Sometimes, the FAA coordinates are just plain wrong. I found this airstrip using Topo Maps and the address of the owner. It's closed now, but you can at least see where the airstrip was cleared out in past years.
The Happy Valley Airport has been closed since at least 2009. Additionally, the runway is now being used as a driveway for a large house built at its southern end.
Welcome To The Conch Republic or USA! This airport is very nice and I like how it pinpoints the existence of the Conch Republic, i would have not known if it didn't Say "WELCOME TO THE CONCH REPUBLIC" On The Wall.
Upon the retirement of Walt Disney's private plane Mickey Mouse One (Grumman Gulfsream I N234MM) in 1992, it landed here to be displayed at the adjacent MGM (now Hollywood Studios), as the old Walt Disney World Airport to the north had been blocked off by the construction of the monorail system. Further use of the site for aviation purposes has been permanently precluded by the No Fly Zone orders in place since 2001.
New York Airways ran helicopter commuter flights here 1965-1968, and again briefly in 1977. A landing accident here on May 16, 1977 killed four passengers and a pedestrian on the street below, ending the use of skyscraper helipads in New York City, though they remain in use in other cities elsewhere, primarily for emergency use.
I've been to Stinson Beach Multiple Times, and there is no Seaplane Base, There is no planes landing there, No Docks, And Stinson Beach Would Be too small to sustain a Airport at around 500 People living in the town.
City council has forced the airport to institute a $35 landing fee (+HST, presumably). There are no exceptions, not even for resident pilots or pilots purchasing fuel. The fee is more than double that of CYTZ, which is downtown in Canada's biggest city.
I suggest taking your travel business to nearby Wiarton CYVV, instead -- it still welcomes GA.
I Flew Here On A Flight From SFO To Yuma With A Layover In Phoenix, Yuma Is A Very Awesome Town For Vacationing, And It's Airport Is Not Bad For A 90,000 Person Desert Town.
Half Moon Bay Is My Favorite town to Vacation in, and when I discovered this airport, I took a look around, I like it's location next to pillar Point and The Half Moon Bay Jetty.
Open To Passenger Flights, No Landing Fee, But Nobody Ever Comes Here, well, Its In The Arctic On A Remote Island So Why Would Passenger Planes Stop Here? No Refuel, Only 1-5 Staff, Runway Not Paved, No Buildings.
There's an even bigger problem here: this airport never existed. There is no trace of any airport having been on this site either in satellite imagery or any number of topographical maps going back to the beginning of aviation, nor is the site listed in any historical documentation or Paul Freeman's excellent website on abandoned and little-known airfields. Website owner notified.
The ICAO code is fake. Kirby Cove has not been historically or currently the site of a seaplane base, particularly due to the rough waters on the seaward side of the Golden Gate preventing safe seaplane operations. Website owner has been notified.
This "seaplane base" doesn't exist; this does not appear to be a safe landing zone as it is too narrow and surrounded by homes. Website owner has been notified.
Las Trancas Airport Is A Very Tiny Airport in many ideas, Its just a dirt airsrip off of Highway 1, However, Las Trancas Is A Nice Airport, And I want others to know that it is a tiny airport, Since it is so Small, The airport is only limited to Piston Single And Piston Agricultural Aircraft. I want to try buying a plane and landing on the rather tiny airstrip myself, but well not yet... It's right next to a Lumber yard off of Highway One thats right next to the airport, The Airport is a nice airport, but its unknown, Even to Locals Of Davenport! It dosen't even has its own wikipedia Page!
The Airport has a nice but very tiny building thats Clearly Visible When Driving On Highway 1 because it has a wind measuring cone on the top. Its Very Small.
Ideas With the airport:
Buy A Piston Single Or Piston Agricultural Plane And Land Here Yourself, if you want, land here multiple times.
When the place is not used, Help develop the runway by possibly painting it or making it wider by clearing off the grass.
Maybe Add Some Lights, So The Cabrillo Highway Travellers Can See The Beautiful Airport, Also Maybe A Generator.
Idk, reply 2 this comment and give more ideas on what to do with the airport or more facts about the Las Trancas airport.
Runway 26 now appears to be runway 27 (as seen in google maps images). All changes I make in ourairports.com seem to be reverted (automatically or by someone). I sent an email to contact@ourairports.com but did not get any answer. Is someone still maintaining this website?
Yeah, Asobo / MSFS have created a lot of their own GPS/ICAO codes for airports that are not congruent with reality, especially as heliports are not yet rendered in the sim as of the end of 2020 (so they wouldn't catch the duplicate).
Lots of signage warning pedestrians and motorists going into the adjacent parking garage of the "Helicopter Landing Zone". Rotor wash here must be all sorts of fun.
Visible on the old topo maps available in CalTopo, and the eastern half of the runway is clearly visible running due east from the modern-day Lone Butte Casino.
North America
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🔗 Mon, 19 Apr 2021
— @jeremyc at Gallia Meigs Regional Airport, United States
What a fun approach! Met family there and when the attendant saw kids come into the airport, he gave them all rubber band balsa gliders.
Great Ranch!
🔗 Sat, 17 Apr 2021
— @wolfgangx at Ox Ranch Airport, United States
Highly recommend, permission required to land but definitely a great place to visit! Go on a safari and shoot a flamethrower!
Nice Airport
🔗 Thu, 15 Apr 2021
— @NYANWT at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, United States
This is a very nice airprort
My Experience
🔗 Thu, 15 Apr 2021
— @NYANWT at Jean Airport, United States
Wouldn't Even Talk About This Airport If It Didn't Have A White Castle And The World's Largest Chevron. Very Nice Airport.
Very Crammed Airport
🔗 Thu, 15 Apr 2021
— @NYANWT at Los Angeles International Airport, United States
So Many Stuff And People Its Hard To Get Around. Outside I Hear Lots Of Cars. Worse Density Than SFO Or Even JFK Airport
My Experience
🔗 Thu, 15 Apr 2021
— @NYANWT at McCarran International Airport, United States
Vegas Is Very Nice Compared To NYC. A Beautiful City Near Lake Mead.
Brand New Laguardia
🔗 Thu, 15 Apr 2021
— @NYANWT at La Guardia Airport, United States
A Brand New Modern Airport! I Am Glad To Only Be A 15 Minute Drive FROM It.
Very Nice Flight Service
🔗 Thu, 15 Apr 2021
— @NYANWT at John F Kennedy International Airport, United States
Nice Airport, Modern, Nice, Lots Of Things To Do. My Flight To Vancouver Was Wonderful!
My Experience
🔗 Thu, 15 Apr 2021
— @NYANWT at Vancouver International Airport, Canada
Very Nice Airport, Just The Taxis And Luggage Are Areas They NEED To Improve On
Airline Service = yes
🔗 Mon, 12 Apr 2021
— @Emceezee at Meadows Field, United States
American is operating to Phoenix and Dallas, United to Denver.
Found it
🔗 Fri, 09 Apr 2021
— @animebirder at Ward Ranch Airport, United States
Sometimes, the FAA coordinates are just plain wrong. I found this airstrip using Topo Maps and the address of the owner. It's closed now, but you can at least see where the airstrip was cleared out in past years.
CLOSED
🔗 Tue, 06 Apr 2021
— @JeffT at Happy Valley Airport, United States
The Happy Valley Airport has been closed since at least 2009. Additionally, the runway is now being used as a driveway for a large house built at its southern end.
The Entire Airport Got Revamped
🔗 Tue, 30 Mar 2021
— @atlantaz at La Guardia Airport, United States
I Like How My Closest Airport To Me Got Changed ENTIRELY, The Terminals Are Now Different, and More Signs And Services Have Been Built
A Very Nice Airport
🔗 Tue, 30 Mar 2021
— @atlantaz at Key West International Airport, United States
Welcome To The Conch Republic or USA! This airport is very nice and I like how it pinpoints the existence of the Conch Republic, i would have not known if it didn't Say "WELCOME TO THE CONCH REPUBLIC" On The Wall.
ROUGH pavement
🔗 Mon, 29 Mar 2021
— @wolfgangx at Nartron Field, United States
There are so many weeds growing through the cracks this might as well be a grass strip
Used for 1992 Landing of Mickey Mouse One
🔗 Fri, 26 Mar 2021
— @animebirder at World Drive Emergency Landing Strip, United States
Upon the retirement of Walt Disney's private plane Mickey Mouse One (Grumman Gulfsream I N234MM) in 1992, it landed here to be displayed at the adjacent MGM (now Hollywood Studios), as the old Walt Disney World Airport to the north had been blocked off by the construction of the monorail system. Further use of the site for aviation purposes has been permanently precluded by the No Fly Zone orders in place since 2001.
A bit of forgotten aviation history
🔗 Thu, 25 Mar 2021
— @animebirder at Pan Am Building Heliport, United States
New York Airways ran helicopter commuter flights here 1965-1968, and again briefly in 1977. A landing accident here on May 16, 1977 killed four passengers and a pedestrian on the street below, ending the use of skyscraper helipads in New York City, though they remain in use in other cities elsewhere, primarily for emergency use.
My Experience
🔗 Tue, 23 Mar 2021
— @hqyya at Somerton Airport, United States
Very Tiny and nice airport
My Experience
🔗 Tue, 23 Mar 2021
— @hqyya at Las Trancas Airport, United States
Very small, but very nice.
My Experience
🔗 Tue, 23 Mar 2021
— @hqyya at Marsh Downtown Airport, United States
This very Small, Closed airport looks like it is still Operating, But It Isn't.
Very Nice Heliport,
🔗 Tue, 23 Mar 2021
— @hqyya at Yuma Regional Medical Center Heliport, United States
Two heliports is nice, Pretty big spaces.
My Experience
🔗 Tue, 23 Mar 2021
— @hqyya at Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, United States
Yuma Is Also A Nice Town To Vacation In @Apollu1 , and it is a very nice airport. It also has a pretty nice terminal.
My Experience
🔗 Tue, 23 Mar 2021
— @hqyya at Petaluma Municipal Airport, United States
A Very Nice Airport, Went here a few times.
Fake Seaplane Base
🔗 Tue, 23 Mar 2021
— @hqyya at Stinson Beach Seadrift Lagoon Seaplane Base (nonexistent / spam), United States
I've been to Stinson Beach Multiple Times, and there is no Seaplane Base, There is no planes landing there, No Docks, And Stinson Beach Would Be too small to sustain a Airport at around 500 People living in the town.
Warning: high landing fee, GA not welcome
🔗 Mon, 22 Mar 2021
— @david at Owen Sound / Billy Bishop Regional Airport, Canada
City council has forced the airport to institute a $35 landing fee (+HST, presumably). There are no exceptions, not even for resident pilots or pilots purchasing fuel. The fee is more than double that of CYTZ, which is downtown in Canada's biggest city.
I suggest taking your travel business to nearby Wiarton CYVV, instead -- it still welcomes GA.
About
🔗 Mon, 22 Mar 2021
— @Apollu1 at San Carlos Airport, United States
Just Off of US-101, No Signs On US-101 Pointing The Airport,
My Experience At This Airport
🔗 Mon, 22 Mar 2021
— @Apollu1 at Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, United States
I Flew Here On A Flight From SFO To Yuma With A Layover In Phoenix, Yuma Is A Very Awesome Town For Vacationing, And It's Airport Is Not Bad For A 90,000 Person Desert Town.
My Experience At This Airport
🔗 Mon, 22 Mar 2021
— @Apollu1 at Pahute Mesa Airstrip, United States
I Seen It Once When Flying My Personal Plane From Visalia To North Las Vegas
My Experience At This Airport
🔗 Mon, 22 Mar 2021
— @Apollu1 at Half Moon Bay Airport, United States
Half Moon Bay Is My Favorite town to Vacation in, and when I discovered this airport, I took a look around, I like it's location next to pillar Point and The Half Moon Bay Jetty.
Very Nice Airport
🔗 Mon, 22 Mar 2021
— @Apollu1 at John F Kennedy International Airport, United States
I Live in san Jose, CA, So i decided to take a va-ca to NYC, and JFK was a very nice airport indeed.
Misplaced marker
🔗 Thu, 18 Mar 2021
— @animebirder at Limon Airport, Honduras
I've moved this to the apparent SW-NE runway several km east of town. Marker *had* been in town where there is clearly no airport.
closed?
🔗 Sat, 13 Mar 2021
— @feitidede at Pahute Mesa Airstrip, United States
is this airstrip closed?
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🔗 Fri, 12 Mar 2021
— @THEARCTICGUY at Herschel Island Field, Canada
Open To Passenger Flights, No Landing Fee, But Nobody Ever Comes Here, well, Its In The Arctic On A Remote Island So Why Would Passenger Planes Stop Here? No Refuel, Only 1-5 Staff, Runway Not Paved, No Buildings.
About
🔗 Fri, 12 Mar 2021
— @THEARCTICGUY at Herschel Island Field, Canada
Nice, Serves Herschel Island, Next To Two (Very Tiny) Seaports ON Herschel Island, (Port Yukon Seaport, Thirty-Eight Seaport)
Flagged for removal
🔗 Fri, 12 Mar 2021
— @animebirder at Muir Beach Military Airport (nonexistent / spam), United States
Never existed, not on topo maps or Freeman's Abandoned Airfields site.
Flagged for removal
🔗 Fri, 12 Mar 2021
— @animebirder at Hillsborough Regional Airport (nonexistent / spam), United States
There's an even bigger problem here: this airport never existed. There is no trace of any airport having been on this site either in satellite imagery or any number of topographical maps going back to the beginning of aviation, nor is the site listed in any historical documentation or Paul Freeman's excellent website on abandoned and little-known airfields. Website owner notified.
Flagged for removal
🔗 Fri, 12 Mar 2021
— @animebirder at (nonexistent / spam), United States
The ICAO code is fake. Kirby Cove has not been historically or currently the site of a seaplane base, particularly due to the rough waters on the seaward side of the Golden Gate preventing safe seaplane operations. Website owner has been notified.
Flagged for removal
🔗 Fri, 12 Mar 2021
— @animebirder at Stinson Beach Seadrift Lagoon Seaplane Base (nonexistent / spam), United States
This "seaplane base" doesn't exist; this does not appear to be a safe landing zone as it is too narrow and surrounded by homes. Website owner has been notified.
FACTS About Old Hillsborough airport.
🔗 Tue, 09 Mar 2021
— @LasTrancasGuy at Hillsborough Regional Airport (nonexistent / spam), United States
It was in the empty area Parallel to I-280, Had One Runaway and was very thin but long.
Tiny but Nice Las Trancas Airport.
🔗 Tue, 09 Mar 2021
— @LasTrancasGuy at Las Trancas Airport, United States
Las Trancas Airport Is A Very Tiny Airport in many ideas, Its just a dirt airsrip off of Highway 1, However, Las Trancas Is A Nice Airport, And I want others to know that it is a tiny airport, Since it is so Small, The airport is only limited to Piston Single And Piston Agricultural Aircraft. I want to try buying a plane and landing on the rather tiny airstrip myself, but well not yet... It's right next to a Lumber yard off of Highway One thats right next to the airport, The Airport is a nice airport, but its unknown, Even to Locals Of Davenport! It dosen't even has its own wikipedia Page!
The Airport has a nice but very tiny building thats Clearly Visible When Driving On Highway 1 because it has a wind measuring cone on the top. Its Very Small.
Ideas With the airport:
Buy A Piston Single Or Piston Agricultural Plane And Land Here Yourself, if you want, land here multiple times.
When the place is not used, Help develop the runway by possibly painting it or making it wider by clearing off the grass.
Maybe Add Some Lights, So The Cabrillo Highway Travellers Can See The Beautiful Airport, Also Maybe A Generator.
Idk, reply 2 this comment and give more ideas on what to do with the airport or more facts about the Las Trancas airport.
Runway ident changed
🔗 Mon, 08 Feb 2021
— @GeoFS at Blue Grass Airport, United States
My bad, runway ident has been updated to 27. However, I do not seem to be able to add/edit threshold coordinates. Any idea why?
Runway ident changed
🔗 Mon, 08 Feb 2021
— @GeoFS at Blue Grass Airport, United States
Runway 26 now appears to be runway 27 (as seen in google maps images). All changes I make in ourairports.com seem to be reverted (automatically or by someone). I sent an email to contact@ourairports.com but did not get any answer. Is someone still maintaining this website?
Runway numbers are changed
🔗 Sun, 07 Feb 2021
— @AirDVM at Sandpoint Airport, United States
Current Runwy number 02-20. Incorrect in database.
Excellent Facility
🔗 Fri, 15 Jan 2021
— @rstan at Monroe Regional Airport, United States
The cheapest gas for over 15 years is right here
Great facility with courtesy car
Too bad the don't wear masks
beware MSFS fake ICAO codes
🔗 Tue, 29 Dec 2020
— @animebirder at Breckenridge Airport, United States
Yeah, Asobo / MSFS have created a lot of their own GPS/ICAO codes for airports that are not congruent with reality, especially as heliports are not yet rendered in the sim as of the end of 2020 (so they wouldn't catch the duplicate).
First solo flight 1983
🔗 Thu, 24 Dec 2020
— @eichair at Huronia Airport, Canada
When I learned to fly in Canada 1983
I completed my first solo 10. of July 1983 on Midland (Huronia) Airport with an Cessna 150 C-GUKF and finally got the PPL Licence on July 29th 1983.
I never forget this awesome time flying in Ontario. Wonderful!
Hans
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🔗 Sun, 20 Dec 2020
— @animebirder at Leming Heliport, United States
Recently paved and painted as of 20 Dec 2020. No perimeter fence, directly adjacent to FM 1470 to the south, private residences to the north.
well that's a tight fit
🔗 Thu, 17 Dec 2020
— @animebirder at Seton Medical Center H-4 Heliport, United States
Lots of signage warning pedestrians and motorists going into the adjacent parking garage of the "Helicopter Landing Zone". Rotor wash here must be all sorts of fun.
Name should be changed
🔗 Thu, 17 Dec 2020
— @hogm at Calzada Larga Airport, Panama
The ICAO name is MPCL and the local three letter name used is CLZ
Some more deets
🔗 Tue, 15 Dec 2020
— @animebirder at Lone Butte Landing Strip, United States
Visible on the old topo maps available in CalTopo, and the eastern half of the runway is clearly visible running due east from the modern-day Lone Butte Casino.
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