Smallest airport you've ever flown into?
Feb 22, 2019 | 8:57 am
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In the US, it was the original LYH terminal back in the early 1990's. There were three "gates" but it was one doorway and you walked to one of three parking pads. Baggage was delivered to a concrete "stand" right outside the terminal. Don't remember there being any amenities other than bathrooms and vending machines inside.
Words can't express how much I love this little airport. The city fathers have committed to building a new terminal. They probably hope that will guarantee that scheduled flights will continue, but the airport's history should give them pause. There have been long periods when there was no scheduled service to SAF.
Feb 25, 2019 | 7:51 pm
#1173
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Well, if we're doing those, for me the shortest most regularly flown into would be Franklin Flying Field
https://www.airnav.com/airport/3FK where the old Cessna 150 I bought a third of was based.
Lights on one side of the narrow and short runway. Made night landings an adventure (no published IFR approaches, but local lore had the Waffle House Approach: fly directly over the Waffle House at I-65 & SR44, and then a heading of 220 degrees
https://www.airnav.com/airport/3FK where the old Cessna 150 I bought a third of was based.
Lights on one side of the narrow and short runway. Made night landings an adventure (no published IFR approaches, but local lore had the Waffle House Approach: fly directly over the Waffle House at I-65 & SR44, and then a heading of 220 degrees
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Mar 7, 2019 | 11:40 am
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Well, it's not a grass field, but RUT is pretty small. There are some smaller airstrips in the state but I think RUT is the smallest with commercial service (thank you Cape Air. I mean, how else does one get from Rutland to Bar Harbor?)
It does look beautiful doesn't it?
It does look beautiful doesn't it?
Mar 22, 2019 | 9:46 am
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Saba
SAB (the island of Saba)... 1000 ft runway on the edge of a mountain island with drop-off cliff on front; end and one side of runway. Very exciting. Looks like an aircraft carrier from the air.
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Mar 24, 2019 | 10:40 am
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Added another fun one this month: Albany, GA (ABY). Three DL CRJ-200s from ATL on some days, only two on others. No other flights or airlines. I got to the airport at 5:45 AM for my 6:30 AM flight and they hadn't opened the checkpoint yet. No jetway, just a small gate area and a walk to the plane.
Mar 24, 2019 | 9:12 pm
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NGE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngaoundr_Airport
When I flew there, they had a total of 2 commercial scheduled flights/week.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngaoundr_Airport
When I flew there, they had a total of 2 commercial scheduled flights/week.
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Aug 3, 2019 | 7:14 am
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For me the smallest airport I've been to is probably Kinmen (KNH), with only domestic flights to a few cities in Taiwan, but I haven't flown into that airport yet - only out of it as I entered Kinmen by sea.
The smallest airport I've flown into is probably Borg El Arab (HBE) in terms of passenger flights (but it has 2 runways)
The smallest airport I've flown into is probably Borg El Arab (HBE) in terms of passenger flights (but it has 2 runways)
Aug 3, 2019 | 10:01 am
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I m going to add
PRI (Praslin, Seychelles) - small, but they do have 10 props a day
FGI (Apia, Samoa) - the city airport, with only props to American Samoa
SCY (San Cristobal, Galapagos) - only one scheduled flight per day (two in season)
TCB (Treasure Cay, Bahamas) - only a couple props a day
Other small airports:
MHH - Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
HEH - Heho, Myanmar
MAJ/KWA/TKK/KSA/PNI - Island hopper
PPG - Pago Pago, American Samoa
YHM - Hamilton, Canada
MMY - Myiakojima, Japan
TAB - Tobago
MYY - Miri, Malaysia
UGC - Urgench, Uzbekistan
smallest of them all - Thorshavn Heliport, Faroe Islands. The hut is the checkin, the toilet, the waiting room, and flight control all into one.
PRI (Praslin, Seychelles) - small, but they do have 10 props a day
FGI (Apia, Samoa) - the city airport, with only props to American Samoa
SCY (San Cristobal, Galapagos) - only one scheduled flight per day (two in season)
TCB (Treasure Cay, Bahamas) - only a couple props a day
Other small airports:
MHH - Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
HEH - Heho, Myanmar
MAJ/KWA/TKK/KSA/PNI - Island hopper
PPG - Pago Pago, American Samoa
YHM - Hamilton, Canada
MMY - Myiakojima, Japan
TAB - Tobago
MYY - Miri, Malaysia
UGC - Urgench, Uzbekistan
smallest of them all - Thorshavn Heliport, Faroe Islands. The hut is the checkin, the toilet, the waiting room, and flight control all into one.
Aug 5, 2019 | 7:29 pm
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yeah, but its an A319, so scarcely small in terms of passenger count
Aug 5, 2019 | 8:26 pm
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Or 3 and bit tri engine aircraft? 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten-Norman_Trislander
Any airport that can land a B737/A319/A320/A321 is a big airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten-Norman_Trislander
Any airport that can land a B737/A319/A320/A321 is a big airport
Aug 7, 2019 | 3:08 am
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I think Andover-Aeroflex, K12N. It's a shade under 2,000ft. Someone (apparently unfamiliar with the airport) was diverted there recently due to a TFR and overran the runway and ended up in the lake on one end of the airport. No one was seriously injured Cessna in the Drink