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<title>MCD: 5 changes (no action items) on 29 Oct 2026</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;FAA cycle effective 29 Oct 2026 at 0901Z, compared to 01 Oct 2026.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;FYI (5)&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Remark: Revised remark: +4 foot fence, 0-200 feet distance, 210 feet left.&lt;br&gt;&lt;small&gt;FAA text: +4 FT FENCE, 0-200 FT DIST, 210 FT L.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Remark: Revised remark: Birds &amp;amp; wildlife on &amp;amp; in the vicinity of airport; flocks of seagulls in the vicinity of landfill 0.3 nautical miles northeast.&lt;br&gt;&lt;small&gt;FAA text: BIRDS &amp;amp; WILDLIFE ON &amp;amp; INVOF ARPT; FLOCKS OF SEAGULLS INVOF LANDFILL 0.3 NM NE.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Remark: Revised remark: Noise abatement procedures: climb to or climbing to Traffic Pattern Altitude before turning; AVD flight over shore and town; touch and go landing NA.&lt;br&gt;&lt;small&gt;NA is left as the FAA wrote it: it can mean not authorized or not available, and Amend doesn&amp;#x27;t guess which.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;small&gt;FAA text: NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS: CMB TPA BFR TURNING; AVD FLT OVR SHORE &amp;amp; TOWN; TGL NA.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Runway: Runway 08: controlling obstacle: TREE 29 ft tall, 374 ft from threshold, 290 ft left of centerline → TREE 29 ft tall, 368 ft from threshold, 272 ft left of centerline; obstacle clearance slope: 6:1 → 5:1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Runway: Runway 26: controlling obstacle: TREE 34 ft tall, 491 ft from threshold, 275 ft left of centerline → TREE 29 ft tall, 417 ft from threshold, 260 ft left of centerline; obstacle clearance slope: 8:1 → 7:1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amend.watch/MCD/&quot;&gt;See every change on Amend&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/2026-10-29&quot;&gt;FAA source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Not for navigation. Always use official FAA publications, NOTAMs and a proper preflight briefing.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>MCD: 2 changes (2 action items) on 19 Feb 2026</title>
<link>https://amend.watch/MCD/#c-2026-02-19</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>&lt;p&gt;FAA cycle effective 19 Feb 2026 at 0901Z, compared to 22 Jan 2026.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Action (2)&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Weather: Weather station type: AWOS-3 → AWOS-3P&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Frequency: Frequency 118.275 now listed for MCD AWOS-3P (was MCD AWOS-3); served facility type: AWOS-3 → AWOS-3P&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amend.watch/MCD/#c-2026-02-19&quot;&gt;See every change on Amend&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/2026-02-19&quot;&gt;FAA source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Not for navigation. Always use official FAA publications, NOTAMs and a proper preflight briefing.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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