ATC User Fees

"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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We'll wind up being banned from major airports *and* have to pay user
fees on
top of that.

With the landing fees currently in effect at many large metro'
airports, GA is already effectively banned from their use.

Really? What's a "typical" landing fee at the airports you describe?

I haven't flown into the largest Class B airports in the US, but I've
flown into a couple of the smaller ones. Landing fees generally seem
to run around $50-100. Expensive, but not an insurmountable barrier.
Someone in a Cub would surely find that outrageous, but for those of
us flying high-performance aircraft long distances, an extra $50-100
isn't intolerable, assuming there's a good reason to land at such an
airport.

Are there airports with GA landing fees significantly higher than
that?

Pete




It is NOT just the landing fees which can eat you alive. Many larger
airports (even class C) have a ramp fee. Some airports impose these ramp
fees even if you just drop/off or pick up a passenger.

I did an Angel Flight into SFO almost 3 years ago in an Arrow. The
landing fee was $74 and the minimum ramp fee was $33. IIRC, the ramp fee
was good for only 8 hours and then was something like $6 per hour after
that. Both fees were waived for Angel Flight.

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