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This can't be right?
Location of this field must be wrong?
Very scenic and great runway surface
beautiful approach over the water, there is a maintenance facility but the airport is usually pretty empty.
mostly floatplanes and taildraggers on the field, there is limited good parking for tricycle geared planes the dirt surfaces look like they go to mud in the rain.
Memphis Airport - an okay place.
Spent three hour layover at Memphis International Airport - Home of FEDEX. This was a really simple place to navigate and, for an airport, it was immaculate. I have seldom seen such shiny floors. Restrooms were all clean and well serviced. I have heard lots of negative things about Memphis so I was not looking forward to this stop. Fortunately they were mostly myths. The only real negatives were the Delta employees. Everyone to the man seemed to have a chip on their shoulder. Snippy to the point of RUDE. But...that was only Delta employees. Everyone else was unusually polite and friendly. Shopping was pretty good for an airport and there were many varieties of food vendors. All in all, not a bad stop...next time I will fly someone other than Delta.
Runway info
Can you tell me the length of the runway?
Boca Chica
Worked there (1952-1955) in the tower as air traffic controller. Highway 1 went through the middle of the base then. It can still be seen in the map. Had 5 or 6 blimps then. Located between runways 31 & 25. Watched the transition from radial engines to jets. Used to request the jets to make a low pass down the runway when traffic was light. One woke everybody in the barracks across the road one Sunday morning.
Fun!
A fun place to fly, GREAT FBO! Had a starting problem and the local mechanic dropped everything he was doing to help, got plane started so I could go home...
Museum
Aviation museum on field, nice day trip!
Great staff!
FBO open 8a-8p, 356 days. Fabulous staff, crew car available. Hangared my plane here 2 years, often lowest fuel prices in Piedmont area.
Good airport
Ostergard's is a well-maintained private strip, made available to the general flying public out of courtesy. Being part of that public, I can only appreciate that - as there are few non-restricted airfields around Calgary, and Ostergard's airport is located in such a beautiful corner! Right between the canyons and the wind farms, both panoramas are just awesome...
Runway is in a very good shape, approaches are clear, and the airport is reasonably easy to find - though I believe that one must expect significant crosswind many of the times. I liked how the northbound runway drops right after the edge, and I enjoyed taking off southbound - towards the wind farms.
Location itself is definitely not a place to goof around - one could clearly see that people live and work there. But I'm glad I visited Ostergard's and hope to be back at some point.
Website for Peterborough Airport Restaurant
It's The Landing 27 Bistro
http://landing27bistro.3owl.com/
The website has the hours of operation and the menu.
Anybody flying up this week?
I've got a friend looking for a lift from Indianapolis on Tue or Wed 7/4/2012. Thought I'd give this a shot for him. Thanks
jdean10200@comcast.net
re: Aircraft times/arrivals/departures
What kind of listings are you looking for, and in what order?
A fun day trip!
Beautiful, modern terminal, nice big runway, courtesy car for the 2 mile drive into town where you should not must not miss an absolutely splendid lunch at the Little Bistro.... I highly recommend a visit via air to the super-friendly town of Liberty!
The Palmerston Airport
What a great strip. Smooth and well maintained. Friendly folks there. Truckstop right next door. 100LL available.
helicopter ride
I was wondering if anyone knows if there are helicopter rides from downsview. my son is having a stag and we would like to get about 5 guys for a helicpoter ride. If anyone knows please contact me @vbalenzano@rogers.com The stag is on July 14th ,2012. No alchol involved.
Dorval Customs Cattle Line
Going through Customs at Dorval - after you've walked through the maze to get in line - is so ridiculous that we no longer fly into Dorval. We would rather fly to an airport across the border and drive through customs. Much more relaxing and car rentals are much, much more reasonable than at the Dorval airport.
Question
Can I flight to Cartagena Colombia from Enrique Adolfo Jimenez Airport?
Nice airport!
I've been to Bishell's for a fly-in and loved everything about it. Interesting short final southbound - passing just by the tree line, touching down on a hill top and then rolling lower and lower... Easy to find, good approaches, no significant obstacles around, the runway is kept neat and clean, airport facilities are in order, people around are simply great - awesome! Loved to be there and would be happy to visit this place again.
Aircraft times/arrivals/departures
the listings on this site are a disgraceful mess - haphazard. slipshod listings in a semi-chaotic order
Fuel: 100LL and Jet A available at the large hangar. !00L
AWOS at 250-567-4494 or 122.55
ARCAL lighting on 07/25 Click mic. 7 times on 122.8
Closed
Closed, including WZY
Nut Tree
Huge concession with stores, shops food etc. etc. etc.
Sac
Student cross country stop in 80s.
Napa
Class D. Good steaks on field. Town of Napa is a gateway to Napa Valley.
Gnoss
Beware cross winds and lighted tower east of field.
Buccanan
My former avionics guy is there.
Petaluma
29er Diner is awesome. Great food in Petaluma. Don't miss Volpi Italian since 1925. Try the bar also.
Anguin
Aircraft carrier approach.
Lampson
Tom's Aircraft Service. My mech. and a really good one!
Little River
Visit the village of Mendocino! Pricey shuttle in to town but not to miss.
Boonville
Walk to town for lunch. They have their own language in Boonville!
Wine
Tour the wineries
Wine County beauty
Visit Healdsburg
Home
Sweet home
bdr
my very first solo was here, runway 24
closure
was a terrible idea. it was the best airport to visit atlantic city. walking distance to the casinos and hotels.
frg
learned to fly here
awesome
very friendly, great place for breakfast. onsite pilot shop.
Bergstrom Acft.
Great airport for a rest and fuel stop, the staff, service and facilities at Berstrom are great.
Hotel Rooms
Don't plan on stopping here unless you have a room reservation. The oil industry has every hotel booked solid, there must be at least 25 hotels in town. Thanks to the great people at Bismark Aero Center who saved the day. They have a sleep room with two beds and courtesy cars. Lack of accomodations is a problem at many towns in North Dakota.
Breakfast
Great service at the last breakfast! I'll come again for sure!!
Come and visit
Howard is fantastic to deal with, come and see what is believed to be the largest private collection of Rolls Royce's in North America.
Visited the other day
Was a Friday. VFR and gorgeous day. Saw about 8 airplanes tied down. None of them looked like they were airworthy except a cub well maintained. Many had flat tires. The "FBO" was open but deserted. Some bottled water and an old broken microwave. No plumbing/running water. The hanger was locked but I could see inside there were some planes in there. In the one hour i was there, not a soul came by, drove by, or landed. My dog and I sat on the picnic bench and had some lunch. I was dreaming about turning this place into something that people could enjoy. Maybe a small greasy spoon eatery. Or give "Cub" rides on Sundays for $5 like the 30s. I hate to see small grassroots airports wither away, but such is General Aviation really. Not enough people interested to pass the torch.... Anwyay, hung out with hope, but finally departed to visit another lonely airport a few miles away - Newton. Even more deserted.
Corman Air Park
Corman Air Park is a small privately owned and operated aerodrome near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is open to the general public and is suitable for light aircraft of up to about 6 seats (2600 ft. runway).
Pilots are encouraged to fly here and the general public to fly in, drive in, cycle in, walk in...... are all encouraged to come out and find out what REAL aviation is all about.
Every year the Air Park is host to It's annual Fly N' Fair. It is really a "50 year past" event and is very reminiscent of what a real country fair was back then. It's a lot of very relaxing fun for everyone that attends.
It runs every year from June 30 to July 1 with a free and very spectacular fireworks display at dusk on June 30.
There is no admission charge but the Canadian Air Cadets are in charge of parking and they charge $5/car.
See the website at Google cormanairpark for more information.
A great layover on our trip eastbound
Good fuel prices, great town, wonderful food at Cafe Diva at the base of the ski hill
re: Fees and fuel price
Reply to @david: Rochester briefly flirted with forcing the GA traffic to taxi to the commercial side for customs, but after several "incidents" in the first week, went back to meeting GA on the GA side.
re: anyone flown into here from Canada?
Reply to @david: That surprises me because Alexandria Bay is a tiny airport compared to Watertown. It's also PPR, and not listed as an AOE by the FAA. I think that listing may be for boats. The FAA still lists KART as an AOE, and like most small airports you have to call the nearest customs office 2 hours ahead of time.
Fees and fuel price
Fees and fuel price for a piston single (2012-06-17):
No landing fee
Ramp fee $20 (waived with fuel purchase)
Parking $10/night (first night waived with fuel purchase)
100LL: $7.17 (changes daily)
Customs does not meet aircraft at the FBO -- she said it's necessary to taxi to "the commercial side".
Fees
For a piston single:
$7 landing fee (waived with minimum 10 gal fuel purchase)
$7 overnight parking
No ramp fee or day parking fee
100LL: $6.56/gal (2012-06-17)
re: This can't be right?
🔗 Wed, 04 Jul 2012
— @ptomblin at Utley Field, United States
There's no airport of this name in the FAA or Eurocontrol data.