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Triple Tree Aerodrome (SC00) in South Carolina offers a 7,000-foot grass runway mowed like a golf green, free wing camping, and legendary fly-ins.
Radio Hangar explores Johnson Creek, Idaho, Three Uniform Two, the Mowed-Grass Strip at Five Thousand Feet Where the Mountains Close In on Both Sides and the Whole Airplane Community Shows Up to Cut the Lawn.
Aircraft marshallers guide pilots into parking using a silent, standardized hand-signal language recognized on ramps worldwide.
Big Creek (U60) is a public backcountry grass strip in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness, home to a lodge pilots rebuilt by air after a 2008 fire.
Sedona Airport sits atop a red-rock mesa with a humped 5,132-foot runway, 200-foot cliffs, and a cliffside grill - here's what pilots need to know.
The FBO crew car is general aviation's free loaner ride to town - and the honor code that keeps it running says you bring it back with gas.
Inside Bonanzas to Oshkosh, the mass arrival where 100+ V-tail Bonanzas land nose-to-tail at AirVenture and the ramp becomes a reunion.
Gastons (3M0) is an Arkansas fly-in trout resort where pilots land on grass, walk to the White River, and eat the fish they catch.
Radio Hangar explores Moose Creek, Idaho, One Uniform One, the Forest Service Grass Strip in the Selway-Bitterroot Where the Runway Was Cleared by Hand Before Anybody Owned a Bulldozer.
Inside Antique Airfield in Blakesburg, Iowa, where the grass runway, radio-silent pattern, and 'Keep the Antiques Flying' culture keep vintage aircraft alive.
Radio Hangar explores Johnson Creek, Idaho, Three Uniform Two, the Turf Strip in the Bottom of a Canyon Where Elk Graze the Runway and the State of Idaho Runs You a Free Hot Shower.
Fly into Tangier Island (KTGI), a sinking Chesapeake crab community with a 2,400-ft strip, soft-shell crab, and a 300-year-old English brogue.
Big Creek (3U8) is a remote Idaho backcountry airstrip where pilots flew in materials to rebuild a historic lodge that burned in 2008.
Radio Hangar explores Leadville, Colorado, Lake County Airport, the Highest Public Runway in North America Where Your Airplane Climbs Two Miles Before the Wheels Ever Leave the Ground.
Triple Tree Aerodrome's 7,000-foot grass runway and free fall fly-in keep classic ramp culture alive in South Carolina.
Radio Hangar explores Alton Bay Ice Runway, the Only FAA-Charted Ice Strip in the Lower Forty-Eight, Where You Land Your Airplane on a Frozen Lake and Taxi Past the Ice Fishermen.
Gaston's White River Resort in Arkansas lets pilots land on a 3,200-foot grass strip, taxi to a riverside cabin, and eat trout by the water.
Sedona Airport (KSEZ) sits atop a red-rock mesa at 4,830 feet - here's why pilots call it the USS Sedona and how to fly it safely.
Beaumont, Kansas lets pilots land on grass, taxi down Main Street, and park at an 1879 hotel - here's how to fly in.
How pilots rebuilt Big Creek Lodge board by board in Idaho's roadless wilderness - and what it takes to fly the strip yourself.