A GLIDER PLT IS CONCERNED WITH THE NUMBER OF PARACHUTE JUMPERS THAT LAND ON THE ARPT SURFACE AT D73 WITH OTHER ACFT LNDG AT THE SAME TIME.

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ON 4/SAT/2004 BETWEEN XA00-XD00; PARACHUTISTS WERE (ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS) SEEN LNDG ON THE RWY SURFACE OF RWY 3/21. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. DURING THESE DAYS OF HEAVY PARACHUTE TFC; SOMETIMES AS MANY AS 25-30 ARE RELEASED AT A TIME AND THEY LAND ALL OVER THE ARPT; CROSSING BACK AND FORTH OVER THE ACTIVE RWY ON THEIR DSCNTS. NO PARTICULAR DROP ZONE SEEMS TO BE OBSERVED; AS THEY JUST USE THE WHOLE ARPT SURFACE CREATING A HAZARD TO NORMAL ARPT TFC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE ARPT IN QUESTION WAS THE WALTON COUNTY ARPT IN MONROE; GA (D73). THE RPTR INDICATED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROB. AT TIMES THERE ARE 30 OR MORE JUMPERS AT A TIME. THEY LAND ON ALL SURFACES OF THE ARPT INCLUDING THE ACTIVE RWY WHEN THERE ARE ACFT; INCLUDING GLIDERS; LNDG. THE RPTR IS A GLIDER PLT AND HAS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO GAR IF NEEDED TO AVOID HITTING A PARACHUTE JUMPER. THE RPTR ALSO INDICATED THAT THE JUMP ACFT RACES THE JUMPERS DOWN AND LANDS IN A DIVING STRAIGHT IN APCH THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR OTHER ACFT TO SEE. THE RPTR INDICATED THAT THE JUMPERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE CITY TO LAND ON THE FIELD AND THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THIS PERMISSION. HE FEELS THAT IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED AND WOULD LIKE THE FAA TO MONITOR THE SIT AT THIS ARPT TO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY.