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Old 06-20-2011, 07:52 PM
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Is the place really this bad (or even worse)?
Yea, it really is Joe. I've been in there a few times. The runway is below a long tree line parallel to the runway and it can get dicey in a cross wind. And the runway is in rough shape. It's just that it's so darn close to Sand lake. Very close. See it on Google Earth.
If bigger airports don't bother you go for ALB. They call it Albany International but it's really just a little Regional airport.
Some local politician got the bright idea of adding "International" to the name to give it some class. It took them a while but they finally got a flight to Canada to make it true.
I learned to fly at ALB when the FBO was Page Av-jet. I heard Million-Air wasn't too friendly to pistons but that may have changed. A few years ago they lowered their price on 100LL on weekends to lure in the little guys on $100 hamburger runs.
The roads between ALB and Sand Lake are almost all Interstate with the last few miles being secondary roads. Shouldn't take more than 30 minutes or so if the Traffic is light.
You could always swing by Rensselaer County and take a look. ALB will always be open.
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Old 06-21-2011, 10:55 AM
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Default Joe, I used Millionair at ALB

Last year I stopped there overnight. They waved the parking fee ($25) because I bought fuel. There also was a small landing fee (less then $10).

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Old 06-21-2011, 06:52 PM
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I have had good experiences with both Prior Aviation at BUF and Millionair at ALB. Both have nice facilities and not-too-extreme prices for uptown FBOs.
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Old 06-21-2011, 07:14 PM
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Default Williamsville!?

Hey, I went to high school there! Yeah, it' been a while, but I went out of Prior Aviation there at BUF several times. Seemed like a good place to me, and it's as close as you're gonna get to Williamsville. Lots of commercial traffic in the pattern, but Prior is on the opposite side of the field from the terminal. Niagara Falls is a little further north, but not nearly as crowded.

You gotta make it by the Falls if you're going that far. Just make sure you're current on the procedures before you get too close.
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Old 06-21-2011, 08:13 PM
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Default KALB

Way back in 1985-86-87, I used Poestenkill for visits to family in West Sand Lake when I was flying a Stearman; however, afterwards I've always used KALB. It has easy driving access to Sand Lake, and the folks there always treated me nice (Stearman, VariEze, and RV-4). If anything happened to you at Poestenkill, without local contacts, you'd be toast.
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Old 07-22-2011, 01:00 PM
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Default Feedback: Albany and Buffalo Area

The suggestions to land at Albany were right on. Had a great 2-day stay at Millionaire in Albany where I paid $3 and change for landing/tiedown (based on weight) and fuel was $6.16. The level of service and convenience was worth a lot more and I will unconditionally recommend KALB and Millionaire to anyone needing a tiedown in the Capitol District. Such pleasant people; what a class act!

Right now my aircraft is parked in transient parking at Buffalo Lancaster (KBQR). Good runway/taxiway environment, self-service fuel, and no tiedown charge (with fuel). The field is very quiet and the FBO owner is away at OSH but a nice, young instructor named Patrick Finnegan gave me a seat in his air-conditioned office, let me use his Wi-Fi, and even gave me a piece of "first solo" cake from one of his students. No complaints at all. Once caveat: there's no access if the field is unattended. I made arrangements with Patrick for a Monday departure.

So my big trip from western Oregon is working out perfectly. Even the weather has cooperated so far -- except for the heat wave in the East -- and I'm a happy camper. Thanks for the great suggestions, gang. Hat tips to DanBaier and Phlyan Pan for first cluing me in to BQR and ALB.

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Old 07-23-2011, 07:37 AM
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