and out of Maxwell AFB are integrated with operations at Montgomery
Regional Airport (MGM) in order to minimize airspace conflicts.
While this arrangement manages the competition for airspace in this area
and military and civilian air operations, there are restrictions on
Maxwell AFB operations resulting from this arrangement. They are:
Opposite direction traffic is restricted to certain types of missions;
Transient aircraft are limited in their use of the airfield to practice
approaches;
When weather does not permit VFR, pilots are often forced to
perform full‐stops, or utilize alternate airfields to practice multiple
approaches;
Restrictions on radar approaches have resulted in segmented training
for pilots, leading to an increase in additional simulation training for
controllers, which means reduced realism for training scenarios, and;
Expansion of civil air operations in the region may lead to an increase
in airspace competition within the MTRs utilized by Maxwell AFB.
Due to these restrictions, Maxwell AFB utilizes training routes that, at times,
compete with uncontrolled airfields within the area including the airfield in
the City of Prattville in Autauga County, Wetumpka Municipal Airport, and
other private airfields.
Class D airspace around Maxwell AFB and Montgomery Regional Airport
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Despite these restrictions and the use of other area airfields, the current
arrangement on airspace adequately balances the current Maxwell AFB
mission operations with surrounding commercial activities. However, if
Maxwell AFB or Montgomery Regional Airport increase their air operations
in the future, then the arrangem