On 23 Nov 2004 01:31:30 GMT, (ROBIN FLY) wrote:

I am planning a flight from Los Angeles to New Orleans for some much needed R&R
during holidays. My wife does not like to fly more than two 4-hour legs a day,
so my plan is to fly from EMT to ELP for fuel & lunch than to AUS overnight.
Next morning we continue to NEW. For return trip, we will stop at AUS for fuel
& lunch and ELP overnight. However, both AUS & ELP are big airports that I
have never been to. Are they GA friendly? Can you recommend some GA friendly
airports in their areas for overnight stop? Thanks.

If you havnt flown into ELP, watch out and make sure that you are not
lined up on the wrong airport out there. There is an AFB that sits
real close to the airport and the runways are exactly the same, I hear
people lining up wrong all the time. As for something around AUS,
there is GTU but if it is a clear day, there is so many planes out
there, you almost have to draw lottery tickets just to get in. It can
get really busy there. There is T74 (taylor) that is nice but small
and GYB (Giddings) that are GA friendly but if you can stand to go
just a little bit further there is CLL (College Station) it is a Class
D airport with very friendly controlers plus like someone else said,
if it is IFR, they have all the types of approaches you need to get
in. Also there are numberous places to stay and eat with Texas A&M
Univeristy and the Bush Library there.

Hope this helps

Scott D