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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
Hello all,
I was thinking about flying the family up to NYC to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Anyone recommend an airport to fly in to? I would rather not rent a car, just get into town somehow and then the walk or cab it while in the city. Flight would be flown IFR from Norfolk (ORF) to wherever near NYC. Any preferred routes/arrivals would be appreciated as well. Thanks. |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
John Doe wrote:
I was thinking about flying the family up to NYC to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Anyone recommend an airport to fly in to? I would rather not rent a car, just get into town somehow and then the walk or cab it while in the city. Teterboro (KTEB) is probably the closest in terms of commuting into Manhattan. I commuted there weekly during the summer of 2004 for business on the Island. Car service from the airport to midtown is about US $80 to $100 one way. You could also take the train or the bus. Millionare, the FBO where I parked, provided free transportation to the train or bus stop. Both were about 5 minutes away from the FBO, both stops were outdoors, and both were not places at which I felt comfortable standing alone after dark. The bus takes you to Port Authority bus terminal snd the train takes you to Penn Station. In terms of cost, the train was about $6.00 per person and the bus was about $2.50 from their stops near TEB. In the end, I opted for the bus since it was faster, even during rush hour. You can get both schedules online. The bus is the New Jersey Transit bus #165. Here is the schedule: http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0165.pdf The train is the New Jersey transit, Pascack Valley line, transferring in Secaucus Station. You need to fill in some information to see your schedule, he http://www.njtransit.com/sf_tr_schedules.shtml# -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
John Doe wrote:
I was thinking about flying the family up to NYC to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Anyone recommend an airport to fly in to? IFR or VFR? If you're coming in VFR, it's nice to pick an airport on the same side of the class B as you are, all other things being equal. I come from the north, so it's trivially easy to get into Teterboro (KTEB) or Caldwell (KCDW) VFR. IFR, you can get some funky routings no matter what you do. You'll be coming from the south, so I don't know what would work best. Linden? (I've never tried it). I've found that Republic (KFRG), Caldwell, and Teterboro all have similar costs for tie-down and fuel. From Republic, you get a lift in the FBO van to the LIRR station and take the train into Penn Station; from Teterboro, you take an expensive taxi/limo ride or a cheap bus to the Port Authority. From Caldwell, an expensive car/taxi is pretty-much your only realistic choice. Personally, I plan to stick with Teterboro from now on, because I fly in from Canada, and Teterboro has customs onsite at Atlantic Aviation (so I don't have to make an extra stop in Massena). It's on the wrong side of the class B for you, though. Best of luck, David |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
David Megginson wrote:
Linden? (I've never tried it). Linden is an interesting little airport, almost like a country airport but shoved under an 800' shelf of a class B. That has consequences. First, if you're not comfortable flying near a class B, you won't like it. And I do mean *near*. If you're 1" too high in the pattern, you're in class B. You can get into Linden w/o talking to ATC, but I'm the chatty type. One trick people use is to follow the GPS approach. Follow it (laterally and vertically) and you'll stay out of the class B. Another consequence it that it's not a busy airport with multiple 24x7 FBOs. If you're there during business hours, you can get a cab easily enough. I don't happen to know if there's even a payphone or a board listing taxi companies if you're there off-hours, though. You can get a taxi to the local NJTransit stop. TEB is probably easiest in terms of no-rental-car transit into the city. At CDW, transit options are pretty poor. The Mac Dan FBO, though, rents cars on the field (for which I'd recommend calling ahead). - Andrew |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
Besides the others mentioned, you have MMU (Morristown, NJ). They have a
Signature FBO. It's about five minutes away from Convent station that's a straight shot into Penn Station, which is on 34th Street, west side, which is where you want to be. Their vans will take to the station (don't know about the return trip from the station) Taking the train to/from Penn Station is preferable to a bus to/from Port Authority. MMU is far less busy than TEB (a consideration if you're flying in Wednesday) . There are hotels nearby too. http://www.bba-aviation.com/flightsu...locations/mmu/ Also, there's HPN (White Plains, NY), a bit further away. "John Doe" wrote in message news:l98gf.14408$om5.10905@dukeread04... Hello all, I was thinking about flying the family up to NYC to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Anyone recommend an airport to fly in to? I would rather not rent a car, just get into town somehow and then the walk or cab it while in the city. Flight would be flown IFR from Norfolk (ORF) to wherever near NYC. Any preferred routes/arrivals would be appreciated as well. Thanks. |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
"David Megginson" wrote in message oups.com... John Doe wrote: I was thinking about flying the family up to NYC to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Anyone recommend an airport to fly in to? IFR or VFR? If you're coming in VFR, it's nice to pick an airport on the same side of the class B as you are, all other things being equal. I come from the north, so it's trivially easy to get into Teterboro (KTEB) or Caldwell (KCDW) VFR. IFR, you can get some funky routings no matter what you do. You'll be coming from the south, so I don't know what would work best. Linden? (I've never tried it). I've found that Republic (KFRG), Caldwell, and Teterboro all have similar costs for tie-down and fuel. From Republic, you get a lift in the FBO van to the LIRR station and take the train into Penn Station; from Teterboro, you take an expensive taxi/limo ride or a cheap bus to the Port Authority. From Caldwell, an expensive car/taxi is pretty-much your only realistic choice. Personally, I plan to stick with Teterboro from now on, because I fly in from Canada, and Teterboro has customs onsite at Atlantic Aviation (so I don't have to make an extra stop in Massena). It's on the wrong side of the class B for you, though. Republic sounds tempting vs TEB. How long is the train ride to Penn Station? |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
John Doe wrote:
Republic sounds tempting vs TEB. How long is the train ride to Penn Station? It's about an hour. Trains run roughly every hour, but I understand that during evening rush hour, it's a longer wait to get into the city. So figure more than two hours from landing to midtown. It's a nice, quiet little town, though, with a mall right beside the airport (I didn't go inside). Someone else wrote about liking to talk to ATC. I like to talk to ATC as well -- I fly out of what would be a class B airport in the U.S. -- but when you call NY approach from the north flying into KCDW or KTEB, they'll just tell you to descend and remain clear of class B anyway. All the best, David |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
Here's a rollup of FBO prices at TEB for this week:
Signatu $38/night Atlantic: $25/night 1st Aviation $35/night Million Air $45/night Gas prices ranged from $5 to over $6/gallon Wow. |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
Weather forecast calls for rain and snow on Thursday in the Northeast.
We had planned to fly from KPOU (north of NY city) to Hartford, CT but most likely will just drive there. Hai Longworth |
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Flying into NYC for Thanksgiving Day Parade
"David Megginson" wrote in message ups.com... John Doe wrote: Republic sounds tempting vs TEB. How long is the train ride to Penn Station? It's about an hour. Trains run roughly every hour, but I understand that during evening rush hour, it's a longer wait to get into the city. So figure more than two hours from landing to midtown. It's a nice, quiet little town, though, with a mall right beside the airport (I didn't go inside). Someone else wrote about liking to talk to ATC. I like to talk to ATC as well -- I fly out of what would be a class B airport in the U.S. -- but when you call NY approach from the north flying into KCDW or KTEB, they'll just tell you to descend and remain clear of class B anyway. Am I reading the chart right, As far as the class B airspace goes, if I come right up the coast and stay below 1500' can I thread the airspace between jfk and newark and fly right over 'ground zero' on my way to TEB? Is the NYC ADIZ no longer in effect? |
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