Written by the author, Yasmina Platt. Reprint from November 5, 2013, from AOPA's Views From the Region (VFR) blog: https://blog.aopa.org/vfr/?p=1005 Updated on December 13, 2021 Looking for an airport to grab a $100 hamburger? Want to visit an aviation museum? How about camping by your airplane? Just simply want to visit an airport to watch airplanes take off and land? We may consider these “friendly airports” and I have compiled a list of them within our Central Southwest Region (NM, TX, LA, OK, AR, KS, MO, NE, and IA). List of friendly airports in Central Southwest Region:
You are a “rotor head” and want to visit off-airport restaurants? You can do that too although this list is pretty elementary and mostly Texas centered right now. I just got it started and I welcome feedback and additions! List of friendly helipads in Central Southwest Region: Note: The information above is only as good as the sources provided. Please confirm before using and remember to obtain permission prior to landing with all private-use facilities.
You can always find more information regarding fly-in restaurant locations on “The $100 Hamburger” book and website: http://www.100dollarhamburger.com/ For more on-airport camping or nearby camping facilities, you might find the American Air Campers Association (AACA) helpful: http://aaca.pilotgetaways.com/ Additional feature destinations, weekend getaways, romantic getaways, and escapes can be found at:http://pilotgetaways.com/article-index-map 1/15/2015 update: Editors of AOPA’s Pilot Magazine have created their one “Aerial Adventures: 99s Way to Fly” eBook and it has lots of great ideas for additional getaways, routes and airborne challenges as well. You can get a copy from Apple’s iBooks, Amazon’s Kindle or Barnes and Noble’s Nook stores. Learn more here: http://www.aopa.org/Products-and-Services/AOPA-eBooks. 2/12/2015 update: And, what if you need a courtesy car? How do you know if the airport you’re going to has one? No worries. Now, there’s an app for that… It’s called “Airport Courtesy Cars” (duh! haha) and can be downloaded for both iPhones and Androids. You can find them by state or with a map feature. Learn more about it here. I want to thank the state aviation offices in the nine states for their help identifying some of these airports. However, please send me any suggestions and/or items that should be added to this list… an airport close to you or one that you have visited that provides access for both the flying community and surrounding community by way of picnic tables, a viewing area, a seating area, a restaurant, a park, etc as a way to show to the community the value of the airport, the types of operations that go on, spark kids’ interest in aviation, and so on. The more robust the list is, the better. Still need or want more reasons to fly and visit different community airports? Read http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2012/May/10/Add-up-the-reasons-to-fly to learn about incentive programs to encourage pilots to explore different airports around them while getting prizes. Now go out and fly! Enjoy your community airports!!
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