Smallest airport you've ever flown into?
Oct 19, 2019, 4:37 pm
#1216
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I went to the airport in 2016. It was still in pretty good condition though I see why it's a sketchy place to operate from. There's still some shipping containers there marking where I was told there used to be a chocolate factory.
Oct 19, 2019, 4:58 pm
#1217
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I remember Groton, CT was pretty small - looks like it doesn't have commercial service anymore. Santa Fe as pictured above. Plattsburgh, NY was small, though there have been a few others of similar size over the years.
Others might or might not fit the definition. Helicopter in Sedona, AZ. Talkeetna, AK to landing on a glacier. Does the Don Sheldon Mountain House count as an airport?
Others might or might not fit the definition. Helicopter in Sedona, AZ. Talkeetna, AK to landing on a glacier. Does the Don Sheldon Mountain House count as an airport?
Last edited by CPRich; Oct 19, 2019 at 5:04 pm
Oct 19, 2019, 6:29 pm
#1219
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Bathurst, NSW when going to the Bathurst 1000 races. I love when they announced boarding it was just someone yelling in to the waiting area and then we all walked about 10 steps out the door on to the tarmac! lol
Oct 19, 2019, 11:56 pm
#1220
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See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wider%C3%B8e_Flight_839
To give you an idea of the conditions:
Adding to the main topic ...
I´ve flown to a few more other heliports as well.
Those I mentioned are the smallest among them (yes heliports do vary in actual size, "terminal"/landing pad/etc.)
So, in terms of physical size they are for obvious reasons way smaller than even the smallest airports ...
The smallest "fixed wing" airport I´ve flown into to remains Lawas, Malaysia (LWY)
Last edited by MHG; Oct 20, 2019 at 12:13 am
Oct 28, 2019, 7:21 am
#1221
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OGS
Last week, I flew an LCC (Allegiant) into Ogdensburg, NY. A fun fact......its listed as an Ottawa (Canada) airport as its only an hour from Canada's capital.
NB UA has closed YOW-ORD and now operates OGS-ORD. Cross-border shopping, eh?
https://ogsair.com/
NB UA has closed YOW-ORD and now operates OGS-ORD. Cross-border shopping, eh?
https://ogsair.com/
Oct 29, 2019, 6:42 pm
#1222
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Location: Port Moody, BC
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I was sent to Kitimat, BC to do a pyro course which involved flying into Terrace and being picked up from there.
Nice airport, VERY laid back security. When returning home I asked the guy if he needed me to take my shoes off before going through the WTMD and he asked if they were steel-toe; when I said they weren't he told me that I could leave them on.
Nice airport, VERY laid back security. When returning home I asked the guy if he needed me to take my shoes off before going through the WTMD and he asked if they were steel-toe; when I said they weren't he told me that I could leave them on.
Mar 5, 2020, 8:54 am
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I've had a few fun ones recently.
- Morgantown, WV: Currently just Southern Airways Express Cessnas to BWI and PIT. It has a restaurant on sight though!
- Quincy, IL: Currently just Cape Air Cessnas to ORD and STL. It has merely vending machines.
- Morgantown, WV: Currently just Southern Airways Express Cessnas to BWI and PIT. It has a restaurant on sight though!
- Quincy, IL: Currently just Cape Air Cessnas to ORD and STL. It has merely vending machines.
May 3, 2020, 9:45 am
#1227
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GGT or Exuma International Airport...small waiting area after security ...cramped check-in area...and worst part is they had three flights (two American, one Delta) all leaving around the same time. The waiting area couldn’t accommodate everyone, so you had to stand by the check-in counters until they called you.
It doesn’t sound bad, but bear in mind you’re trying to leave/go home, it’s hot inside and out...check-in room (60x30?) full of sweaty people... workers are yelling across the room...you don’t know where to go or why other travelers are just standing there...
It doesn’t sound bad, but bear in mind you’re trying to leave/go home, it’s hot inside and out...check-in room (60x30?) full of sweaty people... workers are yelling across the room...you don’t know where to go or why other travelers are just standing there...
May 3, 2020, 11:05 pm
#1228
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VES, Darke County, OH, which covers 42 acres (17 ha), in Versailles, OH, which the locals pronounce like 'ver-SALES', not 'fair-SAI'. That's the Midwest for you.
May 3, 2020, 11:54 pm
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May 4, 2020, 9:08 am
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If you look upthread, I posted a few photos of PVA including one out the cockpit window of the Let L-410 "Turbolet" on short final.