Any other hotels near or on airports?

Montblack wrote:


An easy to find (live) mapquest link would be nice too - where is it in
Texas? Fredericksburg? Gillespie County?

The Hangar Hotel looks like a GREAT place to visit.


Montblack

Yes.. Fredricksburg.. less than an hours DRIVE from Kerrville, home of
the Mooney factory.. West of Austin, Northwest of San Antonio, and close
to Luckenbach.

If you go to the avweb page, you will have a link you can click on for
maps on the airport info main page, upper right corner, next to the
small map graphic.

Dave

That place is (IMHO) a prime candidate for a radical upgrade - kind of
run down, but in
a really prime location (walking distance to the beach and University).
Other than the
occasional rainstorm, Santa Barbara has generally good weather in the
winter - lots
of sunny days, temps in the 50s and 60s. Check on the Airport Master
Plan, though -
they may have something else in mind for the space.

David Johnson

On 10 Oct 2005 17:32:12 -0700, wrote in
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That place is (IMHO) a prime candidate for a radical upgrade - kind of
run down, but in a really prime location (walking distance to the beach
and University).

It sounds like just what Mr. Honeck asked for, but it's probably too
far away from the corn belt to be seriously considered.

Other than the occasional rainstorm, Santa Barbara has generally good
weather in the winter - lots of sunny days, temps in the 50s and 60s.

Being located on the on the beach, it does get its share of fog, but
It's hard to find any place in the country with a better climate.

Check on the Airport Master Plan, though - they may have something
else in mind for the space.

David Johnson

Good point. There is some Master Plan information he
http://www.flysba.com/?pageID=54 but I wasn't able to find anything by
searching for 'motel' nor 'hotel'. Some more information he
http://gis.ca.gov/catalog/BrowseRecord.epl?id=3425

Calgary!

Cold, but it's a dry cold.

There is a B&B on a very large lot at CYBW (Calgary, Springbank), the
closest gateway to Banff, Lake Louise and the Canadian Rockies.

Springbank, a towered, very active GA oriented airport on the west of
Calgary, is being upgraded as we speak. Longer, wider runways.

The FBO across the street does a terrific business.

Marc

wrote in message ...
Jay!

Warm, we don't need no stenking warm...
Steamboat Springs, Colorado (SBS) Winter sports, summer sports,
hot springs, oh, yes, and they have winter and SKIING!

Marfa, Texas... and take up soaring in earnest. :-)

Breckenridge, Colorado has an airport (closed for years to the
public), but undergoing development review.

Carlsbad, NM Great place, needs an influx of new
blood with a "service the customer" attitude.

"Gaston's" Airport, Arkansas, resturant, motel, fly fishing on the
White River.

Martha's Vineyard, the beach airport, "Whoosies", resturant on the
field, motels and condos nearby.

Fort Collins Downtown Airport (3V5), Colorado.
New Belgium Brewery within 1 mile. :-)
O'Dell's Brewery within 1 mile. :-)
Walking distance to several resturants, Kiva Inn motel is for sale (up
scale), seems to be busy every time I to by.
Widow is very interested in selling the Motel and possibly
airport shares.
Colorado State University.
I'm here. :-)

Jay Honeck wrote:
So we've got three years of creating/running an aviation-theme-suite
hotel
under our belt now, things are going well, and it's time to start
thinking
about adding another location.

Trouble is, I'm afraid that our current location may be almost unique.
Here's what we need in order to duplicate our success:

1. A small-to-medium hotel on, or adjacent to, an airport.
2. The airport must be very close to the city that it serves. No
"out-in-the-boonies" airports, please.
3. The city must have another attraction that creates hotel business.

In our case, it's the University of Iowa that creates the alternative
business. (There simply aren't enough of us pilots to solely support a
hotel, sad to say.) In other locales, it might be a tourist attraction.

Any suggestions? We would prefer a warm-weather climate, to off-set our
Midwest location, and to prolong the flying season -- but we're open to
suggestions. (Ideally, it would be fun to have a southern hotel to run
in
winter, and the Iowa location to run in summer! :-)

(Better yet, an Australian location to run from November - April, and our
Iowa location to run form May - October!)


Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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"Bruce Riggs" wrote in message
...
The Brayton Fire Training Field adjoins the airport (120 acres of
buildings, towers, tanks, industrial plant structures and a ship used for
firefighter training), and the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
is just across the road!

Sure, offer Jay a place to set up a Republican/aviation hotel and he'll
leave Iowa City forever...
;-)

-Greg B.
born in Iowa City

john smith wrote:
If I were looking to build or create something from a private home, I would
investigate Sevierville, TN. It's closer to the Park and to the tourist traps
of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.

Is that where the Tennessee aviation museum is?

Yep.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

HEE HEE,
Those orange clad 'teers are not so happy after GEORGIA came to town. I
had to chose between flying or go to the game. Flying won this time. Needed
the practice. I watched my dawgs on TV , and made sure I yelled GO DAWGS
SIC'EM RUFF RUFF RUFF every time we kicked off,..I am sure my neighbors hate
me

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

More prosaic is TYS in Knoxville, TN. During the summer, the nearby
Smokies
attracts visitors, and the University of Tennessee brings in the college
crowd
during the rest of the year. The football situation is worse than Iowa,
so
you'd
probably be packed in season.


George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

And not to mention Athens is a nice town! I have requested being buried
beside UGA when I die at Sanford Stadium,..so far the University "ain't"
going for it !

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
Here ya go Jay:

Athens, GA
Ranked #2 college town in the US by SI in 2003
http://www.airnav.com/reserve/hotel?tnid=47F5&near=KAHN

http://www.foundryparkinn.com/home.htm

"Foundry Park Inn and Spa" already has the "Park Inn" part of the name for
you.
Classic Center & Performing Arts Theatre 2 Blocks
-Double-barreled Cannon Landmark 2 Blocks
-University Of Georgia 6 Blocks
-Morton Theatre 6 Blocks
-Sanford Stadium (Home Of Georgia Bulldogs) 0.5 Miles / 1 Kilometer
-Georgia Museum Of Art 1 Mile / 2 Kilometers
-Stegeman Coliseum 1 Mile / 2 Kilometers
-Memorial Park 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers
-State Botanical Garden Of Georgia 3 Miles / 5 Kilometers
4 miles from the airport

Looks like it's worth a visit this winter!

Jim



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:R1u2f.416802$x96.151712@attbi_s72...
So we've got three years of creating/running an aviation-theme-suite
hotel
under our belt now, things are going well, and it's time to start
thinking
about adding another location.

Trouble is, I'm afraid that our current location may be almost unique.
Here's what we need in order to duplicate our success:

1. A small-to-medium hotel on, or adjacent to, an airport.
2. The airport must be very close to the city that it serves. No
"out-in-the-boonies" airports, please.
3. The city must have another attraction that creates hotel business.

In our case, it's the University of Iowa that creates the alternative
business. (There simply aren't enough of us pilots to solely support a
hotel, sad to say.) In other locales, it might be a tourist attraction.

Any suggestions? We would prefer a warm-weather climate, to off-set our
Midwest location, and to prolong the flying season -- but we're open to
suggestions. (Ideally, it would be fun to have a southern hotel to run
in
winter, and the Iowa location to run in summer! :-)

(Better yet, an Australian location to run from November - April, and our
Iowa location to run form May - October!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Yes it is , I think a big drawback about the tourists of the area is they
mostly seem to drive through the smokies. Park your car and take the little
fake trolley in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg or you may spend your entire
vacation sitting in traffic. The guys around here fly over to the museum for
lunch and see the place quit often.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"john smith" wrote in message
...
If I were looking to build or create something from a private home, I
would
investigate Sevierville, TN. It's closer to the Park and to the tourist
traps
of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.

Is that where the Tennessee aviation museum is?

W P Dixon wrote:

Those orange clad 'teers are not so happy after GEORGIA came to town.

Well, I hear that the Vols made enough errors in the first two games to create
an entire one hour blooper video (Sam Venable column in the K-town paper).

Fine with me. If you actually believe in academics at UT, there are lots of
reasons to hate the athletic department.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.