Any other hotels near or on airports?

Jay Honeck wrote:

1. A small-to-medium hotel on, or adjacent to, an airport.
2. The airport must be very close to the city that it serves. No
"out-in-the-boonies" airports, please.
3. The city must have another attraction that creates hotel business.

There used to be an on-field motel at Fort Worth Meacham (KFTW) - I
think it was the Sandpiper Inn - it was sort of a joint FBO/motel, very
'70's decor - it is just north of downtown Fort Worth and the
Stockyards, Billy Bob's etc. I'm not sure if it is still open - AirNav
lists a Sandpiper Aviation at FTW (817-625-5531), but no motel.

Bruce

How 'bout Thailand for warmth Jay? I'll go in on it w/ you for 20-30%
ownership. Hehehe...

Sounds good to me! Of course, you'll be the only one who can answer
the phone...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ah... you wanted warmer... sorry... I was thinking of a specific Hilton at
OSH.

Heh. I can't think of any greater financial disaster than that Hilton.
We stayed there last winter, and quite literally had the place
entirely to ourselves.

I suspect the only reason it survives is because fellow pilot Baron
Hilton wants it to.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Not your warmer clime, but Morey-middleton (C29) just outside of
Middleton, might work, IF you can keep the rates low. There are number
of motels within a few miles, but most seem to be expensive, geared
toward the business traveler. There is lots of business park land right
across from the airport, so possibly one could build there.
Nearby is Madison (You know all this Jay), both a university town and
state capital.
There is a class C airport in Madison, but its usually busy. C29 is
untowered, and under the outer ring of the class C.

Interesting. Madison is a virtual clone of Iowa City, but on a larger
scale.

Pretty danged cold, though. After 40 Wisconsin winters, I'm loathe to
subject myself to that again!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I suspect the only reason it survives is because fellow pilot Baron
Hilton wants it to.

I suspect that you very well may be correct.

Jim

Jay!

Warm, we don't need no stenking warm...
Steamboat Springs, Colorado (SBS) Winter sports, summer sports,
hot springs, oh, yes, and they have winter and SKIING!

Marfa, Texas... and take up soaring in earnest. :-)

Breckenridge, Colorado has an airport (closed for years to the
public), but undergoing development review.

Carlsbad, NM Great place, needs an influx of new
blood with a "service the customer" attitude.

"Gaston's" Airport, Arkansas, resturant, motel, fly fishing on the
White River.

Martha's Vineyard, the beach airport, "Whoosies", resturant on the
field, motels and condos nearby.

Fort Collins Downtown Airport (3V5), Colorado.
New Belgium Brewery within 1 mile. :-)
O'Dell's Brewery within 1 mile. :-)
Walking distance to several resturants, Kiva Inn motel is for sale (up
scale), seems to be busy every time I to by.
Widow is very interested in selling the Motel and possibly
airport shares.
Colorado State University.
I'm here. :-)

Jay Honeck wrote:
So we've got three years of creating/running an aviation-theme-suite hotel
under our belt now, things are going well, and it's time to start thinking
about adding another location.

Trouble is, I'm afraid that our current location may be almost unique.
Here's what we need in order to duplicate our success:

1. A small-to-medium hotel on, or adjacent to, an airport.
2. The airport must be very close to the city that it serves. No
"out-in-the-boonies" airports, please.
3. The city must have another attraction that creates hotel business.

In our case, it's the University of Iowa that creates the alternative
business. (There simply aren't enough of us pilots to solely support a
hotel, sad to say.) In other locales, it might be a tourist attraction.

Any suggestions? We would prefer a warm-weather climate, to off-set our
Midwest location, and to prolong the flying season -- but we're open to
suggestions. (Ideally, it would be fun to have a southern hotel to run in
winter, and the Iowa location to run in summer! :-)

(Better yet, an Australian location to run from November - April, and our
Iowa location to run form May - October!)


Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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("Jim Burns" wrote)
I suspect the only reason it survives is because fellow pilot Baron
Hilton wants it to.

I suspect that you very well may be correct.


He is not correct.

I rode (and spoke) with one of the investors of the OSH Hilton - in his golf
cart. I was walking back to the N40, from getting ice, and kind of just
walked out in front of his cart while he was tooling around on the service
road - hey, I got the ride. g

This was the guy I was with, on one side of Atlas, while Jay and Mary were
pushing Steve and Jack out of their camping spot, a few planes down, on the
other side of Atlas. Final Saturday.

Me ..."Where's The Allisons this morning?"
Jay ...Pointing to them on the grass taxiway - "Um, there."

Anyway, he was a nice fellow - a little freewheeling, funny too. He said his
investment in The OSH Hilton is doing just fine. He said, contrary to what
people think, it's making $$$. The (very profitable) catering is one thing
that tips the balance.


Montblack

("Dave S" wrote)
Just for examples of things that are out there.. Fredericksburg Texas
has a hotel on field. http://www.hangarhotel.com/ . The town is a bed and
breakfast haven, and the main drag is like a giant flea market/antique
show. No colleges. Admiral Nimitz Museum is there.


That Hangar Hotel is so cool!!!

Their web page is mostly well done, but needed info/links are off the screen
to my right. These should be where I can see them without scrolling - on the
left.

Get to the Gallery/Slideshow/Gal 3/Autoplay - good pics.

An easy to find (live) mapquest link would be nice too - where is it in
Texas? Fredericksburg? Gillespie County?

The Hangar Hotel looks like a GREAT place to visit.


Montblack

Hello Jay,

I think Easterwood Field at College Station fills your bill.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/CLL. Home of Texas A&M
http://www.tamu.edu, enrollment 40,000+.

--
Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

With all the renovation he dose maybe he should build!

Steven Rhine
CP-ASEL-IA
CFI, ATP Student

Tell Me I Cant Do It And I Will Becuse, The Ultimate In Revenge In Success!

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:

1. A small-to-medium hotel on, or adjacent to, an airport.
2. The airport must be very close to the city that it serves. No
"out-in-the-boonies" airports, please.
3. The city must have another attraction that creates hotel business.

Sounds like you want to buy rather than build? There's a motel right next
to
Page Field in Fort Myers, Florida. During the winter, nearby Sanibel
Island
attracts a lot of vacation traffic. From the outside, the place doesn't
have the
ambiance of yours -- more like a "motel 6", but you might be able to do
something about that.

More prosaic is TYS in Knoxville, TN. During the summer, the nearby
Smokies
attracts visitors, and the University of Tennessee brings in the college
crowd
during the rest of the year. The football situation is worse than Iowa, so
you'd
probably be packed in season.

If I were looking to build or create something from a private home, I
would
investigate Sevierville, TN. It's closer to the Park and to the tourist
traps of
Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.