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Maybe closed to itinerant, but it's still open
It's still marked as open in the FAA data, although it has a remark "ARPT CLSD TO ACR & TSNT ACFT." I'm not sure what "ACR" is, but "TSNT" is obviously "transient". I assume that means it's open to based aircraft.
Previously Loring Air Force Base (was KLIZ?)
In the 1980 and 90s, this was a USAF base that flew B-52 bombers and KC-135 tankers. I flew a PAR approach into there once, in a CH-135 Twin Huey, en route from YCX yo YOY. On short final, we were called "dangerously left of centerline" by the radar controller. Getting out of clouds at about 300 ft, we were about half way between the centreline and the edge of the runway... In a B-52 (wingspan = 185 ft), I agree that it would have been touchy, even on a 300 ft-wide runway; the wing-tip outriggers would have been in the daisies... but in a helicopter??? Anywhere within half a mile of the button is close enough! After "landing" on the runway (skid-equipped helicopter) we had to "roll" all the way to the high-speed turn-off, about 2/3 of the way down the runway, to air-taxi all the way back behind a follow-me truck to the transient ramp, abeam the threshold of the runway we had shot the approach to, at the south end of the airport. I guess helicopters were unusual beasts for their Operations staff.
Almost a movie star!
The Lincoln airport was the scene of the action for the 1970 movie "Airport", based on Arthur Hailey's novel of the same name. The movie was apparently not shot here; the airport scenes were filmed in MSP.
GFA
I flew there from YMJ in a CT-114 Tutor (spring 1979), while taking my pilot training. We were in a 4-plane formation. Wx was broken clouds getting here... On the way back, we entered clouds at about 2000 ft and stayed in until about a 2-mile ILS final in YMJ, in the same 4-plane box formation until we were about 20 miles from YMJ, when we broke into 2 x 2-planes elements. At that time, I had less than 200 hrs total flying time; this trip cost me a whole lot of sweat!
Brooklyn Coast Guard Air Station
In the early 1980s, this was known as Brooklyn Coast Guard Air Station. I landed there in a helicopter to drop a passenger. We had flown down the Hudson River for about 100 miles, did a bit of sight seeing around Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty and the south tip of Manhattan, before getting here. We just landed to drop our pax and immediately took off to the north east, about halfway between JFK and LGA, followed the coast for a while and headed into BDL for fuel before coming back to YOY... I had never seen so many airliners in my life all in the air at the same time as around NYC!
Winnemucca
Great small town airport with very nice FBO
my home base
the best airport ever!
re: Incorrect location
Excellent! Thanks for fixing it.
re: Incorrect location
Done. Thanks, I didn't realize I could edit it.
re: You're a bit behind
Thanks, Paul -- I've made the updates, and put the old IDs in the keywords field.
You're a bit behind
A few FAA updates ago, Allentown Queen City changed id to KJVU and now it's changed id again to KXLL. (Except the FAA screwed up and put "XLL" in the FAA id part and "KJVU" in the ICAO part of the data)
re: Incorrect location
Thanks for pointing out the problem. I can't quite find the right location on the map -- since you're a registered user, please feel free to click the "Edit" tab, then move the marker to the right place.
Incorrect location
The location of the marker for Rosenbaum Field is incorrect. It should be south and west of its current location. Zoom the map and you will see the row of hangars.
Harrowing And Fond Memories
my flight instruction took place at BeechEast over at TEB back in the 80's... the instructors there (some of best people on earth) seemed to enjoy bringing the cocky students (like myself) over to Lincoln Park for a lil bit of humility training (i mean, after all, we did pay for it, didn't we)... maybe it was that look of shock and fear in our eyes when we first sighted the runway... maybe they took some sadistic pleasure in casually announcing, 'ok there's the runway, go ahead and land', and then sitting back and gauging our reaction, knowing full well that all any person of rational sensibilities could see was this ribbon of what looked like half a roadway with numbers on the ends... surely that couldn't be the runway that he was asking me to land on... it was just too thin to be a runway for real airplanes...
or maybe it was the knowledge that after landing at Lincoln Park once or twice, the new, soon to be pilot would be confident of his or her abilities to take their charge into anything that the FAA allowed to be called an airport... regardless of the width of its runways... maybe these flight instuctors knew a thing or two... or three...
so nowadays... whenever i see tv news replays of those airliners making emergency landings... and the pilot puts it down right on the centerline... i can rest assured that that pilot probably landed at Licoln Park at least once during his/her early flying days...
i drove out to Lincoln Park once after that... i just had to get a feel for what looked like one of those idyllic small local airports... from a different perspective... i wasn't dissapointed...
is the lil viewing gallery at the north end of the field still there...
--Mike Hense
ATIS, communication with CT
I have been flying at CDW since sometime in the summer and have been baffled by the rapid fire communication from the Tower. I can't even think that fast never mind copying key information. I just heard the ATIS ... it is currently 11/16/098 1020 EST and all I could make out was the runways in use....28 and 22. From my perspective it was supersonic. There is a lot of flight training at CDW, in fact I'm at one of flight schools on the field, and I can just imagine the frustration and intimication for students when the ATIS is in 'fast forward'....not to mention communication in general, which I've also found to be exceptionally fast. Repeated 'say again' is very inefficient and ultimately a risk to safety.
For most of my prior experience I was based at MMU, and it was a rarity when I wasn't able to get the ATIS or any other communication on first shot. I have wanted to provide this feedback for months and today's ATIS was the last straw. Since i couldn't find a phone# for the tower The information must not only be disseminated but it has to comprehensible to the intented target for it to be useful.
Thank you!
Cathy Vajtay
Great lunch at Charlie's
This is a very good small, local airport. Friendly staff and a great diner on the field. Very scenic approach with the river as well. Highly recommend.
Looks like the inside of a BBQ!
The approach into this airport is amazing with blackened earth surrounding pristine tarmac. It was quite the shock to see this place in the middle of paradise. The airport itself is made up of a series of interconnected huts. Half the time you are outdoors even on the airside.
North Texas Flight Academy
Last 8 years have been very unstable for this company. Too many new owners, poorly maintained aircraft and instructors that are sub-par. Plus, this airport is one of the worst to get into and around, not to mention the automotive traffic blocking taxiways. This company is cursed after its departure from Denton.
Decatur Jet Center
They have a couple of 152's and a Cessna 172 with G1000. Ask for Doug - he does a fantastic job. Highly Recommended.
US Flight Academy
Flight school with Cessna's, Diamond's and a Piper Warrior. They also have a twin-engine DA-42 and a Seneca. You can also get your Sport License in their Remons. Good people working there too. Recommended.
Such a shame!
This beautiful airport was closed by criminals!
ASEL
Did my ASEL Checkride here with John Mann. Great little airport. If it's windy, watch out for shear when you descend below the treeline.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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!
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.
Watch out for deer!
Be alert for deer on the runway here.
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.
Food, of course
The restaurant here has the best fly-in food in NW Oregon. First class breakfast and very good lunch. Excellent service. And, you can sit outside under the tree and admire your own airplane -- and maybe some others as well.
More about landing
Forgot this:
Mid-July 2008, the grass & weeds were high enough in places to get green way up my prop -- which has 18" ground clearance. It's firm and not rough but probably not appropriate for wheel pants or low ground clearance.
Name, landing directions
All of the locals call this "Donnelly" and none I talked to know why the official name had been changed. Some didn't even know that it had been changed -- don't look at new charts very often, I guess.
Normal landings are to the North across the water.
All takeoffs are to the South across the water.
Fairly high trees on the North end but it's reasonable to land over them. Just make sure you can get down fairly soon beyond them.
Other runway at Chevak?
Is that another runway NW of the airport, or some kind of resource-based industry?
KIYK
This is an old Navy field on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Owen's Valley.
I am based at MMU and see more GA then preivous Poster.
The are quite a few Cessna's and Pipers based at Morristown. I fly on a regular basis and while there is a fair amount of jet traffic it's not 6 to 1 more like 1 to 1. I moved my Warrior to Morristown 8 months ago to get more experiance in a tower controlled enviroment. I don't regret the move at all. Services are 1st rate. I'm 60 and got my ticket 3 years ago, so how complex can it be?
re: Maybe closed to itinerant, but it's still open
π Tue, 30 Dec 2008
β @david at Clinton County Airport, United States
I checked again with the Burlington controller when I overflew this summer, and he said that the field is closed completely now.