Hi everyone - if there's an airstrip you think should be added to Airfield Guide (typically non-paved and with recreational value), you can reach out to Dave Powell at dpowell@theraf.org! The guide is growing all of the time, so it would be neat to see some recommendations come from the community and get added to the site.
I'v used that guide for many flights. The rating system is very accurate and tells you the dangers and the strips to avoid. It also gives you helpful hints.
I love being based out of northwest Arkansas (kvbt). I was at triggers gap yesterday. It really is a great place to live and fly. Hopefully I’ll run into you one of these days. This is a great resource!
Eric, in AR Trigger Gap and Richland Creek are two great strips that have had Cirrus's in and even some Twins! A Cessna 320 came in on our Pavilion build to help. You can filter strips by length and difficulty. Dave
Right on! I fly UH-60's in the Central Texas area and we're always looking out for cool spots for training. There's not a ton of airfields listed out that way yet but I'll certainly keep an eye on this!
Great resource, thanks for sharing it with us! (unrelated, you're missing the second 'i' in Airfield in your vid description. Went to copy and paste and caught myself)
I buddy hope you are well. Happy new year to you and good luck for the future phil. Do you have the best landing strips for the UK as well. All different ones.take care and good health to you phil.
Great vid! Glad to meet ya. I hope the locals aren't like surfers or fishermen and pissed that their secret spot is now public. Personally, I'm all for it. If you can fly there, let's hang.
Love this!! We live in FL and have been to 50 airports so far here plus quite a few in GA and the Carolina’s. Where can we suggest airports for the team to visit and add?
Seems another hidden gem are decent airplanes anymore! Looking for a PA 28 180, anybody have any leads on any that arent $90K with 2000 hrs on the engine?? Thanks in advance. Nate
Not much in SE TX (yet...). I'm still a renter so can't fly into grass strips, but I'm hoping to contact some of the private paved runways in the area to get permission for at least a touch and go just to add them to my list of airfields visited.
Hi Eric - they try to chart mainly non-paved strips with recreational use. AOPA has a nice trip planning tool to search for airports that have certain amenities (golf, food, camping, etc.) on the field or nearby. You might check that out, too.
I just got my ppl yesterday so woot, but i am curious could you do a video on how you get in and out of other airports. for example my cross-country's i would go to them and eat at the restaurant at the airport, but what if i wanted to leave the airport and get back in. i know my badge only works at my local airport but how do people get in and out of other airports. I did ask my instructor but i had looked for videos on that with no luck and always been curious.
Typically for badged airports with security you’ll go in and out of the FBO. They will have a locked door that they can let you through and get to your plane on the ramp. Many will waive some or all fees if you buy fuel. I always do this at Boeing Field which has a locking perimeter fence.
Congratulations! That's so awesome. In general, if you park on a GA ramp it might not be gated and you can just walk on and off the airport. Sometimes you'll need to go through a GA terminal. Commonly you might be parking at an FBO and you go in and out of the airport that way. Many airports have courtesy cars to use also if you need to leave for a bite etc. I like to look ahead at the airport and see where I'll be parking, and sometimes I'll even look at it on Google satellite and try to get an idea for where the GA parking is, where the fuel pump is, etc.
Unique means “one of a kind”. You can’t be super one-of-a-kind…. You’re either one of a kind or not. There are no degrees of one of a kindness. Pilots need to be precise. Or so one would think, even if the English language is not your specialty.
Interesting. But I think “one-of-a-kindness” and “super” might be somewhat correlated with the standard deviation of the category. Even things we consider perfectly unique like, say, an atom is unique but vary in being “super” or not based on their valence. Losing or gaining electrons doesn’t make them any more or less that specific element; it just changes their reactivity and usefulness for some purpose. In this case, there are many guides to airports but this one is both unique and super. It is unique because it focuses on airstrips for recreational flyers and it is super because it has a hefty amount of very useful, anecdotal information about each strip.
Hi everyone - if there's an airstrip you think should be added to Airfield Guide (typically non-paved and with recreational value), you can reach out to Dave Powell at dpowell@theraf.org! The guide is growing all of the time, so it would be neat to see some recommendations come from the community and get added to the site.
As a native of NWA… love getting some spot light here. i know the guy that put this together. We love this tool so much!
I'v used that guide for many flights. The rating system is very accurate and tells you the dangers and the strips to avoid. It also gives you helpful hints.
I love being based out of northwest Arkansas (kvbt). I was at triggers gap yesterday. It really is a great place to live and fly. Hopefully I’ll run into you one of these days. This is a great resource!
Eric, in AR Trigger Gap and Richland Creek are two great strips that have had Cirrus's in and even some Twins! A Cessna 320 came in on our Pavilion build to help. You can filter strips by length and difficulty. Dave
Right on! I fly UH-60's in the Central Texas area and we're always looking out for cool spots for training. There's not a ton of airfields listed out that way yet but I'll certainly keep an eye on this!
Great resource, thanks for sharing it with us! (unrelated, you're missing the second 'i' in Airfield in your vid description. Went to copy and paste and caught myself)
thank you! fixed!
Very cool. Now they need to start adding Alaska airstrips! :)
Superb work! This is great to you are letting us know about this.
My only problem is that 2 of the tabs that you show in this video are not on the site. any more.
Great tool. Thanks for the overview !
Sure thing!
Awesome video! Thanks for posting!!
Awsome tool. Ty for sharing
Gastons is a great one. 3M0. I'll have to see if it's on there.
Thanks for posting this!!!
would be awesome to see this expand to Canada
Now this is gold
I buddy hope you are well. Happy new year to you and good luck for the future phil. Do you have the best landing strips for the UK as well. All different ones.take care and good health to you phil.
Thanks Phil! Unfortunately I'm not familiar with strips in the UK. Sorry!!
Great vid! Glad to meet ya. I hope the locals aren't like surfers or fishermen and pissed that their secret spot is now public. Personally, I'm all for it. If you can fly there, let's hang.
Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video and a terrific recommendation! Thanks.
Sure thing! Glad you enjoyed!
Well nice job there Charlie! Watching this and saying - Hey I know that guy!!! hi from Idaho :)
Love this!! We live in FL and have been to 50 airports so far here plus quite a few in GA and the Carolina’s. Where can we suggest airports for the team to visit and add?
Nice! airfield.guide/contact_us.asp
I just found out where Im going to go this summer! Thanks for the video!!
Nice! Where are you headed?
Trigger Gap is a quick hop from 4M1 my home airport. I will have to try to go to all of the listed airports in the area.
Thank you Fab
how do these guys make money ? as a newly licensed pilot, i agree this is a super cool resource. i want to do my part to see it succeed and grow.
Thanks for the info that’s really cool
Is there anything like this for Canada? ):
Great informative video!!
Glad you enjoyed!
Seems another hidden gem are decent airplanes anymore! Looking for a PA 28 180, anybody have any leads on any that arent $90K with 2000 hrs on the engine?? Thanks in advance. Nate
Not gonna happen man.
The market is insane right now. Wait.
Great to-the-point presentation and witty editing, as always!
The editing is real smooth these days
Thanks so much! Appreciate the feedback!
Not much in SE TX (yet...). I'm still a renter so can't fly into grass strips, but I'm hoping to contact some of the private paved runways in the area to get permission for at least a touch and go just to add them to my list of airfields visited.
I have a LIST of fun suggestions for Wyoming
Bookmarked! Thanks!
cool tool! is this just for soft fields? is there a tool like this for hard surfaces that a cirrus can get in and out of comfortably?
Hi Eric - they try to chart mainly non-paved strips with recreational use. AOPA has a nice trip planning tool to search for airports that have certain amenities (golf, food, camping, etc.) on the field or nearby. You might check that out, too.
I just got my ppl yesterday so woot, but i am curious could you do a video on how you get in and out of other airports. for example my cross-country's i would go to them and eat at the restaurant at the airport, but what if i wanted to leave the airport and get back in. i know my badge only works at my local airport but how do people get in and out of other airports. I did ask my instructor but i had looked for videos on that with no luck and always been curious.
Typically for badged airports with security you’ll go in and out of the FBO. They will have a locked door that they can let you through and get to your plane on the ramp. Many will waive some or all fees if you buy fuel. I always do this at Boeing Field which has a locking perimeter fence.
And congratulations!
Often the gate code is the CTAF frequency. IE:1228 for 122.8.
Oh, and congratulations!! 🎉🎉
Congratulations! That's so awesome. In general, if you park on a GA ramp it might not be gated and you can just walk on and off the airport. Sometimes you'll need to go through a GA terminal. Commonly you might be parking at an FBO and you go in and out of the airport that way. Many airports have courtesy cars to use also if you need to leave for a bite etc. I like to look ahead at the airport and see where I'll be parking, and sometimes I'll even look at it on Google satellite and try to get an idea for where the GA parking is, where the fuel pump is, etc.
Do they list airstrips in Canada?
No more RHI?
I love how you speak fluent millennial. It makes me happy, as part of your viewer base may not be Millennial, they might need a little help 😂
Typo in the description, missing the "i" in airfield.
Didn’t you review this website a long time ago?
At a dinner with your Aunt Julie and Uncle Mark😀 Would love to meet you guys soon😀
Haha! They texted me a picture. Fun
@@AirplaneAcademy Charlie we are back in the area Feb 7/8 would love to say hi if you are around😀
When are you flying again?? Please forgive me if you’ve already addressed this🛩🙏🏾
Arkansas is no longer a hidden gem. People are learning about flying in Oz! The next great hidden gem is Virginia!
Everything is an airstrip if you're brave enough.
too bad no canada and we are neighbors : (
Are you a flight instructor?
Not yet. Working towards it.
Nice tool. I see myself flying in all these airfields on mfs 2020 since theres no money to fly in real life🤣
Unique means “one of a kind”. You can’t be super one-of-a-kind…. You’re either one of a kind or not. There are no degrees of one of a kindness. Pilots need to be precise. Or so one would think, even if the English language is not your specialty.
Interesting. But I think “one-of-a-kindness” and “super” might be somewhat correlated with the standard deviation of the category. Even things we consider perfectly unique like, say, an atom is unique but vary in being “super” or not based on their valence. Losing or gaining electrons doesn’t make them any more or less that specific element; it just changes their reactivity and usefulness for some purpose.
In this case, there are many guides to airports but this one is both unique and super. It is unique because it focuses on airstrips for recreational flyers and it is super because it has a hefty amount of very useful, anecdotal information about each strip.