Most Fun Airport

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KMCD

My favorite airport is the airport on top of Mackinac
Island. It's at the very top of a picturesque
island between lakes Michigan and Huron. There are
always ferries traveling the straights, and they have a type
of ferry that shoots water straight up in a rooster tail.
The bridge connecting Upper and Lower Michigan is also
quite beautiful.

A normal pattern takes you over downtown Mackinac Island,
which is a town that has banned all automobiles. They have
lots of horses. Seriously.

The last time I was there I followed a Grumman Albatross,
which is an interesting bit of airplane.

One has to be careful. The runway is 3,501 ft long, but it
ends at tall trees hiding a drop-down cliff.

One cannot buy fuel at the airport. Since no cars or
trucks are allowed at the island, they have no way to get
fuel to the airport. Luckily, the St. Ignace airport has
lots of fuel and it's only 5 miles away.

When you land, there are two choices. You can walk to town,
which is 20 minutes downhill through a forest. Or you can take
a horse-drawn carriage (only $5 per person). A reasonable
compromise is to walk downhill when you arive, and
to take the taxi uphill after a long day visiting the
town.

What's your favorite airport?

What's your favorite airport?

Mackinac is an excellent choice. Meigs would have been right up there, too,
in years past... :-(

However, Oshkosh during the fly-in has to be the most "fun" airport
imaginable. With airplanes, visitors, and vendors from all over the world,
there is simply nothing else like OSH.

For sheer beauty, however, it's hard to beat Prairie du Chien, WI, with
approaches over the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers, or
the Grand Canyon Airport, with it's awesome, almost surreal view of the
canyon.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:jD5vc.2499$sI.1549@attbi_s52...
What's your favorite airport?

Mackinac is an excellent choice. Meigs would have been right up there,
too,
in years past... :-(

However, Oshkosh during the fly-in has to be the most "fun" airport
imaginable. With airplanes, visitors, and vendors from all over the
world,
there is simply nothing else like OSH.

For sheer beauty, however, it's hard to beat Prairie du Chien, WI, with
approaches over the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers, or
the Grand Canyon Airport, with it's awesome, almost surreal view of the
canyon.

Hancock County at Bar Harbor, Maine (BHB) on the edge of a cliff overlooking
the ocean near Acadia National Park

Somerset Airport (SMQ) in New Jersey, 'cause that's where my plane is...

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:jD5vc.2499$sI.1549@attbi_s52...
What's your favorite airport?

Mackinac is an excellent choice. Meigs would have been right up there,
too,
in years past... :-(

However, Oshkosh during the fly-in has to be the most "fun" airport
imaginable. With airplanes, visitors, and vendors from all over the
world,
there is simply nothing else like OSH.

For sheer beauty, however, it's hard to beat Prairie du Chien, WI, with
approaches over the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers,
or
the Grand Canyon Airport, with it's awesome, almost surreal view of the
canyon.

Hancock County at Bar Harbor, Maine (BHB) on the edge of a cliff
overlooking
the ocean near Acadia National Park

Hancock County at Bar Harbor, Maine (BHB) on the edge of a cliff overlooking
the ocean near Acadia National Park


Yes, indeed this is a beauty.

Another gorgeous summertime stop is Harriman and West (AQW) in Western
Massachussetts . . .
www.Rosspilot.com

"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
Somerset Airport (SMQ) in New Jersey, 'cause that's where my plane is...


Bigot!!!

:~ }


--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:jD5vc.2499$sI.1549@attbi_s52...
What's your favorite airport?

Mackinac is an excellent choice. Meigs would have been right up
there,
too,
in years past... :-(

However, Oshkosh during the fly-in has to be the most "fun" airport
imaginable. With airplanes, visitors, and vendors from all over the
world,
there is simply nothing else like OSH.

For sheer beauty, however, it's hard to beat Prairie du Chien, WI,
with
approaches over the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin
Rivers,
or
the Grand Canyon Airport, with it's awesome, almost surreal view of
the
canyon.

Hancock County at Bar Harbor, Maine (BHB) on the edge of a cliff
overlooking
the ocean near Acadia National Park

(Charles Talleyrand) writes:

What's your favorite airport?

Half Moon Bay below San Francisco. Spectacular arrival from the north
over the SF Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, and down the coast. If you taxi
way past the runway to the south, Princeton is just a 3 minute walk
with several good eateries, hotel, etc. Watch out for the fog in the
summer.

Columbia in the California Gold Rush country. Another visually
pleasing arrival over the foothills, and the Gold Rush-era town (a
State Park) is a 10 minute walk through the woods.

What's your favorite airport?

Any that I have made a successful landing. So far, that's been all the
airports that I have landed at. ;-)

Seriously, I guess I'll have to try some 'new' (adventurous) airports. I
liked it when I had my plane based at Sleepy Eye, MN (Y58) with its 2 smooth
grass runways. Most airports I've landed at are the typical small town
Midwest airport with not too much around, usually for the fly-in breakfasts
during the summer weekends.

Old Rhinebeck in Red Hook NY, with its WW1 vintage airplanes, is fun.

Paine Field, north of Seattle. Where they build the big ones! (Boeings)

Charles Talleyrand wrote:

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