GA friendly airport in NYC

Hello,

I'm thinking about taking a trip to NYC for a weekend... I've never
been so I would be looking to do some touristy stuff. I am wondering
where the best (closest to transportation, no landing fees, good
service) airport would be for me to go to?

Any help would be appreciated!

-Dico

You can certainly narrow your choices down by looking at the NY Terminal
Area Chart and then use AirNav to get FBO numberd to call around. I fly out
of KMJX with is pretty far south but regularly fly to KFRG.

You might try Linden KLDJ. Pretty close to KEWR.

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

I mean its a big BUSY airspace where are you coming from ?


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Hello,

I'm thinking about taking a trip to NYC for a weekend... I've never
been so I would be looking to do some touristy stuff. I am wondering
where the best (closest to transportation, no landing fees, good
service) airport would be for me to go to?

Any help would be appreciated!

-Dico

On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:44:42 -0400, TF wrote:

You can certainly narrow your choices down by looking at the NY Terminal
Area Chart and then use AirNav to get FBO numberd to call around. I fly
out of KMJX with is pretty far south but regularly fly to KFRG.

You might try Linden KLDJ. Pretty close to KEWR.

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


From KLDJ, it's a short cab ride to a train into Manhattan. Be aware,
though, that the office is not open 24x7.

If you're worried about finding KLDJ in all the clutter, follow the GPS-A
approach. If you stick to the altitudes described, you'll stay clear of
the class B (at least, last time I flew it).

Another alternative is KCDW. The Mac Dan FBO there rents cars (or at
least they used to). They will also give one a lift to the bus stop (or
at least they used to).

Call and confirm, as it's been a long while since I checked into these.

- Andrew

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Hello,

I'm thinking about taking a trip to NYC for a weekend... I've never
been so I would be looking to do some touristy stuff. I am wondering
where the best (closest to transportation, no landing fees, good
service) airport would be for me to go to?

Any help would be appreciated!

-Dico



I can't help you with airports, but if your looking for touristy
stuff to do, I can recommend the 3 hour boat tour which circles Manhattan.
Web referance for CircleLine tours is http://www.circleline42.com/

Also see the South Street Seaport Museum, with its aircraft carrier
and a Concorde. Web site is http://www.southstseaport.org/

If you are interested in musuems, there are many. One of the more
unique art museums is the Guggenheim. You take the elevator to the top and
then walk down the spiral gallery back to the ground. Another one I like,
but is not as well known, is the Cloisters, part of the NY Metropoliton
Muesuem of Art. Located at the northern tip of Manhatton, Fort Tryon Park,
and overlooking the Hudson, it has a great collection of medieval art,
suits of armor, etc.

Another classic tourist attraction is to catch a show at Radio City
Music Hall. You didn't say when you were going, but their Christmas
Spectacular starts in early November, Web site at
http://www.radiocity.com/

Hope this helps.

--
Marty Shapiro
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Marty Shapiro wrote:

Also see the South Street Seaport Museum, with its aircraft carrier
and a Concorde. Web site is http://www.southstseaport.org/

I think you're confusing two different museums. South Street Seaport is on
the east side, near Wall Street. They've got a square rigger (The
Peking?), Ambrose Light Ship, and some other stuff. Worth going to, if
you're into that sort of thing. The carrier and the Concorde is the
Intrepid Air And Space Museum. As of just a few days ago, it's closed for
a planned 18 month renovation.

But, to answer the original question, there is unfortunately, no easy way
to get into Manhattan from any of the local GA airports.

From HPN, a 5-10 minute cab ride will get you to the downtown White Plains
train station. From there, it's about a half hour to Grand Central on
Metro North. Check http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm for
schedules.

From TEB, I think you can get a NJ Transit train to Hoboken, then transfer
to the PATH train into downtown.

From FRG, somebody can probably run you over to the Long Island Railroad
station, then you can get a train into Penn Station.

None of these alternatives are what I would call convenient.

Roy Smith wrote:

From TEB, I think you can get a NJ Transit train to Hoboken, then transfer
to the PATH train into downtown.

There is also a NJ Transit bus that stops right off the approach end of rwy
24 at TEB. The two FBOs I used when I commuted to TEB would provide a free
car ride (about a one to two minute ride) to the bus stop. The bus makes
about five other local stops on its way past The Meadowlands (Giants
Stadium) to the Holland Tunnel and into Port Authority.

Off peak the bus takes about 20 minutes and during peak traffic inbound to
Manhattan the bus ride could take an hour or more. Cost back in 2004 was
US $2.60 per person. In my opinion, the bus ride off peak was the most
convenient method to get into Manhattan from TEB.


--
Peter

Also see the South Street Seaport Museum, with its aircraft carrier
and a Concorde. Web site is http://www.southstseaport.org/

Call first. The Concorde is looking for a home. Intrepid (a must-see)
is also moving - I think it's closed right now.

Jose
--
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it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter).
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I'm thinking about taking a trip to NYC for a weekend... I've never
been so I would be looking to do some touristy stuff. I am wondering
where the best (closest to transportation, no landing fees, good
service) airport would be for me to go to?

Flushing...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=16...14634&t=k&om=1

Are you flying an amphib?

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I'm thinking about taking a trip to NYC for a weekend... I've never
been so I would be looking to do some touristy stuff. I am wondering
where the best (closest to transportation, no landing fees, good
service) airport would be for me to go to?

Flushing...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=16...=0.007865,0.01
4634&t=k&om=1

Are you flying an amphib?

Actually, if you're flying something on floats, the 23rd street seaplane
base is *very* convenient. Just a 20 minute walk (or, depending on
traffic, a 30 minute cab ride) into midtown.

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Actually, if you're flying something on floats, the 23rd street seaplane
base is *very* convenient. Just a 20 minute walk (or, depending on
traffic, a 30 minute cab ride) into midtown.

Yeah, but landing at Flushing would be *so* much more interesting...
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