This guy's hitting up all the local airports in a (within 24 hrs) day in a 172!
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N3544G
Plane is owned by these guys: http://www.midislandair.com/
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This guy's hitting up all the local airports in a (within 24 hrs) day in a 172!
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N3544G
Plane is owned by these guys: http://www.midislandair.com/
I'm jealous too! I've flown 44G before. It has a cool moving map GPS. When I flew ISP-JFK about 4 years ago, every air traffic contoller I spoke to asked me to confirm that I actually wanted to land at Kennedy and were surprised when I said 'Affirmative'!
I'm surprised they're allowed to land at JFK and EWR, I would have thought such a small aircraft would have been prohibited from using the largest airports around the area.
Going to their website reminds me that I need to look into getting flying lessons one of these days..it doesn't seem that expensive.
JFK is not allowed to be used as a training field, so I'm left wondering what the purpose of the flight was, especially as it was UN week and at 1 in the morning.
It's probably one of those "just so we can say we did it" promotional deals, although I haven't heard anything about it anywhere else. I'm sure it was with a student pilot on board, and I'm sure the only way they could do it was by flying in the middle of the night.Quote:
Originally Posted by mirrodie
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Originally Posted by moose135
moose is most likely right. while you can't do a touch-and-go at JFK, EWR and LGA you can land there. especially when there isn't much movement. i've personally done it before, and it looks great in your logbook:
FRG-JFK
JFK-LGA
LGA-EWR
EWR-FRG
How expensive is a trip like that, with all the landing fees at the big airports?
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Originally Posted by pgengler
Well, back on 8/11/01, I took my intro flight with Mid Island Air Services out at ISP.
An estimate was given to me that flight instruction would cost ~$7500.
In comparison, those landing fees, I'm certain, are a drop in the bucket and minimal in the grand scheme of things ;
The landing fee at JFK is only $25 during off-hours, and I believe LGA charges by weight, so the fee wouldn't be prohibitive for a 172. You'd spend a lot more on fuel.
Light aircraft operating at the big airports aren't entirely uncommon. I got a Cessna 210 last time I was at the Mounds, and an SR22 the first time I went out to JFK to take pictures. And I barely missed a Pilatus PC-12 last time I was at LGA; he was the first one to land after they switched from 4 to 22.
The normal landing fee at JFK, LGA and EWR is $25, with a $100 "surcharge" for landing during peak hours. At JFK, they are from 3pm-10pm. At LGA, they are 8am-9pm. At EWR, they are from 8am-10am and 5pm-10pm.
At JFK Its $25 plus $4 for every 1000 pounds that your aircraft weighs.
For a gate at Terminal 4 IAT, its $3500 per hour, for electric power supply another $500 per hour.And if you have a late departure, for every 15minutes you remain at the gate its $750,after 1 hour
that goes up to $5000.
South african pays the mostan they stay at the gate all day.
sheltair at LGA wanted $150 to park an A36 Bonanza at 5 towers for the day. double that if it spent the night. this was about a month ago.