Airport comments by @wolfgangx

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A challenging field

Trees are at the ends of both runways, you kinda need to dogleg in and out and it's the second shortest paved strip in the country!

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kinda sketchy

this is the only airport I've been to where the runway was separated from the road with traffic cones

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Fuel price is still ok

5.34 in May 2023

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Amazing scenery

The views coming into this airport are incredible!

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airpark?

looked like a really nice airpark community has been recently built here

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stunning approach

great views over the water and of the canal when landing 18

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re: Pilot

Reply to @Glastar1995: that's awesome!

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no after hours restrooms

doors lock at 5

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Amazing approach

Incredible views coming and out of this airport. Very tight canyon

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Great gas stop

Nice airport with reasonable Alaskan gas prices

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Never ending sunset

I landed here at 2am on 7/30 after landing at Deadhorse around midnight. Night may not be the right word since it was basically a 4 hour long sunset/rise. Absolutely incredible

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First gravel strip

Landed here in a bonanza v35. Amazing park and service in McCarthy. Runway was fine and we had a great time exploring the glacier

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Friendly line service

Stopped here for gas on my way to norther AK. Staff came out to pump my gas and even gave us two homemade cookies!

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Good gas stop

Must have been an old military base. Massive runway. ForeFlight said fair condition but I would say it was good

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Great restaurant!

Stopped to meet my brother and sister-in-law. The restaurant gave us a bowl of water for our dogs. Very friendly

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good gas stop

TWO avgas pumps!!

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Great gas stop!

Loved stopping here for gas, classic small town airport

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Smooth landing

This airport had one of the smoothest runways I’ve landed on!

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poor shape

this airport is in poor condition, not sure if its really even open as there were small X's on the runway

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fees

$309 for a bonanza. not as bad as SFO's $365

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Great Ranch!

Highly recommend, permission required to land but definitely a great place to visit! Go on a safari and shoot a flamethrower!

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ROUGH pavement

There are so many weeds growing through the cracks this might as well be a grass strip

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amazing

this airport and surrounding area are stunning

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Expensive experience

Fees for a single engine piston was $365!

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Great airport!

Nice newly paved taxi and ramp. Great fuel stop

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So many jets

Came in on a Saturday evening and the massive ramp was almost completely full! Very friendly staff.

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Great airport

Nice pilot lounge and a good gas stop!

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Great airport!

Super friendly staff and great gas prices

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Expensive

$40 landing fee and $50 handling fee for a single engine bonanza. Highest fees I’ve ever seen

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Friendly airport

I’ve never seen so many people hanging out at a GA field!

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Agree on the hard to find

I also could not easily find this airport until I was right over it

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Great controller

Dealt with a storm popping up over the field right before takeoff, when we finally did depart the controllers really helped navigate the cells

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Narrow runway!

the paved part of this runway was only 21' wide!

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cheapest gas ever

$3.30/gal on 3/16/20!

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Friendly FBO

Kissimmee jet center was great!

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Friendly FBO

Cheap gas $3.95 and someone came from the FBO to pump for me!

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Nice lunch spot

Good on airport restaurant

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new gas tanks

looked like some brand new fuel pumps were being installed on 11/2/19

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Runway not that bad

My CFI tried to scare me away from this airport because the runway is in poor condition. It really wasn't that bad. I'd say Sky King, Hobart and Orleans have worse runways in Indiana.

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pump out of order

as of 4/21/19 the self serve gas was not working.

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Airport with my last name!

Runway is reasonable condition

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Short Field!

Really cool airport. Runway is the only well maintained section as the rest of the pad is in poor condition. you could taxi around on it as it wasn't super jagged. Good place to practice short field technique.

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Cheap fuel

$3.69! First time I ever waited in line for avgas!

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Runway extended

As of 3/19/19 it appears the runway has been extended. Not sure how long it is now but probably >4000 ft total

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On top of a hill

From the sky I was concerned about obstacles but after landing and taking off it is clear there are t really any on either end. Pattern altitude is higher than usual because of the hills/towers surrounding the field.

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Birds and trees!

When I was there in March there were thousands of birds just northwest of the runway. Obstacles on both ends so make sure to check your POH!

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Narrow runway

First third of both runways was well paved with the middle section being older. At only 30 ft wide this was tricky to do with a crosswind

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New runway under construction!

When I landed on 3/2/19 it appeared the new runway just northwest of the old field was not yet operational. It had lines and numbers painted but there was something yellow on the end of each runway which I assume was a canvas X that the wind had blown into a bunch. I landed at the original field no problem.

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Cheap gas!

Runway in good condition, need to back taxi to get to the start of 36

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Awesome

Agreed with what @Komatoast said