Landing in KFRG

I may be flying into Republic airport to pick up a gift.

It looks like there's a landing fee as well as a ramp fee. With luck it will
be a ten minute stop. Any recommendations?

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"Steve Foley" wrote:

I may be flying into Republic airport to pick up a gift.

It looks like there's a landing fee as well as a ramp fee. With luck it will
be a ten minute stop. Any recommendations?

Yeah. Don't get ramped.

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"Steve Foley" wrote:

I may be flying into Republic airport to pick up a gift.

It looks like there's a landing fee as well as a ramp fee. With luck it
will
be a ten minute stop. Any recommendations?

Yeah. Don't get ramped.

Is that pretty frequent there, or am I missing something?

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"Steve Foley" wrote:

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In article ,
"Steve Foley" wrote:

I may be flying into Republic airport to pick up a gift.

It looks like there's a landing fee as well as a ramp fee. With luck it
will
be a ten minute stop. Any recommendations?

Yeah. Don't get ramped.

Is that pretty frequent there, or am I missing something?

There's a FSDO on the field.

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"Steve Foley" wrote:

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"Steve Foley" wrote:

I may be flying into Republic airport to pick up a gift.

It looks like there's a landing fee as well as a ramp fee. With luck
it
will
be a ten minute stop. Any recommendations?

Yeah. Don't get ramped.

Is that pretty frequent there, or am I missing something?

There's a FSDO on the field.

Ramp checks are not a problem on the field.

Steve Foley wrote:
I may be flying into Republic airport to pick up a gift.

It looks like there's a landing fee as well as a ramp fee. With luck it will
be a ten minute stop. Any recommendations?


Go somewhere else close by. NY loves fees.

Michelle

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Steve Foley wrote:
I may be flying into Republic airport to pick up a gift.

It looks like there's a landing fee as well as a ramp fee. With luck it
will be a ten minute stop. Any recommendations?
Go somewhere else close by. NY loves fees.

Michelle

How much is the landing fee at FRG?

How much is the ramp fee at FRG?

Is there a choice of FBOs?

Do they all charge the same ramp fee?

JFK and MacArthur are the closest. Are they better to land at than FRG?

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"Michelle P" wrote in message
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Steve Foley wrote:
I may be flying into Republic airport to pick up a gift.

It looks like there's a landing fee as well as a ramp fee. With luck it
will be a ten minute stop. Any recommendations?
Go somewhere else close by. NY loves fees.

Michelle

How much is the landing fee at FRG?

Landing fee is $2.50

How much is the ramp fee at FRG?

Ramp Fee for one of the FBO's are in the $25 range

Is there a choice of FBOs?

There's Atlantic Aviation at the south side of the field and SheltAir at the
north. They're about the same.

Do they all charge the same ramp fee?
Yes unless you buy gas, then they waive it

JFK and MacArthur are the closest. Are they better to land at than FRG?

Not really. JFK will cost you about $100 in fees and KISP is the same as
KFRG in terms of fees with the added Class Charlie airspace procedures.

Recommendation: fly to FRG and go to the Main Terminal--there is no fee.
Just park along the edge of the ramp along the runway. Atlantic handles the
parking freq (122.95) but that parking are is not theirs so they can charge
you. Have your people on the ground meet you at the Main Terminal for the
gift exchange and your off with only a $2.50 fee. If you need AvGas, ask to
taxi to the Echo Ramp and there's a self-serve pump there. Price is
$4.85/gal with a Chevron Card and $4.95/gal without. There's also a
self-serve at the south side by the Atlantic FBO but it's tucked away in the
corner and a longer taxi.

local.live.com will give you some good bird's-eye-view sat images to check
out your bearings.

Let me know if you need more info.

Marco

Marco Leon wrote:
Do they all charge the same ramp fee?
Yes unless you buy gas, then they waive it

So one strategy would be to just buy some gas. Even if it's more
expensive than you usually pay, the delta on a few gallons would be lower
than a ramp fee.

JFK and MacArthur are the closest. Are they better to land at than FRG?

Not really. JFK will cost you about $100 in fees and KISP is the same as
KFRG in terms of fees with the added Class Charlie airspace procedures.

What are the added Class Charlie procedures? You need to call from a
little farther out. You need to change from Approach to Tower. You need
to call Clearance Delivery before you leave. And maybe you'll get vectors.

Not that there's any reason to prefer ISP, but avoiding it just because
it's inside class C airspace seems excessive.

.... Alan
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Alan Gerber
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gerber AT panix DOT com

Alan Gerber wrote:

Not that there's any reason to prefer ISP, but avoiding it just because
it's inside class C airspace seems excessive.

I find Charlie airports extremely easy to fly in and out of, aside from
fees, as I'm typically vectored right to a base or final leg. Most of
the time, they even control my descent to pattern altitude.

Have a taxi diagram ready with the parking area marked, and the sheet
rotated to orient with the runway you arrive on. Sometimes, the hardest
part of a big airport in a spam can is taxiing.