Mxsmanic wrote:
Larry Dighera writes:


Personally, I chose to reside ten minutes from the airport, so the
drive is not too bad.


A good solution if you have the option. But most people are
constrained to live far from airports. The closest airport for me is
about 12 miles away, as the crow (er, aircraft) flies.

The ideal would be to live in one of those cool airparks where
everyone has a driveway in front and a taxiway out back, but how many
people can afford to do that?


Generally the air time used exceeds the minimum daily flight time the
FBO charges, so it's a non issue.


But what about the time the aircraft is on the ground, away from its
home base, over the course of the weekend?

You aren't getting it. If the FBO has a 2 hr. per day minimum and you
take the airplane for a week you are expected to put 14 hours flying
time on it. So, for example, if you want to take a week long jaunt you
can fly 4 hours the first day, 0 the second, 6 the third, 0 the fourth,
0the fifth, 2 the sixth and two the seventh. The plane sits like the
rental car.

You pay your 14 hours and you are good.

Margy


Arrangements can be made to do that, but why would one want to? For
extended stays?


If you are actually using an aircraft as transportation, chances are
that you won't just be turning around and flying back once you arrive
at your destination. Chances are, in fact, that the aircraft will be
sitting at the destination airport for one or more days, just like a
rental car.