general aviation travel

Ramp Check Oct 13, 2026

First Flight Airport, the Grass Strip on the Outer Banks Where Orville Wright First Left the Ground, and the Pilgrimage That Connects Every Pilot to Where Aviation Began

First Flight Airport (FFA) in Kill Devil Hills, NC lets pilots land on the exact ground where Orville Wright made the world's first powered flight on December 17, 1903.

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Ramp Check Oct 11, 2026

Sedona Airport, the Mesa-Top Strip in Arizona Red Rock Country, and the Cathedral Rock Final That Every Pilot Who Has Flown It Never Stops Talking About

Sedona Municipal Airport (KSEZ) sits atop a mesa 500 feet above town, delivering one of the most visually spectacular approaches in American general aviation amid Arizona's red rock country.

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Ramp Check Oct 3, 2026

Gaston's White River Resort, the Fly-In Fishing Lodge on the Arkansas White River Where Pilots Have Been Landing for Seventy Years

Gaston's White River Resort in Lakeview, Arkansas combines a private grass airstrip with world-class trout fishing and seventy years of fly-in hospitality on the banks of the White River.

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Ramp Check Sep 2, 2026

Mackinac Island Airport, the Straits of Mackinac Crossing, and the Michigan Fly-In Destination That Banned Cars Before Henry Ford Sold His First Model T

Mackinac Island Airport (83D) puts pilots on a car-free Victorian island in the Straits of Mackinac - here's everything you need to plan the trip.

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