Large hawks spotted near runway at Mesquite Metro Airport, Mesquite TX
Pilots at Mesquite Metro Airport reported seeing large hawks flying low near the runway, creating a hazard for aircraft takeoffs and landings.
Audio|Source: Mesquite Metro Airport (KHQZ) - Tower
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Transcript:
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Tower 3704 Bravo is ready at 3.6. Looks like you've got another bird right off the end of the runway here lower now.
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Trane-3-7-Jelph, Braus and ski tile, hold charge of runway 3-6. Sure, 3-6.
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And was it a bird you saw last time or just a bird now and then a different animal on the ground?
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We had a big bird out there about 500 feet AGL, look like some kind of hawk. And then he got another hawk here kind of drifting back and forth across the finals. He's pretty low, maybe 100 feet.
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Location mentioned:
Mesquite Metro Airport-HQZ, 1340 Airport Blvd, Mesquite, TX 75181
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