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  1. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    #1 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Apr 26, 2017
    Anyone fly into this area? Which airport would you recommend for GA? Triple W? Horace Williams?

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    #2 997usa, Apr 27, 2017

    KTTA; good FBO and easy to get and out from.



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    #3 CavalloRosso, Apr 27, 2017
    Looks like KIGX has cheaper AVgas if that matters.
     
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    #4 997usa, Apr 27, 2017
    KIGX has poor runways and limited approaches. Also further away from NC State


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    #5 ECHO CHARLIE, Apr 27, 2017
    Closest to PNC is RDU .
     
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    #6 wizzard, Apr 28, 2017
    RDU is the only reasonable solution-anything else will be an "adventure"
     
  7. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    #7 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Apr 28, 2017
    Thanks guys, I hear the traffic is not so good in that area! So RDU or the 30 mile drive from KTTA. Still better than the drive from Clemson.
     
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    #8 997usa, Apr 29, 2017


    Sounds like someone who is not only not a pilot but also unfamiliar with GA airports.

    Getting in an out from a GA airport versus a commercial airport is many times faster. Services are often better and fuel drastically cheaper...

    KTTA is well situated for north Raleigh. But of course RDU can do the trick too if you are willing to pay landing fees, high 100LL AVGas prices and wait for taxi clearance from ground control.


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  9. wizzard

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    #9 wizzard, Apr 29, 2017
    997-if RDU is so bad, why did the University flying Doctor service stop using your Chapel Hill apt and move their flight ops to RDU? 40 years of coporate and airline flying out of Greensboro has taught me just a little bit about how to get a client to a destination in an efficient manner.
     
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    #10 997usa, Apr 29, 2017

    If you read my comments correctly you see that I said KIGX sucks and that KTTA is a better way to go for north Raleigh. If you have 40 years flying experience you'd agree with me that flying in and out of a class C or larger requires significantly more time for GA than in and out of a non controlled executive Airport with self serve and full service AV has available as well as multiple approaches....

    RDU is not a bad choice, KTTA is just a better choice.


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  11. wizzard

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    #11 wizzard, Apr 29, 2017
    Safety as well as dispatch reliability should always be a part of the equation. The trade off of an airport further away (more driving) with less runway options (especially in adverse weather) for some cheap fuel and to potentially save a few minutes on the ground awaiting release (no guarantee of that) as opposed to lots of big wide runways with real crash help if needed and all the other advantages of a medium sized airport is just not a good enough bargain for a conservative old pilot like me. Different strokes.
     

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