Most exotic/interesting airports in the U.S.A

Murdoughnut said:
Cedar Key Airport on Florida's gulf coast - due west of Gainesville. Taxi lady in town has a hand held and she'll ask you if you need a ride on the way in.
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Here's a look on short final to Cedar Key
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WAFlyBoy said:
Elk City, ID
S90
Operational restrictions: IS A CURVED RY.

Glad to see somebody put a picture up. I nearly required surgery to remove myself from the seat after my first landing here.
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That is probably the most wicked runway I have seen!
 
This is an awesome thread. What's with a curved RWY? :o
Catalina is the coolest I have experienced as a low time pilot. I look forward to experiencing more in the future.
As a child,0-4 yrs old, landing at Catalina in a Grumman Goose on the water and taxiing to the ramp via water then ramp was insane. And that is after being born to parents deeply involved in aviation.
 
There is a wickedly cool private airstrip out by Wasilla/Palmer. The name eludes me, but there are trees almost upto beginning of the runway. It was fun landing, partly because of the narrow runway:)
 
Here is another one, Skagway
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During the summers the place is hopping so you want to get up and get out. My uncle would tell me stories of flying the Chieftan, and using half the runway and making a hard ride turn and leave the valley over the cruise ship docks.:) God, that sounds like so much fun.
 
Due to some Catalina consensus at the top of this thread, thought I'd upload a couple of photos I took while going to Catalina during my Private Pilot training. It's an awesome airport with final pretty much bringing you from directly over the ocean into a mesa, elevation 1600ft, runway.

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http://www.airnav.com/airport/WV12

Mallory Airport, South Charleston, WV

one way in, opposite way out. Hill at the end and about a 20 degree turn 300 or so feet into your takeoff run. 200 foot drop off at the end of the departure runway, then the valley soon rises into a hill, requiring an immediate turn after departure.:nana2:
 
Nice, but it is not IN THE USA!

I think the rest of the world has much more interseting airports than ours.

The one in Spain on Stilts has been my dekstop for ages!
 
Ralgha said:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/S16 Surface: sand, in fair condition
http://www.airnav.com/airport/5S4 HAS 120 FT TREES NEAR CNTRL CURVE APCH PATH FM OVER WATER.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/W27 +4' BRUSH BOTH SIDES OF RWY IN PRIMARY SFC.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/W56
http://www.airnav.com/airport/W52 WIDTH OF 43' OVER CULVERT IN CENTER OF FIELD.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPFC RY MAY BE UNDER WATER DURING WINTER HIGH TIDES. OCCASIONAL DRIFTWOOD ON RWY DUE TO FLOODING
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I love copalis, ever been out for the flower bombing?
 
Nick said:
Exotic . . . yes, like landing in India or China.
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ROFL!!!!!!!!!! Right on, Nick.
Nick said:
And where did you find such a marvelous picture?
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I'd like to ask the same thing. But I'd venture to guess that it was taken a loooong time ago, since there isn't an Alarus on the runway, holding short, or taxiing during daylight hours; quite an anomaly!
 
JEP said:
I will go with this one below. by far the most exotic airport I have been to, ;)

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if you look REAL close, you can see me the horizontal part of the letter T. 3rd person from the left. :D
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HAHA! You blinked when they took the picture!
 
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