Smallest airport you've ever flown into?
Oct 29, 2010, 6:07 am
#528
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Ear Falls Ontario - CYMY - no longer exists. Flew into it several times in an Aztec on the scheduled run from YWG back in the 1980s. It had a 5,000' runway and a trailer that was always locked that was supposed to be the terminal. You got out of the aircraft and into a van that took you 17 miles into town. The pilot had to fly over the runway to make sure there weren't any moose in the way before landing.
Oct 29, 2010, 6:15 am
#529
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Yeah, that's a tiny airport. The dirt strip we landed on up-stream was even smaller, though. 
Both sides are pretty small. On the Westray side the guy who runs the taxi service in town is also one of the ground handlers. He gets paid to drive to/from work. 
I believe the WRY side of that trip actually has multiple runways, though they are all quite small.
Some more on that flight here, too.
Papa Westray; it's also the shortest flight I've been on too at PPW-WRY at a whopping 2 mi 
PPW's airport is more like an outhouse: http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5801892&nseq=4
PPW's airport is more like an outhouse: http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5801892&nseq=4
I believe the WRY side of that trip actually has multiple runways, though they are all quite small.Some more on that flight here, too.
Oct 30, 2010, 3:21 pm
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Private island in Fiji. "airport" was a shack with no walls. Literally four posts and a hut roof. Funny, nothing in the hut either. Grass airstrip. Could have basically been any old grassy field...
Needless to say, security was light.
Needless to say, security was light.
Oct 30, 2010, 3:29 pm
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McCall, Idaho (KMYL). 5-seater Cessna on scheduled service from McCall Air out of Boise. The airline's owner's wife and dog were on the plane, which gave an added sense of security. Got to fly in 1B (co-pilot's seat 
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Oct 30, 2010, 6:15 pm
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Oct 31, 2010, 10:06 am
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The smallest airport I've ever flown out of is now KGC (Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, Australia). It only has regular flights to ADL and, according to Wikipedia, the terminal facilities include public toilets, a confectionary machine and visitor brochures!
With no security control, it felt like the good old days...
With no security control, it felt like the good old days...
Last edited by josmon10; Oct 31, 2010 at 10:14 am
Oct 31, 2010, 5:52 pm
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Oct 31, 2010, 6:04 pm
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Papa Westray; it's also the shortest flight I've been on too at PPW-WRY at a whopping 2 mi
PPW's airport is more like an outhouse: http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5801892&nseq=4
PPW's airport is more like an outhouse: http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5801892&nseq=4
On that short of a flight, how high do you get?
ETA: nevermind, found a video of the entire flight on youtube. Do want!
Last edited by phedre; Oct 31, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Nov 1, 2010, 12:17 am
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not the smallest I've flown into, but tonight I landed at PUB (Pueblo Colorado) from LAS on a full G4 MD83.
The airport is slightly larger than a couple I've been to on 19 seater props (e.g. ALS, BQU) but by coincidence within 4 minutes a fully loaded SY 737/8 landed from IBP (Bullhead City) and a couple of minutes after the commuter ZK B1900 from DEN.
I've never seen an airport as woefully overstretched. We had to queue on the the tarmac for 5-10 minutes to get into the terminal, and with 200+ people trying to get to a baggage reclaim belt 10 feet long in a 15ft by 15 ft room the chaos was inevitable!
The airport is slightly larger than a couple I've been to on 19 seater props (e.g. ALS, BQU) but by coincidence within 4 minutes a fully loaded SY 737/8 landed from IBP (Bullhead City) and a couple of minutes after the commuter ZK B1900 from DEN.
I've never seen an airport as woefully overstretched. We had to queue on the the tarmac for 5-10 minutes to get into the terminal, and with 200+ people trying to get to a baggage reclaim belt 10 feet long in a 15ft by 15 ft room the chaos was inevitable!
Nov 1, 2010, 3:52 am
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