| Tulloch Airfield | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bog Walk, Jamaica | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 300 ft / 91 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°06′15″N76°59′20″W / 18.10417°N 76.98889°W Coordinates: 18°06′15″N76°59′20″W / 18.10417°N 76.98889°W | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  Tulloch Airfield Location of the airport in Jamaica | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Tulloch Airfield is an airstrip serving the town of Bog Walk in the Saint Catherine Parish of Jamaica.
Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica.
St Catherine is a parish in the south east of Jamaica. It is located in the county of Middlesex, and is one of the island's largest and most economically valued parishes because of its many resources. It includes the first capital of Jamaica, Spanish Town, originally known as San Jago de la Vega or Santiago de la Vega.
Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the fourth-largest island country in the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola.
Contents
There is high terrain south through east of the airstrip.
The Kingston non-directional beacon (Ident: KIN) is located 10.5 nautical miles (19.4 km) southeast of Tulloch Airfield. The Manley VOR/DME (Ident: MLY) is located 15.9 nautical miles (29.4 km) southeast of the runway. [3] [4]
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range.
VOR/DME refers to combined radio navigation station for aircraft, which consists of two radio beacons, placed together, a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and distance measuring equipment (DME). VOR produces an angle between the station and the receiver in the aircraft, while DME does the same for range. Together, they provide the two measurements needed to produce a navigational "fix" using a chart.
