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PPC Friendly Airports and other places to fly from. If you know of a PPC friendly airport or other place to
fly from, email the info to info@powerchutes.com
and I'll post it here. See the listing under Oregon, Prineville to see the format I am
looking for. Please forward the Air Nav URL if
available. Canada Saskatchewan Nipawin Saskatchewan airport call sign CYBU 53 19 57N,
104 00 30W Puerto Rico Humacao Municipal Airport AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?X63 Patillas Municipal Airport AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?X64 USA Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California TRACY airport is about the only airport within a 60 mile
radius that is friendly to all types of ultralights. There are about nine of us PPC,
two PPG, and lots of balloon people. Its a fun place to be on a good weekend. The
staff are always friendly, and there is always coffee perkin. MONTAGUE-YREKA ROHRER FIELD AIRPORT This airport is used by a variety of ultralights, balloons and gliders. PPCs are welcome, and included in airport activities. Dave Nicholson AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?1O5 SISKIYOU COUNTY AIRPORT Siskiyou County Airport is home
base for most area ultralight activities. Furnace Creek Airport in Death Valley National Park. Paved runway next to DVNP headquarters. Camping, restraunt, gasoline, store, warm weather, great scenery. AirNav URL: http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?L06 Stovepipe Wells Airport in Death Valley National Park. Paved strip next to campground, store, motel, sand dunes, and other scenic attractions. This would be a good place for a winter flying getaway. AirNav URL: http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?L09 Colorado LOGAN ULTRALIGHT AIRPARK Located 35 miles east of DENVER COLORADO. North of Bennett, off RT 79 at 88th Ave. one mile east. Turf Runways, large open areas for powered parachute landings. We welcome all powered parachutes, ultralights, microlights, trikes experimentals, gyroplanes & all slow and goes! Elevation is 5300' - N 39* 51.45 W 104*23.82 Local Freq 122.850 MHZ. Members of ASC and EAA. This is a good all year round airpark. Call Steve Nelson at 303-644-4757 e-mail swrjnelson@msn.com or fly by and say Hi! Delaware Florida COASTAL AIRPORT, 6001 W. Nine Mile Road, Pensacola,FL 32526 Where you enjoy the hospitality of airport owner, Bert Chestnut, and other conventional pilots and porch pilots. N. 30-31.85, W. .087-23.25) AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?83J Herlong Airport, Jacksonville, Fl AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?23J I discovered a great friendly airport on a recent trip to Florida, located at
Immokalee. It is a former military field, and now a regional airport. There are 2 5000'
hard surface strips, and a diagonal which is closed. There are literally a hundred acres
of grass to fly out of in any direction. There is a small hanger on the west side where
several gyros are kept, and ultralights fly out of there often. The airport manager could
not have been friendlier. He came over on takeoffs and landings, as he had never seen a
PPC there before. The small terminal Orlando Country Airport, Plymouth Florida, Check with Air port manager Ron Henderson for instructions on using airport Georgia Idaho Emmett, Idaho URL: http://www.airnav.com/airport/S78 Illinois Anyone is welcome to our 2 fields to fly. One is Norman Field located in Peotone, Illinois and the other is our EAA chapter field located near Wilmington, Illinois. If you are in the area and want to fly just call Jim Leon @ (815) 741-0203 days or (815) 727-2633 evenings. Coles County Airport located in Central Illinois.
5 miles east of Mattoon, IL and 5 mile west of Charleston, IL. Within 2 miles of
Interstate-57 exit #190. Near Eastern Illinois University. PPC friendly small
airport. Large well-kept grass runway available on airport grounds. Management
cooperative and encourage ultralights, including PPCs. Airport personnel very
helpful. Carthage Ill, hangars are available for overnight under
lock in key. PPC 12 minutes from the Mississippi . 20 minutes and from the city of Nauvoo
ILL. I'm Edward G Neff jr my address Hamilton ILL. 62341 1430e 1900n 217-746-8911. We are
1 mile out of Carthage on the west side, hope to see you all. e-mail: edneff@adams.net New UL flight park is open on Pines Rd 5 miles west of Oregon IL. 1400" grass north / south runway. Marked powerline at north end along blacktop. Beautiful rural area. camping within 1/2 mile at White Pines state park. Go cart, mini golf and consession stand onsite. Steve Gaston owner and Quicksilver dealer. Bob Fernandez Destiny 815-234-5603 Indiana Iowa Kansas Hamilton Airport, east of Derby, Ks is 1/4 mile east on 71st street south from Rock Road, south side of the road! http://www.airnav.com/airport/1K3 Maize Airport, go to 45th and north Ridge Road, then west on 45th street a 1/2 mile on south side of the road. grass strip runway mainly north and south takeoffs. http://www.airnav.com/airport/70K Mulvane ultralight airport, is south on Rock Road out of Derby, when you hit the Mulvane city limits there is a watertower, turn east on the first road then 1/4 mile down the road you will see a portable sign on the north side of road that says" balloon pad" turn in and go to the back of field. Owner loves these machines and will let you fly any time. Kentucky Mayfield - Graves County Airport is very PPC friendly. The airport manager encourages me to fly from there as often as possible as I am the only PPC pilot in the area. The local people love to watch the PPC fly and often show up at the airport to watch the fun. The airport has a concrete runway and an asphalt taxiway. Between the runway and the taxiway is excellent grass to use if you prefer. The Air Nav URL is http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?M25 Also I would like to list my private airfield. Located in extreme northern Calloway County in western Kentucky approximately 1 mile west of Dexter. My airfield is my back yard and all PPC's are welcome. A photo of the field is available in the gallery under Steven Thomas' photos. The field has over 1,000 feet of runway north and south and 700 feet east and west. From my field you can easily fly your PPC to Kentucky Lake and the Land Between the Lakes federal reserve, as well as Mayfield, Murray, Farrington and Kentucky Lake State Park. If you would like to fly from the home field please notify Steven Thomas at 1-502-767-9814 or e-mail to steve@hcis.net for details. Louisiana Pollock Airpark Massachusetts Michigan My name is Harvey Bailey, and I fly a Buckeye Dream
Machine. I have several landing strips on my 70 acres, and welcome anyone wishing to stop
in. However, Robin Hood Airport located in the City of Big Rapids welcomes Powered
Parachutes, and the local certified aircraft Flying club is doing all the can to promote
recreational flying. With 2 well maintained strips and plenty of places to unload it is a
great place to visit. I have a terrific PPC flight park in West
Michigan. We have RV electrical hook ups. Sparta Airport, Sparta,
Michigan. Check with R & R powered parachute before flying there. They are based
on Airport property.
Located just south of lake City,Michigan.
Midwest powerchutes has a 40acre flight park for all ultralights to
enjoy. Four wide well maintained runways for your flying
enjoyment. Camping and lots of local activitys to enjoy within minutes
of the park. Everyone is welcome! Only 12 air miles from cadillac. Feel
free to call or stop by! call Roger or Jon at eithor 231 839 8161 or 231
775 4871 or email
midwestpowerchutes@hotmail.com Thanks and enjoy!!
Minnesota WINONA MUNI-MAX CONRAD FLD AIRPORT AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/airport/ONA Mississippi 5R2, Ocean Springs, Ms. is a very friendly PPC airport.
They purchased a Missouri McClurg Airport (56MO), 2 miles north of Monett MO is
PPC friendly. Lots of space to take off and land. Instruction available on site.
Service and sales also. Monett is in SW Missouri, 12 miles south of I-44 between
Springfield and Joplin. 417-236-9464 for phone or fax, 417-235-3058 home
phone. Baugh Flight Park is PPC friendly. Just west of Hwy 37 between I-44 and Hwy 96 (east of Carthage). Call 417-358-6233 or 417-246-5801. Haerr Field (K04), also known as Taylor Airport is a
friendly airport for anything that flies; most definitely including PPC's. Located at
Taylor, MO in the northeast quadrant of the junctions of highways 61 and 24. The airport
lies 5 miles west of the Mississippi River and Quincy IL. One grass runway,
33/15 and lots of grass to take off from and land. AFI instruction on site for ppw &
pfw. Airport Ph: (573) 393-2098 or contact Montana Silver City Airport, Helena Montana. AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?MT18 Nebraska Nevada Jean Nevada: There is an airport just 20 miles south of
Las Vegas in the community of Jean Nevada which is a PPC friendly airport. There is
a Six Chuter dealer set up New Hampshire Moultonboro Airport: located next to beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee with a awesome view of the surrounding lakes and mountains, including Mt. Washington. With many surrounding attractions. AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?nh08 New Jersey New York Macedon: The owners of "The Amazing Maize Maze" at Long Acre Farms in Macedon (east of Rochester, NY) publically invite pilots to fly into their well maintained 2000 ft private sod strip located at W43.06 N77.18. They are friendly to all types of ultralights and balloon people. Scenic pastoral surroundings. I have flown my PPC there many times and it is a nice grass strip, no facilities but an ice cream store right across the road! Check out http://www.americanmaze.com/LongAcre.htm and http://www.longacrefarms.com/airmap.htm. Get in touch with me at daaallen@netacc.net. North Carolina North Wilkesboro, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, PPC, Hot Air Balloons, ultrilights,etc, Lowes Companies Corporate Jets, with friendly pilots. Asphalt runway with rough grass. Aircraft radio recomended.. http://www.airnav.com/airport/UKF Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Prineville: Most PPC friendly airport in Central Oregon. 2 asphalt runways and one (rough) grass/gravel strip. Accessible 24 hours per day, rural area, camping available, scenic flying (mountains, canyons, lakes, rivers), very light traffic. Air Nav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?S39 Madras: Good PPC airport with wide open spaces, very little traffic, scenic areas (canyons, lakes, rivers, Cascade mountains). Air Nav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?S33 Bend: Home airport for the LanceAir factory so sometimes you have to share airspace with 300 knot GA aircraft. Air Nav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?S07 Burns: Airport close to many interesting areas including
Malheur Wildlife Refuge and Steens Mountain. Airport manager Walt Sitz is a PPC
flyer. Chiloquin: Nice little state airport next to Hwy 97 close to Crater Lake National Park, Klamath Lake and wildlife refuge, and excellent camping at Collier State Park. Air Nav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?2S7 Christmas Valley: Little desert community in the middle of nowhere. Great scenery, crack in the ground, fort rock, sand dunes, lost forest, wide open spaces, camping wherever you want. Air Nav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?62S Paisley: This airport is out in the middle of nowhere (120 miles from Bend) but has a lighted runway, paved tie down area (large enough for PPC activities), wide open spaces. Camping is permitted. No services. To really get away from it all, this is the place! Paisley Airport web page: http://www.presys.com/paisley/Airport.htm AirNav URL http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/airport-info?22S Pennsylvania Ziggy's Field Airport South Carolina Tennessee Eagleville Airport, Bedford County, TN Primarily a glider airport, but open to
ultralights Texas Kitty Hawk air Park is just north of San Antonio on FM 2252, the address is 20180 FW 2252 San Antonio Texas 78266. It is the home of Adventure Ultralights Inc. and Texas Powered Parachutes Inc. I am a Sixchuter dealer. Tony Irwin 210-6535582-- Ron Johnson is the owner of Adventure Ultralights Inc. and has made this airpark one of the friendliest and provides FW training, Sales and Service. He can be reached at 210 6514757 and his WEB site is www.Adventultralight.com , give Ron or myself a call. Definately PPC friendly! and a beautiful place to fly. Tony Vermont Virginia Concord: Collonia International Airport. 10 miles east of Lynchburg. Come visit if you happen to fly in the area. The exact location is longitude N37.324, W78.984, for those who have a GPS. Photo here. 804-993-0802 Email haraldcollonia@yahoo.com Washington Shelton, Washington, and is called Sanderson Field Airport. It is an old military
field with 3 runways, 2 of which are closed to GA. They allow PPC's and other UL's
to use one of the closed runways. The grass along side the runway is useable as
well. I think most PPC's can get airborne in under 5,000 feet !!! Prior
to flying the FBO asks that you check in with them first. The FBO is Olympic Air. Wisconsin 64C - Vincent Airport. Wyoming Other airport information on the net. |