2007 Alton Bay Ice Flyin Information

Please check back later in the year for updated information on the 2007 Alton Bay Flyin.

AANH does not have any responsibility for the operation of Alton Bay, we merely stage our annual Fly-In at the strip.

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Helpful Information:

-Parking- Click here to view the parking arrangement. Parking is on the southwest side by the shore and the restaurants. There is parking for about 30 - 50 planes.

-Hand Signals- Click HERE to download this PDF file to refresh yourself on the ground operation hand signals(requires Adobe Reader or Preview-Mac to read) .

Courtesy of Carsten's 2003 report: Click HERE to read his full report.
1. The Ice Port doesn't show up in all GPS databases, so pilotage, dead reconing, or other means of prehistoric navigation may be necessary.
2. Left hand pattern for rwy 01
3. Use caution by the mountains on the west side of the bay. Recommend an altitude of 2,500 ft. or more over these mountains due to downdraft from the prevailing northwest wind coming down over the ridges to the west.
4. The approach is no real problem.
5. Might want to do a go-around to check for turbulence anywhere along the approach path.
6. Snowmobiles buzzing around all over the place, do a go-around to signal to them that you're about to land. Keep an eye open for those buzzers as you land and take off.
7. Runway surface was good, but there were snowscooter tracks in the ice, making for some rougher spots.
8. Keep the weight off your nosegear as long as you can. Use your soft-field landing technique.
9. Friction was good on the snow-covered spots, but poor on the bare ice.
10. The parallel taxiway is the same condition, and taxi with care to avoid snowdrifts, etc. This will change from day to day, ask for advisories as you approach.
11. Airplanes that have free castering nosewheels and depend on differential braking for ground steering will have problems where the braking action is nill. In that case you might want to have a passenger get out and walk the wingtip as you taxi, to help steering.
12. Parking is on the southwest side by the shore and the restaurants. There is parking for about 30 - 50 planes.
13. Taking off heading north was no problem, again use your soft-field skills and keep the weight off that nosegear.
14. Once up, follow the bay out making a slight left hand turn after takeoff while gaining altitude, to avoid flying low over houses located on a knoll to the north of the runway.

Places to visit:
• Olde Bay Diner serves breakfasts and lunches F-M from 7 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., I enjoyed their Bacon Cheddar Chicken Burger with fixings at $4.75 and a cup of coffee.
• Alton Bay Market is the local general store, with an old wood floor and a great bakery. I succumbed to their sinful Cinnamon Roll, which I ate on an outside bench along their south facing sunny-side wall, enjoying the view of the road traffic as well as planes coming in on short final.
• Shibley's Restaurant has the best view of the ice port, and will open on Jan 31.

Click here to view our Alton Bay photo gallery

Here's what you'll see inbound to Runway 1

Parking image, runway is to the middle-upper left of the photograph:
Parking is on the southwest side by the shore and the restaurants. There is parking for about 30 - 50 planes.

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