Friends, we have had at least 2 more incidents involving airplanes not performing well on the wet, soft runway.  The runway is not in good condition.

If you land or takeoff from the East Stuart Island runway you do so at your own peril.  

We do not have personnel to continuously monitor the condition of the runway.  We should all know that after periods of rain the runway can be hazardous.  Even on nice days like today, the runway is still soft.  The ground is so saturated with water that when you step on it you feel water squishing out.  Our runway can be soft and slippery at any time if it is this wet.  Add in some winds, some deer or geese and it can be hazardous.

Please be careful.  Remember you use the runway at your own risk.  Do not expect a “notam” to be posted here on this neighborhood website.  We will post info if we get it but I cannot guarantee that it will be in a timely manner!  The nature of it is that if the weather has been bad, nobody is there to even give a report.  Please keep that in mind.

Sorry for the rant but we feel need to remind all pilots that they need to keep the runway conditions, their airplanes performance and their own personal experience levels in mind when making the decision to use the runway.