Coolest place anyone has flown into?

[mach none]

Pago Pago in the South Pacific

 

[avbug]

As far as I know, there are some birds in warroad. That's about it. I spent six months there, one day.

Last I heard, Buzz was flying an A model for H&P.

 

[GuppyPuppy]

A few places...

Skagway, Alaska...right downwind for 19....er....it's rwy 20 now!!!

Monument Valley, UT...one way in, dirt, uphill, 400 foot rock wall at the end! This is the strip Scenic used to fly into (Gouldings).

Juneau, AK...awesome with the Mendenhall Glacier nearby

Sedona, AZ...Red rocks galore and the airport is up on a mesa

Nugget Creek, AK...up the river from Haines

GP

 

[Freight Dog]

Kapalua/West Maui... 3000 ft long runway on the leeward side of Maui. 3 windsocks spaced at 1000 foot increments pointing at 3 different directions at 30 knots and you are flying a Dash 8 in there.

 

[md83drvr]

The BOS 15 to 4L is technically not a circle. Its been a while since I've done the approch but circling approches are not authorized, so ATC's way around it was to clear you for a visual and transition 4L.

The best was alway DCA 33 to hold short of 1. STOL DHC-7

 

[FlyingSig]

Lake Winnapasaki in NH in a 172 with no floats. In the winter, if the ice is thick enough, they hold a fly-in pancake breakfast. They set up a runway made of tide detergent bottles to mark the edges.

 

[juventus]

Nice in the French riviera is called the bikini approach,you can almost see all those french girls topless!!

 

[PositiveRate]

Beef Island (British Virgin Islands) - 3600', H20 on both sides...I carrier landed the ATR the first time I landed there. Check the runway for baby ATR's, 'cause I planted that one!

Anguilla (next to St. Marteen)...3400'+/-?? at night.

Sedona, AZ

Catalina Island, CA. That's a fun one!

 

[TriStar_drvr]

Wake Island. A speck of a coral reef in the middle of the Pacific.

 

[pilotyip]

CVN-65

On a clear blue Pacific Ocean day VFR, see the ship 50 miles away, only plane in the pattern, that was a cool landing. We had to call the ship to slow down so we could catch it, flying the C-1

 

[Yeti]

Witches Titville

As far as I know, there are some birds in warroad. That's about it. I spent six months there, one day.

Last I heard, Buzz was flying an A model for H&P.

Warroad! Oy! Get's colder than a well-digger's ass up there! That's near our neck of the flats in GFK. Did you come out of UND Av?

 

[chperplt]

I don't know, but I wouldn't think a well-diggers ass would be all that cold..

 

[XJAVRO]

Magido, Israel (AKA the plain of Armageddon)

kinda cool if you buy into that end of the world stuff

 

[avbug]

UND? Ah, no. I never went to school.

Hard knocks. PHd.

 

[Purple Haze]

Tempelhof, Berlin in a DC-9. Approach lights on the roofs of apartment buildings and a nice wet 5500 foot runway nestled in a "stadium-style" setup (surrounded by tall buildings).

Quito, Ecuador; Salzburg, Austria; and Cochabamba, Bolivia.

And lest we forget: Rudesheim to Frankfurt 25L, "Maintain 170 to the marker and kontact Director."

 

[Yeti]

UND? Ah, no. I never went to school.

Hard knocks. PHd.

If you had to suffer through one of the butt-cold winters in N. Minnesota, I think that definitely qualifies for additional doctoral credits at Hard Knock School.

 

[IAHERJ]

Being Houston based for a large "regional" I have actually flown into some pretty interesting commercial airports. My favorites have been DCA (Washington National) and the river visual as well as Laguardia's river visual. Here's my list:

Laguardia
Washington National river visual 19
Ixtapa Zihuantanajo Mexico
Mazaltan Mexico
Saltillo Mexico (tomorrow night) mountaneous terrain
Durango Colorado
Chicago Midway (short runway)
Chihuaha Mexico (dme arc through mountains)
Quebec Canada
Ottawa Canada
Halifax Nova Scotia (the day before Mazatlan Mexico and they call this regional flying)

Those are the "out of the way" type of airports that we serve with the ERJ. The Mexico airports I mentioned all have challenging terrain with vor approaches only for the most part and you can always bet on getting a DME arc to join the inbound course for terrain purposes. A typical 4 day trip for COEX out of IAH consists of some Mexico flying as well as a few legs through Newark or CLE which can include layovers in Canada. What region do we now serve as a regional?
I think we'll start hiring off the street early next year so those of you out there that want to work for COEX, which should have the highest paying "regional" pilot jobs by next Summer, get ready to apply this Fall.

 

[niteflyr]

Would have to say..

Hong Kong (Kai Tak airport, not the new one) shown in the pictures posted above, and yes it is closed now. The new airport just isn't as much fun.

 

[avbug]

Panguitch, UT.

 

[list2002]

Kalaupapa on north shore of molokai (HI). My 1st Cross country solo.