Your favorite regional airport to fly to

[SRMairlines]

Hilton Head Island: Only PDT flies here and it is a rush. Only just over 4000ft and 75ft wide... this airport is uncontrolled with plenty of Golfer traffic. The Dash-8 is the only thing that can service this airport successfully. Anything else is too weight restructed to make a revenue trip worth while. This airport is surrounded by 50ft trees and only has non-precision apporaches... A lot of fun for the fellow dash pilots out there.

 

[Saabslime]

I'll have to throw in a vote for St. George Utah. Beautiful red rock scenery, hardly ever a cloud in the sky, and the runway sits on top of a plateau like you're landing on an aircraft carrier.

 

[brew3departure]

CWA?

Okay, it's been a little while...but, I couldn't resist:

CWA? Yes, beautiful, but once you step outside the airplane, hold your nose...yikes. Gotta love paper mills...same goes for Terre Haute, IN, and a whole host of other places I'm sure.

I replied to a post like this a while back, but after mulling it all over, I'll throw La Crosse, WI out there - on the visual to 36, gorgeous bluffs, river, etc...very nice.

-brew3

 

[Diesel]

I'll have to throw a vote in for HXD. Doing it in a buisness jet at night makes you suck the seat into your pants. The only lights out there are the runway lights and it can really mess with your eyes because of the vertigo.

Trying to think of some cool one's. Definetly ASE. Wayyyy awsome place. The Bae-111 was built for that place.

Thinking of more though.

 

[ChinaClipper]

Guymas Mexico....

They are on the Pacific side,for RWY 2, fly between two mountains, from the sea, over a Club Med nudy beach, and nice folks. NDB-A with 2 race track turns for a let down. 2800 ft or so MDA and 2 miles or so vis, as I recall, for the 2 times I shot the approach, no radar......ahhhh, the good old days........They shot the movie "Catch 22" there and the main terminal was used in the movie...

 

[wmudriver]

the armpit of america

Gotta love GYY (Gary, Indiana), the brown smog during the summer, the stench as you fly over it and flashing casino lights on approach

At BTL (Battle Creek, MI) you can smell certain Kellogg cereals as you near the plant on approach, a good way to start the morning

 

[CWASaab]

it still stinks

Yeah,

CWA smells, but as long as you don't live by the airport its manageable. Plus there's the great joying of knowing that you are indeed home on those 200 1/2 days. You can judge minimums by the smell.

And don't discount the fun of making sure the new FO sees you scarfing down the wheel-o-death burrito right before the CWA leg. A few well timed grunts, moans or sighs right before hitting the mosinee musk and let the good times roll. Almost as much fun as getting the new FAs to take air quality samples into ops.

CWASaab
sniffing my way home at a new domicle....

 

[AceCrackshot]

Thread switch to the biggest hole

Let's hear about the biggest hole domicile/worse place to overnight!

Gary is the current leader.

 

[smellthejeta]

Re: it still stinks

Yeah,

CWA smells, but as long as you don't live by the airport its manageable. Plus there's the great joying of knowing that you are indeed home on those 200 1/2 days. You can judge minimums by the smell.

And don't discount the fun of making sure the new FO sees you scarfing down the wheel-o-death burrito right before the CWA leg. A few well timed grunts, moans or sighs right before hitting the mosinee musk and let the good times roll. Almost as much fun as getting the new FAs to take air quality samples into ops.

CWASaab
sniffing my way home at a new domicle....

Have fun in CWA, I kinda miss that joint. I moved, so I haven't used that in awhile. Ya could be in RHI! Re the air quality joke... The minute you think you've heard a bunch of them, there's still more.

 

[bigD]

PT Cruiser crew car? Sweeeeet!

 

[fuzzy077]

TELLURIDE

I'd have to say Telluride, CO takes the cake on the best regional airport. That place rocks.

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

I really like SBP San Luis Obispo in California. Great views of the Channel Islands, Morro Rock and the Sand Dunes at Pismo Beach.

Good Post it has been interesting reading the replies.

 

[CWASaab]

Re: Re: it still stinks

Have fun in CWA, I kinda miss that joint. I moved, so I haven't used that in awhile. Ya could be in RHI! Re the air quality joke... The minute you think you've heard a bunch of them, there's still more.

Well CWA is no longer a crew domicile for us, same fate for RHI, and yes, I did time in RHI as well. We were having too much fun I guess, the company must have caught on to the fact that we could get home before the off time. Now we all get to ride the bus in circles around the airport trying to get home.

CWASaab
well, not anymore.