Ps76 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (1 year 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 8662 times:
Hi!
While not really a true planespotter (I don't really take the regs) I do go to a lot of airports to look at the airport and watch planes. This can be big ones like Heathrow and Gatwick and Zurich or small ones. My question is what's the most out of the way airport you've visited just to see the airport and watch planes or take photos or whatever? Mine would be Lydd in Kent in England. It's pretty much in the middle of nowhere in this area of marshland. It took me about 2 hours driving to get there but yes it was worth it!
Braniff747SP From Spain, joined Oct 2008, 2649 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (1 year 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 8643 times:
Well, here in SoCal we have two airports—MHV and VCV—that are packed with stored airplanes and in the middle of nowhere. I've been to both; I did not go just for the airport, but it was relatively on the way to where I was going; a slight deviation. Well worth it.
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Ps76 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (1 year 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 8586 times:
Hi!
That's cool. I think I've seen those airports in movies like "Terminal Velocity" and stuff from the 90s. Just as an aside there's a guy in the UK who got into visiting navaids. He even made a website about it and has been to far more out there places than me!
Newark727 From United States of America, joined Dec 2009, 1192 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 2 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 8435 times:
I'd say my most out-of-the-way have to be Fryeburg, Maine, Twentynine Palms, California and Thermal, California (I actually have a photo in the database from the latter.) Also San Bernardino, which while not exactly out-of-the-way is typically almost completely empty.
AviRaider From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 165 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 8376 times:
I don't know if this fully qualifies, but I planned my honeymoon cruise completely around one stop in Saint Maarten to see the famous Maho Beach. The cruise terminal is on the other side of the island and it took some convincing to get a taxi to take us there. Loved every moment of it, dying to go back.
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2250 posts, RR: 3 Reply 9, posted (1 year 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 8367 times:
Quoting AviRaider (Reply 8): I planned my honeymoon cruise completely around one stop in Saint Maarten to see the famous Maho Beach.
Just curious, still married?
A couple of years ago in St. Barths I took a bicycle off of the small cruise ship we were on, and bicycled over to the famous St. Barths airport. I stood on top of the hill and watched the planes dive to the runway. I also stood on the beach at the other end of the runway and watched the planes land both directions.
Ps76 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (1 year 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 8364 times:
Hi!
Thanks for the replies. People sure have been to some interesting out of the way airports. I would love to go to Telluride for example as it is in FsX and I have flown the "Telluride landing" mission so many times! St.Maarten and St.Barts would be awesome too, not forgetting Grand Case on the other side of the island and Saba!
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19813 posts, RR: 56 Reply 11, posted (1 year 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 8319 times:
I can't say I went there to go spotting, but I did go to see the airport. Or should I say intergalactic spaceport?
This is the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport (yes, that's its name):
It was, apparently, created in 1994 when, in response to NASA stating that Jupiter would be hit by several comets and meteors, the citizens of Green River, Wyoming, decided that the Jovians might want a place to evacuate to before things got ugly.
So far, unsurprisingly, no Jovians have landed there. One would think that if that they happened to show up and discovered that this is what was set up for them, they might decide to try their luck on a different planet.
It does, however, remain open to whatever air traffic wants to land there (and is willing to brave the runway): http://www.airnav.com/airport/48U
-Mir
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Been closed for many years but what a feeling to wander around that former USSR Air Force base. Checking buildings, bunkers, driving around on taxiways and along the runway. looking for left aviation related stuff. Found 2 complete aircraft wheels, but they were to big to bring along
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Ps76 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (1 year 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8226 times:
Hi!
Many thanks for the further replies. Interesting to hear of these out of the way places.
Quoting Mir (Reply 11): This is the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport (yes, that's its name):
Have you heard of the Art Bell radio show from the 90s Coast to Coast AM. It sounds just like something from his show. I'm no planet expert but isn't jupiter made of gases or something? That's wild that some people believe there is life there and that it might come to Earth!
moo From Falkland Islands, joined May 2007, 3615 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (1 year 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 8194 times:
I spent a day at Kisoro Airport in Uganda during February - interesting little place, saw a dozen or so small aircraft operating out of it when I was there.
chrisjake From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 843 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (1 year 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 8103 times:
Quoting Ps76 (Reply 10): I would love to go to Telluride
I vacation in Telluride every now and then and am always amazed by its beauty. Here are links to a couple of photos from doing some spotting there. Will be back in September!
egph From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 207 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (1 year 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 8080 times:
I dragged my then partner to EGPU / TRE - Tiree Airport in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland to see the daily Loganair flight from GLA arrive and then depart 40 minutes later (Saab 340) only scheduled movement that day for the airport. We were on a short break there at the time and I refused to leave without spotting there.
Unfortunately when I visited the runway was being totally resurfaced, so no traffic. Absolutely incredible scenery and I'd love to fly into there someday.
As for me, the main "remote" airport that comes to mind at the moment is Moab, in the Utah canyonlands. We drove for hours and hours without seeing much in the way of civilisation before coming across this airfield, then the "city" of Moab.
Here's an example of how desolate the surrounding area is;
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