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New York City's first airport
Located in Brooklyn, this was the first municipal airport serving NYC. During World War II, it was Naval Air Station New York. According to Wikipedia, the runways are still usable, and the airport is occasionally reopened for air shows. The NYPD still has a heliport on site, and there is a display of historical aircraft.
Lamberts!
Friendly people, quick shuttle over to Lamberts for a one of a kind dining experience...
Cheap!
Gas is very inexpensive, self serve. Someone has wrapped several 2-3" sections of PVC pipe around the hoses, makes it very easy to maneuver. Nothing there in terms of amenities, but friendly folks!
Friendly folks
Great people, both FBOs were helpful to me when I stopped for a few days. Much less expensive than the International!
Good On Airport Restaurant
Looking at your plane and the runway while eating. Life is good.
On the Canada-US border
This airport touches the Canadian border and is also listed in the Canadian CFS (airport directory) using its US identifier. Just past the northwest end of the runway is a north-south road border crossing point with US and Canadian customs.
"MBS" = Midland, Bay City, and Saginaw
This was originally called the Tri Cities Airport, but, unusually, it has taken its FAA and IATA code "MBS" (the first letter of each of the cities) right into its official name.
re: Wrong id
I've changed the GPS id to D38, and the site ident to US-D38. Thanks for spotting that, Paul.
Wrong id
The id on this airport should be "D38", not "KD38".
Ground transportation
A taxi into DC should cost around $55-60. Here's a web site to estimate fares for specific destinations from DC to Dulles (the other way around you have to use Washington Flyer, which may charge differently):
http://citizenatlas.dc.gov/atlasapps/taxifare.aspx
A town car is probably about $10 more, but I haven't checked. The SuperShuttle costs around $27, with lots of extra stops -- it doesn't seem worth it (I remember being stuck on a SuperShuttle at LAX once, as it circled round and round for 15 minutes trying to get enough customers before it left: that's no fun after a long flight).
The cheapest option is take the WMATA 5A express bus from the airport to the L'Enfant or Rosslyn Metro stops. From what I've found online, it's $3.10 for the bus, and around $3 for the Metro. Here's the bus timetable:
http://www.wmata.com/timetables/dc/5a.pdf
And here's the trip planner on the WMATA site:
Access severely restricted by ADIZ
This airport is one of the "DC-3", along with Hyde Field [W32] and Hyde Field [W32]. It lies inside the inner Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ) of the Washington DC ADIZ, and access is allowed only to pilots who have been pre-screened and obtained a special Personal Identification Number (PIN). This is in addition to the normal ADIZ procedures. As a result, it won't usually make sense for non-local pilots to try to use this airport.
Access severely restricted by ADIZ
This airport is one of the "DC-3", along with College Park [CGS] and Potomac Airpark [VKX]. It lies inside the inner Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ) of the Washington DC ADIZ, and access is allowed only to pilots who have been pre-screened and obtained a special Personal Identification Number (PIN). This is in addition to the normal ADIZ procedures. As a result, it won't usually make sense for non-local pilots to try to use this airport.
Access severely restricted by ADIZ
This airport is one of the "DC-3", along with Hyde Field [W32] and Potomac Airpark [VKX]. It lies inside the inner Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ) of the Washington DC ADIZ, and access is allowed only to pilots who have been pre-screened and obtained a special Personal Identification Number (PIN). This is in addition to the normal ADIZ procedures. As a result, it won't usually make sense for non-local pilots to try to use this airport.
My chosen airport
KLUK is where I go to have fun and enjoy myself today. I'm on the Board of the Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society here and we have a micro museum on the South end of Lunken terminal. It is the repository of the Lunken Family Aviation Collection. Donations are welcome Google us at cahslunken for more information. We need someone to buy the computer program Past Perfect Museum Software for us.
You can join us too. Old timers meet on third Fridays at 10:00 am in the museum and Regular Members meeting will be held on the First Monday of each month at 7PM in the museum beginning March 2008. Come on and join us.
KGSO-An enroute stop
When USAIRWAYS closed the Cincinnati Station in 1997, I was forced to transfer and here's where I went. I liked the people, loved the area and left some good friends here on my way to KCMH where I polished off my career.
CMH-The end of my road
KCMH was where I finished my career with USAIRWAYS in 1999.
My Hometown Airport
I looked up in the sky from here as a young boy and learned how to identify aircraft using GOC and CAP manuals. American Airlines served here through my childhood and finally Lake Central Airlines who hired me in 1963 for a 35 & 1/2 year ride through USAIRWAYS where I retired in 1999.
I thought when LCA hired me that I would get to work in my hometown, but it was not to be. My career was to start at KPMH and end at KCMH. Most of my time was at KCVG.
Baseball Hall of Fame
I'm hoping to bring my daughter to the Baseball Hall of Fame some time in 2008, and K23 looks like the closest airport (ALB is the closest with airline service). If anyone has any suggestions or comments about the airport before then, please leave them here.
Interesting aircraft at Sky Manor
The airport's owner is also the US importer for the Beriev 103, a unique Ukrainian twin engine amphibian. It seats six, floats on its hull and its wing roots, and the two engines are mounted on pods aft of the wing. There is usually one of these on the field.
A self-serve fuel pump with credit card reader is available.
Pixelated -- military stuff
I notice that Google has pixelated the satellite view (as of 2008-02-15), probably because Hanscom is a U.S. military base as well as a public airport. Unfortunately, they've pixelated the civilian side as well, so you can't see the FBO, terminal, etc. very well.
I didn't see anything military when I visited, but I certainly heard it -- there were regular bugel calls coming over hidden intercom speakers, which was a bit funny, including (I think) reveille at 7:30 am on Valentine's day. Do soldiers really sleep in that long these days?
Not cheap, but OK service
I parked at Signature for three days during a business trip to the Route 128 corridor, and it wasn't too bad. The airport was friendly, and while gas was expensive (over $6/gallon), I didn't need too much of it. I think parking was $14/night. The FBO wasn't willing to brush snow off my plane for any price when I called -- they said they're not allowed to touch the planes (!!) -- but they were fast to give me a forced-air preheat when I had trouble starting in cold weather for departure on Valentine's day (and the line guy, Jeff, was very friendly). I don't know what, if anything, the preheat cost, because it hasn't shown up on my credit card yet. Excluding that (and the landing fee, which the airport will charge), my total bill was about $160, including 22 gallons of 100LL and three nights' parking. That's about in line with what I'd pay at Teterboro (TEB), which is a similar bizjet-style GA airport for New York City, though much busier.
History of "Searcy Field"
Searcy Field (now Stillwater Regional Airport) was a storage and disposal site for 475 combat airplanes after World War II. Paul Mantz purchased all 475 aircraft for $55,000 in 1944. He kept only 12 of them, selling the rest for in parts and for scrap. Between that and the sale of the fuel drained from the fleet, he made a nice profit. The remaining aircraft he used in the making of Hollywood movies.
Very narrow strip - watch for muddy spots!
This strip is at the bottom of the canyon, parallel to the river. The lower portions are prone to flooding and the mud is very heavy - your wheels will get bogged down. If it looks wet, do NOT land here! Otherwise, it is a spectacular setting and a wonderful place to hike and take photos.
Nice Little Place!
Very quaint old-style country airstrip. Self serve fuel, friendly people. There is a Husky dealer (Wayne Clements) on the field. You can buy a nice house on the property close to the hangars or the strip.
Good Fuel Stop at Wichita
There is a full-service FBO here. The airport is at the north edge of town, away from the complicated airspace around the other (12+?) airports at Wichita. Fuel is expensive, but they have lots of hangars in case of thunderstorms during an overnight stop. Lots of hotels with shuttles to pick you up.
Historic airport (kind of)
The Nut Tree shopping center is an easy walk from this airport. The Nut Tree was, in the 40's and 50's, a rest stop half-way between San Francisco to Sacramento on U.S. 40. That was when U.S. 40 was a 2-lane road. The Nut Tree was a "Destination" that boasted its own airport. Nowadays, the Nut Tree is just another shopping mall surrounded by suburbia and the drive from S.F. to Sacramento takes an hour and a half on I-80. Even still, it is a good place to go if you're looking for an easy flight to something more than a just a restaurant.
This is the "training airport" for the KSAC flight schools
This airport is about 10 nm S of KSAC. This is where the pilots flying out of KSAC (including me) go to practice touch-and-go's, emergency landings and so forth. It can be quite busy on VFR weekends.
Great place to take a date
The town of Columbia is a restore Gold Rush town and is a very short walk from the airport. Many restaurants and shops.
Need to be a little careful landing.. it's easy to come in too fast on final.
BE-20 CHARTER
Friendly people and cheap gas.. 3.50 a gal. for Jet A. Very quiet.
Closed in 2006
From 1964 until it closed in 2006, this airport was home to the Northwest Antique Airplane Club and the annual Evergreen fly-in. It was sold in 2006, but as of early 2008, had not yet been redeveloped.
re: Where it all began
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re: Mathis Airport
1550 feet long, according to the FAA.
Mathis Airport
This one's Short
One of Georgias finest
Many of my family members live here so I visit often. Friendly service, courtesy vehicles, jump school.
New control tower
The FAA has started building a new 336-foot control tower for the Memphis airport, close to the existing one -- it will be finished in 2011:
Direct flights from Dayton to Myrtle Beach start 23 May
Offered by Southern Skyways:
Cessna 172 accident
On Saturday, 12 January, 2008, a Cessna 172 crashed into Old Tampa Bay about 800 feet short of the runway at St Petersburg Clearwater:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080123X00090&key=1
Midair collision near airport
Two Cessna collided a mile southwest of the Corona airport on Sunday 20 January 2008, killing all four occupants and one person on the ground:
15 new gates in Concourse B
Dulles has just opened an extension with 15 new domestic gates in Concourse B. JetBlue, Virgin America, and AirTran are coming in first, and American and Delta will take some of the gates later:
Airport Identifier: 2FA7, Home of Aeromarine West Indies Air
Kathrinstadt Airport is a private airport located approximately 25 miles southwest of St. Augustine, Florida. Because it is registered with the FAA as a “Private Airport,” access is restricted, and limited to aircraft who receive landing clearance from the airport manager. Kathrinstadt Airport, besides being modeled after a 1920's style aerodrome, is also noted as being the maintenance airfield of Aeromarine West Indies Airways Corporation, an up-and-coming scheduled passenger airline service and aviation center.
Operational specifics are as follows:
Coordinates: Latitude 29° 38' 7" and Longitude 81° 27' 55"
Airport Identifier: 2FA7
Landing Surface: grass (turf)
Runway Length: 700 ft.
Runway Width: 110 ft.
Orientation of Runway: 09-27 (east-west)
Obstructions: trees at both approach ends of runways
Airport Indicators: lighted windsock, lighted segmented circle
Traffic Pattern: right traffic Runway 9 and left traffic Runway 27
Unicom frequency: 122.9
Operations: VFR only
Based Aircraft: 2 aircraft currently based at this airport (1 multi-engine and 1 single-engine)
Facilities: there is one maintenance hangar located at the center/north side of the runways.
Airport Hours: airport is attended 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
Security: 24 hour armed security, electric/barbed wire fencing, motion sensing cameras.
Contact information: the airport manager can be contacted via email at Aeromarine.Airways@yahoo.com or by phone at the Aeromarine Office @ 386-325-3534.
Services: general mainenance facilities for Aeromarine West Indies Airways Corp only.
Information about Aeromarine West Indies Airways can be found at: http://aeromarine-airways.com/
Operational warnings: besides being restricted to those aircraft who secure clearance from the airport manager, extreme care must be exercised with regards to operations. Kathrinstadt Airport is to be considered for use by STOL aircraft, aircraft with STOL characteristics, and ultralights only! Also, ONLY experienced airmen are to be granted operational clearance to use Kathrinstadt Airport, and this at the airport manager’s discretion.
The airport manager can be contacted via e-mail at the following:
Kathrinstadt_Airport@yahoo.com
The airport address:
Kathrinstadt Airport
10460 Turpin Ave.
Hastings, Florida. 32145
The airport manager can be reached via Unicom, or by phone at the Aeromarine office:
Unicom frequency: 122.9
Flight office: 386-325-3534
Alpine Air Beech 1900 crash
A Beech 1900 on a mail run went down 7 miles short of runway 35 on 14 January 2008:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080117X00067&key=1
Norcross?
I doubt this is correctly located as it appears to be in the middle of the interchange at I390 and Scottsville Rd. Their address is on Airpark drive which is a few hundred metres down the road. Come to think of it, I think there is a building down there with a windsock on the roof.
"Montreal's US airport"
Plattsburgh International (a former air force base) is 100 km from downtown Montreal (Canada), and draws heavily on Montreal for its airline business. Several carriers, including Allegiant and Xtra, offer flights to destinations like Myrtle Beach, SC and Niagara Falls, NY. General aviation has moved here from nearby Clinton County (PLB), which has mostly shut down.
EAA skiplane fly-in, Saturday 26 January 2008
The Oshkosh Pioneer Airport has enough snow on the ground to host the fly-in on 26 January. More information is available at the Air Venture Museum site:
Smoking areas at Indianapolis International
The airport has reactivated its five designated smoking areas until 30 June 2008. After that, smoking will be permanently banned anywhere on airport property except inside privately-owned vehicles:
American architecture exhibit
Until 24 February 2008, the Tulsa airport is running an exhibit showing (pictures? models?) of the top 150 buildings, bridges, etc. in the U.S., as selected by the American Institute of Architects:
Former site of Republic Aviation factory
This mall is built on the site of the former the Republic Aviation Corporation. During World War II, it built over 9,000 P-47 Thunderbolts together with several other aircraft. Fairchild bought out the company in 1965, and the plant closed in 1988. The last building was demolished in 1997 to make way for a mall expansion.
My base airport
Great GA airport on the edge of DFW. It's thriving: just renovated runway and plans for new tower next year, increasing traffic.
Building map
There's a building map and legend available here:
re: New York City's first airport
🔗 Thu, 20 Mar 2008
— @ptomblin at Floyd Bennett Field, United States
The first time I flew commercial into New York City I saw this underneath us as we were being vectored around. I didn't notice the historical aircraft, but there were plenty of helicopters.