostly be prep work to prepare for the digging process. However, starting the following week (roughly the week of Oct 4th) we will need to close the runway each week thereafter for the digging process. The closures will be during daytime hours only, from 9am to 4pm M-Th and 9am to 1pm on Friday. The runway will be open the mornings and evenings daily. On Saturday and Sunday, the runway will be completely open. We are planning for the digging process to take roughly 4 weeks, weather dependent. In addition, once we start removing the old lights, there will be no runway (or VASI) lights for the duration the project. The lights (and VASI) will be NOTAM inoperable for the duration until the new lights are completely operational. Instead of VASI lights on only RWY18, we will be installing PAPI lights on both RWY18 and RWY36.
With this plan, we are trying to keep the airport open as much as possible, while observing Sunriver Owners Association rules concerning outdoor work hours.
If there are any changes to the schedule, we will pass along any information as soon as we are able. Please note that most of this work is very fluid. We might find that digging a trench for 2 miles, laying conduit, pulling electrical lines, and burying light cans every few hundred feet is easier than anticipated. It might take longer. We will do our best to keep everyone up to date. We will do that via Email, Facebook, NOTAM and our website. We also realize that this might not be convenient for some. Hopefully one can utilize hours outside the closure to their benefit.
Things to Note:
• Runway closures will be M-TH 0900-1600 and Friday 0900-1300
• Once the old runway lights are down, they will be inoperable for the duration
• Once the old VASI lights are down, they will be inoperable for the duration
• New lights will be LED, pilot controlled with various intensity settings (3, 5, 7 clicks)
• New PAPI lights will replace VASI lights on RWY18
• New PAPI lights on RWY 36
• NOTAMs will have the most relevant dates
Best,
S21 Team