Title: Add Pembroke Regional Airport (YTA) + CFB Petawawa to Low Altitude Rewards Description: I am the only station covering the entire Upper Ottawa Valley corridor (Petawawa / Pembroke / Highway 17 area) — my claimed hex is 832b82ffffffff. We have heavy low-altitude military helicopter traffic from: 427 Squadron (CH-146 Griffons) 450 Squadron (CH-147 Chinooks) based at CFB Petawawa Plus regular traffic at Pembroke Regional Airport (YTA). My station is already ranked #1 in the hex and delivering strong base rewards, but I receive 0 Low Altitude Rewards because this airport is not yet eligible. Request: Please add Pembroke Regional (YTA) and the surrounding CFB Petawawa low-altitude zone to the LAR program so solo rural stations like mine can earn the bonus where there is real low-altitude military/commercial value. Happy to provide hex data, message stats, or any other info needed.
Thanks for the detailed writeup, the squadron breakdown is a great read.
Quick context on the map: the larger airport icons are the airports currently selected for Low Altitude Rewards, and that selection is based on demand from our data customers rather than airport size. Pembroke is not in that set right now, and being straight with you it is a long shot to be added, since it comes down to customer demand for the area.
Worth knowing too, military aircraft very often fly with ADSB switched off, so a good chunk of that helicopter traffic may not be trackable even if the area were eligible.
The upside is your local low altitude coverage still feeds your base rewards through PageRank, so sitting first in your hex is already paying off.
I am the only station covering the entire Upper Ottawa Valley corridor (Petawawa / Pembroke / Highway 17 area) — my claimed hex is 832b82ffffffff.
We have heavy low-altitude military helicopter traffic from:
427 Squadron (CH-146 Griffons)
450 Squadron (CH-147 Chinooks) based at CFB Petawawa
Plus regular traffic at Pembroke Regional Airport (YTA).
My station is already ranked #1 in the hex and delivering strong base rewards, but I receive 0 Low Altitude Rewards because this airport is not yet eligible.
Request: Please add Pembroke Regional (YTA) and the surrounding CFB Petawawa low-altitude zone to the LAR program so solo rural stations like mine can earn the bonus where there is real low-altitude military/commercial value.
Happy to provide hex data, message stats, or any other info needed.
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Chris Wingbits
Jun 12
Thanks for the detailed writeup, the squadron breakdown is a great read.
Quick context on the map: the larger airport icons are the airports currently selected for Low Altitude Rewards, and that selection is based on demand from our data customers rather than airport size. Pembroke is not in that set right now, and being straight with you it is a long shot to be added, since it comes down to customer demand for the area.
Worth knowing too, military aircraft very often fly with ADSB switched off, so a good chunk of that helicopter traffic may not be trackable even if the area were eligible.
The upside is your local low altitude coverage still feeds your base rewards through PageRank, so sitting first in your hex is already paying off.
User b56edd81
May 29
Title: Add Pembroke Regional Airport (YTA) + CFB Petawawa to Low Altitude Rewards
Description:
I am the only station covering the entire Upper Ottawa Valley corridor (Petawawa / Pembroke / Highway 17 area) — my claimed hex is 832b82ffffffff.
We have heavy low-altitude military helicopter traffic from:
427 Squadron (CH-146 Griffons)
450 Squadron (CH-147 Chinooks) based at CFB Petawawa
Plus regular traffic at Pembroke Regional Airport (YTA).
My station is already ranked #1 in the hex and delivering strong base rewards, but I receive 0 Low Altitude Rewards because this airport is not yet eligible.
Request: Please add Pembroke Regional (YTA) and the surrounding CFB Petawawa low-altitude zone to the LAR program so solo rural stations like mine can earn the bonus where there is real low-altitude military/commercial value.
Happy to provide hex data, message stats, or any other info needed.