GA Life near Manhattan

"V. M. Haas" wrote in message
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The GA airports on the NJ side of
Manhattan don't have (as far as I know) public transportation to/from
them. NJ has a fairly large number of GA airports, each of which has
its charms. Linden (LDJ) and Teterboro (TEB) are closest to the city,
but you might have to get a cab to get out there.

TEB is accessible by bus (http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0161.pdf).

--Gary

Teterboro is a snap from upper manhattan - just cross the GW bridge (and
there is a bus as noted). Plenty of flying clubs and FBOs - but a very busy
towered airport with considerable jet traffic. Linden is a "working-class"
airport - untowered, lot of helicopter activity. Very few amenities,
however - and if you fly IFR - you could wait a LOOONG time getting cleared
since LDJ sits under the approach to RY 4L & 4R at Newark. Not especially
hard to get to by car from NYC (on Rt 1)- very easy from Staten Is. I did
most of my private training there & found it very convenient - but I work
across the street!. I finished up at Morristown (where I belong to a club
now). KMMU is a great airport; towered but not overly busy & a friendly
tower. If driving from NYC, not too bad by way of Lincoln Tunnel to Rt 78 to
Rt 24.

Good luck!

"V. M. Haas" wrote in message
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In rec.aviation.piloting Marty Ross wrote:
: I'll be moving to Manhattan from Los Angeles (does it get any more
extreme?)
: next month.
:
: Any advice or relevant anecdotes out there to help me gather some leads
: about continuing my flying hobby from there? I've been renting (in
L.A.) -
: usually from the FBO where I did my training.
: I'm IFR rated with about 300hrs., and am pretty OK with the (busy) L.A.
: airspace and ATC. I haven't looked at a NY sectional yet.
:
: I've just started to look at airports near to where I will be (using
Airnav,
: FS2004 and other web tools), and I found "Linden" (LDJ) and "Essex"
(CDW).
: In fact, there appears to be a flying club that has a presence at both
of
: those.
:
: I guess my main concern is easy transportation to/from these (or any
other)
: airports I might use, as I will be giving up my car (I hear it's a
luxury
: *not* to have a car living in Manhattan), and to learn about possible
: desitations (nice places to go for a day or a weekend).
:
: Any leads, tips or general discussion of GA from people living in/around
: Manhattan would be great!
:
You'll find it's a pretty area to fly around in when you can find the
sky. Lots of overcast days. The GA airports on the NJ side of
Manhattan don't have (as far as I know) public transportation to/from
them. NJ has a fairly large number of GA airports, each of which has
its charms. Linden (LDJ) and Teterboro (TEB) are closest to the city,
but you might have to get a cab to get out there.

Good luck.
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-- Mark

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