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Ash Wyllie wrote:
I have to fly to Rhode Island Monday. Is Green State GA friendly? Doesn't sound like it: http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPVD/NORTHSTAR#c Is there an FBO at Quonset State? Yes. http://airnav.com/airport/KOQU/LANDMARK#c People were friendly when I went there a couple years ago. Not sure if they have updated their facilities yet, but I found them quite dated. -Doug -- -------------------- Doug Vetter, ATP/CFI http://www.dvatp.com -------------------- |
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I have to fly to Rhode Island Monday.
Is Green State GA friendly? Is there an FBO at Quonset State? -ash Cthulhu in 2007! Why wait for nature? |
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They are fine. Tell when you are arriving they will sort it all out for you
"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message ... I have to fly to Rhode Island Monday. Is Green State GA friendly? Is there an FBO at Quonset State? -ash Cthulhu in 2007! Why wait for nature? |
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"Ash Wyllie" wrote in :
Is Green State GA friendly? Depends on your definition of friendly. I've flown there a few times over the past few years. I haven't been there in over a year, tho. It's a Class C airport, so it's got the Leather, Oak, and Polish look instead of the "Guy behind the glass counter" look that you find at smaller airports. Class C's (especially airline overflows for Logan) typically charge a premium for services, so don't expect a free ride. But if you're OK with paying a few dollars for parking, and don't mind that the person behind the counter is a "Receptionist" instead of the store owner or chief instructor, you'll probably be satisfied with your experience. For what it's worth, the price to pay to park my plane for the day in PVD is substantially less than the price to park my car in Manhattan for a day, and the facility in PVD is nicer and gives you free coffee and I think popcorn IIRC. In Manhattan, the only thing I get for free is the finger. |
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Doug Vetter opined
Ash Wyllie wrote: I have to fly to Rhode Island Monday. Is Green State GA friendly? Doesn't sound like it: http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPVD/NORTHSTAR#c That's about what I thought. Is there an FBO at Quonset State? Yes. http://airnav.com/airport/KOQU/LANDMARK#c People were friendly when I went there a couple years ago. Not sure if they have updated their facilities yet, but I found them quite dated. Thanks, there were no listings in the AOPA Airport Directory. -ash Cthulhu in 2007! Why wait for nature? |
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Judah opined
"Ash Wyllie" wrote in : Is Green State GA friendly? Depends on your definition of friendly. I've flown there a few times over the past few years. I haven't been there in over a year, tho. It's a Class C airport, so it's got the Leather, Oak, and Polish look instead of the "Guy behind the glass counter" look that you find at smaller airports. Class C's (especially airline overflows for Logan) typically charge a premium for services, so don't expect a free ride. But if you're OK with paying a few dollars for parking, and don't mind that the person behind the counter is a "Receptionist" instead of the store owner or chief instructor, you'll probably be satisfied with your experience. A few dollars would be fine, but fees seem to be capricious and unrelated to services used. -ash Cthulhu in 2007! Why wait for nature? |
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![]() Judah wrote: "Ash Wyllie" wrote in : Is Green State GA friendly? Depends on your definition of friendly. I've flown there a few times over the past few years. I haven't been there in over a year, tho. It's a Class C airport, so it's got the Leather, Oak, and Polish look instead of the "Guy behind the glass counter" look that you find at smaller airports. Class C's (especially airline overflows for Logan) typically charge a premium for services, so don't expect a free ride. Not sure what you mean about "airline overflows," I'm noot aware of too many planes landing PVD because they can't land BOS. Class C corresponds to airspace, not the airport itself or FBO services. PVD has fees but there are less friendly places to fly into. |
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Ash Wyllie wrote:
I have to fly to Rhode Island Monday. Is Green State GA friendly? Is there an FBO at Quonset State? All of the staffed state owned airports in Rhode Island have Landmark (formerly Piedmont) as their FBO, including Quonoset. |
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Linda wrote in :
Not sure what you mean about "airline overflows," I'm noot aware of too many planes landing PVD because they can't land BOS. Class C corresponds to airspace, not the airport itself or FBO services. PVD has fees but there are less friendly places to fly into. What I mean is this: Logan is one of the busiest airports in the world, with extreme traffic, both in the air and on the ground. Numerous people from the Boston area fly in and out of PVD to avoid dealing with Logan, and so it is more than just a local class C airport in its own right. It's almost an extension of Logan. The same holds true for MDW relative to ORD, and for HPN relative to NYC, BWI relative to IAD, and SNA relative to LAX... Contrast this with the Class Cs that are rated as such because they service cities that just don't quite have as much traffic as a Class B - BDL, SDF, ACY, MHT, MSN, PWM, PIA, LIT, ROC, etc. In my experience, airports like those certainly have nice FBOs and charge landing fees, but they are slightly more GA friendly than the Class C's that are really just extensions for their Class B counterparts "downtown". |
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Ash Wyllie opined
I have to fly to Rhode Island Monday. Is Green State GA friendly? Is there an FBO at Quonset State? I ended up flying into OQU. Nice people, OK airport. No clearance delivery. All worked out well in the end. -ash Cthulhu in 2007! Why wait for nature? |
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