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REOPENED
Ramey Air Force Base (TJFF) closed and reopened as Rafael Hernandez
First airport in Kansas City
Richards Field (later Ong Field) was the first airport serving Kansas City. It closed in 1949, and was redeveloped as the Gregory Heights subdivision.
re: I love wake island
I spent three days there in 1967. It has the most beautiful blue water of shore that I have ever seen. I would like to have stayed under different circumstances.
Ultralight friendly and safe
I often fly a paratrike (PPG/PPC) out of the infield there, both mornings and evenings. A very safe and ultralight friendly airport, with relatively little traffic. An air-band radio is a requirement, but a lot of flexibility otherwise. Great scenery to enjoy within a short distance in all directions.
Fools at the airport
probably the most small minded arrogant fools I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with.
Very dangerous place to fly due to the ultralights without radio doing as they please, and the idiots based there that think they are gods gift to aviation and hang around in small groups insulting pilots. Normally found in the bar flying....... because they can't in real life.
Don't bother stopping there unless you want to be insulted by fools.
Rented from Universal
I rented Archer N38700 from Universal Air Academy at El Monte for 1.4 hours dual around the L.A. basin. The price was reasonable, and the plane was worn but in good shape mechanically. They have two Archers and an Arrow in their fleet, together with a Seneca and a bunch of Cessnas for primary training.
Agreed
Nice little strip, was there yesterday for precautionary trng. Ended up doing a soft field landing. Really neat place!
Article on Ashaig Airstrip
Here's a detailed English-language article about this airstrip from a Dutch site:
First 747 to land at SYD
It was a cold windy rainy day in the early 70's
I had never seen a Jumbo land but it was clear he was landing LONG!
So long he ran off end of runway and nearly got in a fight with airport fuel lines!
I think USA pilot was given a ticket home.
Anyone have any additional info or an old photo from Sydney herald.
PS now live in the land of Boeing namely Seattle.
SDUB
Home of the Stol ultralight, which is now in Capetown, after the copletion of the tripfrom Ubatuba to Ushuaia, then Greenland, Iceland and down to South Africa
re: Wow!
I fully agree...it's too shame we lost its owner!
Landed there 8/08
Not much there. It's easy to find due to the paper mill just north of the airport, which also provides an aroma.
There's parking at the south end, and a pay phone outside the fence. Nextel/Sprint cell service N/A.
Closed?
Not in the latest FAA data.
Closed?
It's not in the next FAA data set.
Closed?
I'm loading the next FAA dataset, and this airport doesn't appear on it any more.
cool art
The aboriginal art is very cool inside the airport. It's a shame there's no viewing area for passengers inside the terminal.
Nice airport
This airport is not huge but does it's job. It has a very long runway for a regional city.
Not well planned
This airport is not very well planned because of how the terminals are to far apart, and airport is very close to the city which is good and bad.
Great airport
The runways are very easy to land on and there isn't has much traffic.
Museum
Want to talk about an awesome museum?! This place has the WAAAM that houses a huge collection of early model FLYING aircraft and running automobiles. Everything is in perfect condition, even a Curtiss-Jenny with serial #1! As a bonus, you get to fly the Columbia Gorge to get there.
Pearson
An airport with a neat museum and a lot of history. Visited here for the West Coast Cherokee Pilot's Assoc. Fly-In. Great location, just review the chart carefully and be prepared to follow Portland's instructions, especially if not granted access to Class C airspace.
Great small-town airport
Easy access and a wonderful group of locals hanging out, ready to answer questions. They are also getting ready to base a beautiful, polished DC-3 at the airport. Not to be missed.
Merge with 8U3?
CKK3 and 8U3 appear to be the same airport. You merged 7S8 and CEP4, so these should probably be merged as well.
Not a full FBO
Aviation International is a flight school that runs the Guelph airport and happens to sell tie-down spots and 100LL fuel to transients, but it is definitely not a full FBO. According to the woman on the phone, tie-downs on the grass are $7/night, and you have to move your plane to and from the fuel pumps yourself (though they do the actual fueling). They have no arrangements with rental-car companies, not even a key drop-off.
For full FBO service (e.g. leave a fuel order and walk into your waiting rental car), you can fly into Waterloo (YKF) 10 nm/18km away, but you'll pay a bit more money.
Reggae Dave says:
Airstips are for landing on ... not sleeping on.
Runway closed; heliport only
The runway is closed, so this airport is available only as a heliport. Permission required, but customs services are available.
Part of AirVenture museum
This airport, immediately adjacent to Wittman Regional (OSH), operates together with the AirVenture Museum at OshKosh. It is a grass strip with over 50 airplanes in period hangars, and includes a playground and rides in vintage aircraft. An AirVenture Museum ticket is required to visit the field, and a tram travels to the field from the museum:
Operations at Pontecagnano
According to the Italian Wikipedia article, Pontecagnano is a joint military-civilian airport with scheduled airline service to Milan Malpensa (MXP), Catania (CTA), Verona (VRN), Barcelona (BCN), Bucharest (BBU), and Munich (MUC). It also hosts a fair bit of bizjet traffic, as well as the long-established Aeroclub di Salerno, which includes a flying school:
Eats
They have a good restaraunt at the golf course across from the fuel. They let us use their car but you could also taxi over to the restarant. The fuel was cheap and easy to get to. Self serve
Gone
I landed here back in July of 2002. Nice little airport. Too bad it got turned into houses.
Northway Airport
We stayed overnight in the trailers that the Alaska Highway workers used. Rustic! The restaurant had closed for the evening, but the bartender said just go fix your own. We had steak, baked potato and apple pie. Left the money and did the dishes. Great way to live!
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895
A charter 737 crashed near the airport on August 24, 2008, killing 68 of the 90 people on board:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Aseman_Airlines_Flight_6895
City might close airport
Some city counselors want to close the airport and sell the land to developers, but local doctors want it to stay open for medevac and organ-delivery flights:
MA25 Long Pond Seaplane Base
Unfortunatley the sandy beach on the Northeast area of the pond, where seaplane pilots had previously beached their aircraft, has been acquired by a new owner and has been roped off to any traffic.
Closed after WWII
This airfield was closed after World War II, since Sand Island (PMDY), immediately to the west, allowed for a longer runway.
International flights may move
The Honduras government wants to move international flights to Tegucigalpa from Toncontín to the Soto Cano Air Base (XPL), which already hosted them temporarily earlier in 2008. Smaller planes and domestic flights would continue to use Toncontín. There's no schedule for the change, yet.
New international airport
The Honduras government wants to convert this base to be Tegucigalpa's new international airport (it already served that role temporarily earlier in 2008), while Toncontín (TGU) will server only smaller aircraft and domestic flights.
Spanair Flight 5022 destination
Gran Canaria Airport was the destination of Spanair Flight 5022, the flight that crashed right after takeoff from Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD) on August 20, 2008:
Spanair Flight 5022
On August 20, 2008, an MD-82 jet crashed immediately after takeoff from runway 36L and caught fire, killing at least 153 of the 172 people on board. It was bound for Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):
re: A little information about Beja airport
Thanks for the update, Marcela. The Ryanair web site is not yet listing Beja as a destination, but as soon as they add it, we can change the airport's status to show scheduled airline service.
Great Aerodrome!
A blast from the past, posters inside depicting their vibrant past as an airforce base. You can almost hear the Harvards buzzing in the background, nice layout good fuel prices, great service. I haven't eaten at the cafe yet but I imagine I will soon!
Borongan airport
I had been informed Borongan airport will be operational this coming sept. 01, 2008.
Watch out for deer!
Be alert for deer on the runway here.
Two ICAO codes
This airport has two ICAO codes: LEVS as a military airport, and LECU as a civilian airport.
re: FAA duplicate
But the two records also list different owners. I suppose the only way this is going to be settled is for somebody to phone both owners.
re: FAA duplicate
I think that's why the FAA hasn't spotted the duplication. From the sat view, it's clear that they're the same airport, with the runway described differently -- there's not room for a second strip on the same island.
re: FAA duplicate
Oh, and the two records have different runways, one is 16/34 1500x75 and the other is "NW/SE" 1500x100.
FAA duplicate
The FAA has a duplicate entry in their database, listing this airport as both WA58 and WA93.
Nice FBO
New FBO owners arrived late 07 but had the FBO here many years ago. They are 'retiring' here and are life-long aviation people who deserve our support. They are fixing it up, have reasonable gas prices, including Mogas, and have a courtesy car.
$2million????
🔗 Wed, 01 Oct 2008
— @gimmedub at Greenbank-Uxbridge-Port Perry Airfield, Canada
you're kidding right??? I'd have figure at most 400K but then again what do I know... can someone explain to me why it's listed at $2m?