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An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway (lemmy.ml)
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[–] siigna 15 points 2 years ago

The majority of airports don't have traffic control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-towered_airport

There are similar neighborhoods out where I grew up, aviation is a big thing in the Antelope Valley. Ancient Valley/Pontious and Rosamond Skypark airports come immediately to mind.