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11-28-2012, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Utah
Posts: 8,151
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Has Your RV Been to Class B Airports?
Interesting to know how many of you RV drivers landed and spent overnight at Class Bravo airports? It's obviously an expensive endeavor in terms of hefty fees but anyway - can you share your experience? IFR or VFR was it a challenge to get to/from?
I've been to only one VFR to KLAS Las Vegas McCarran International. Trip was easy and fun not much different from a regular towered airport.

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11-28-2012, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Destin
Posts: 1,543
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yes, they feel the same as regular airports to me
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11-28-2012, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Belgium
Posts: 645
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Class B?
Hello Vlad,
If you mean: Class B airport = expensive landing fees, than I have only been to Class B airports, here in Europe  .
But I guess you mean airports with long runways and international passenger traffic? Some of those airports I landed at are:
- Liege, Belgium
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Ostend, Belgium
- Luxemburg (4.000 m runway !)
- Zaragossa, Spain
- Genova, Italy
I am planning to do a trip to Cologne and D?sseldorf in Germany, since the single engine landing fees, for such large international airports seem to be quite reasonable (Approx EUR 50,- = $ 65,-). So I will be able to brag to those boys that fly in a suit, white shirt, ty and a hat, that " I have been there, done that, seen that......no big deal"
Regards, Tonny.
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Tonny Tromp
Lanaken, Belgium (EU)
RV9A, Registration: PH-VAN
ECI-Titan IOX-320 with dual EI, turning a Whirlwind 200RV CS prop.
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11-28-2012, 07:05 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: AZ
Posts: 186
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Landed at KIAH last Wednesday for thanksgiving, left Friday and parked at KSAT (class c) for a few hours. While fuel costs are a little higher, and Million Air charges a few fees (security, ramp, overnight), they waive some of them if you buy gas. I calculated I spent $25 extra over parking at Hooks, and $60 extra over Porter, both of which were longer drives for my dad, and porter had no hangars, fence, or security, and backs up to a trailer park, so that was out this time. So, it was worth it for convenience and security.
As far as getting in and out, it was no sweat. Just lots of double letter taxiways to read back. iPad and 696 make it too easy, though.
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11-28-2012, 08:16 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL
Posts: 1,339
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I go into Orlando several times a year. No problems VFR or IFR. I have also been in to Tampa with no issues.
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RV-10 N380DM
New Smyrna Beach, FL
VAF Paid 1/21/2020
"In '69 I was 21, and I called the road my own"
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11-28-2012, 08:20 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,275
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I called the Denver folks on the phone to see if I could do a touch and go. No joy. Plus it seems like I had to land and taxi in for some reason.
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11-28-2012, 09:50 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Denver
Posts: 564
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Ron Lee,
Denver(DIA) will usually let you do T & G's around midnight when VFR.
Jim Berry
RV-10
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11-28-2012, 09:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,275
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Thanks Jim, but I avoid night flying.
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11-28-2012, 10:33 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: salem Oregon
Posts: 1,023
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Vegas Baby! Rooms behind you, Buffets everywhere! Entertainment at its best! $3 shuttle to the strip! Now if you want to FLY a ZIP LINE they are building one in VEGAS. IT will fly you FIVE blocks starting at a 15 story SLOT Machine looking building. Just announced yesterday. So this is a prerequisite to flying a RV I figure!
Ron in Oregon
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11-29-2012, 05:56 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pine Junction, CO
Posts: 655
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I did touch and goes on all the runways at KDEN one Christmas morning. I learned not to land on the center line at KDEN as the imbedded lights play havoc with our little wheels. On one landing the controller cleared a United flight to land on the parallel runway and also advised him to keep an eye out for an experimental doing touch and goes. There was a long pause before he replied.
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Pine Junction, Colorado
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