Larry Dighera writes:

Most people are not pilots.

Even those who are pilots are rarely in a position to choose to live
close to an airport, unless they pilot planes for a living.

Le Bourget is only abut half that far from the center of Paris. It's
a choice.

None of them are close in time. It can take three hours to drive out
to an airport. I could be on the coast of the Atlantic in 45 minutes
or so of air time, even in a private plane, but it would take two or
three hours to get to the departure airport and another two hours to
get out of the destination airport. So that's six hours for a trip
that can be done in about two hours by car.

I like aviation, but I'm not fond of noise.

Just install ANR windows. Although, if you live next to John
Travolta, that might not be enough.

The _ideal_ would be to
reside on enough acreage to have your own private runway and hangar on
your property:

Ideal, yes, but it does illustrate how impractical flying can be for
transportation.

What about it? If the FBO requires a minimum two hours daily flight
time, and it is more than two hours to your destination, you will
clock more than four hours over two days.

How much does it cost per hour?

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