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That's encouraging. I was chatting yesterday with the manager at ASE, and he was making it sound like hangar space is rarely available there without a reservation far in advance, so that's part of what got me concerned.

That's scary! I wish there were some kind of de-icing insurance you could purchase for flights, just to have some pricing predictability and to avoid a worst case scenario like the one you're describing.

Yeah, I'm all for this. I'm just uncertain whether hangar spots will be available, given the busy-ness at these airports during this time of year. For regular, non-heated hangars, is de-icing still necessary sometimes? (I ask because you wrote "lower your de-ice costs," as opposed to...

Whoa. So you could conceivably pay in the range of $12,500 to de-ice a turboprop? That actually happens?

Thanks, guys. Granted, it would be a slow trip, but do you think a PC-12 could pull off a flight like LAX to YYC without a fuel stop, assuming two pilots, eight passengers, and minimal luggage? Or would you likely have to drop down by a passenger or two in order to pull this off? How about...

Follow-up question for you guys. It looks like the PC-12s have a maximum payload with full fuel of 988 lb. (https://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/en/fly/pc-12) and the King Air 350s have a maximum payload with fuel of 1,534 lb. (https://beechcraft.txtav.com/en/king-air-350i). If that's the case...

I have a few questions related to projecting de-icing/anti-icing costs for Pilatus PC-12s and King Air 350s. I apologize if some of these are a bit basic... 1) I know de-icing/anti-icing is most commonly done shortly before takeoff, but is there ever a need for it at other times while the...

I'm curious what website or service folks use when they want to get a sense of an airport's typical temperature and precipitation at a certain time of the year. For example, what are the average daily high/low temperatures and monthly precipitation for, say, an average February for an airport...

What's considered to be the best online database of charter operators and their fleets? Open to both free and paid options. A couple that I'm aware of... https://www.aircharterguide.com/Default.aspx https://flightlistpro.com/ Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

I'm trying to figure out the latest possible departure times for a number of different airports, and am not quite sure where to look. I thought AirNav might have this information, but I'm not finding it there, or perhaps am simply not looking in the right place. Thanks in advance for any...

Makes sense. Roughly what's the maximum range of a PC12 when it's at capacity and flying into high altitude mountain airports? (The passengers would not have significant luggage.) Another option we're considering is small airliners, like a Dornier, but it's uncertain whether we'd consistently...

Thanks everyone for their helpful feedback so far! Yeah, I think a lot of this will come down to pricing. We're primarily looking at charter options at this point, and the hope is to get one-way pricing for a typical trip - say, LAX to ASE - down to $1,000 per passenger, assuming we're at...

I'm curious what opinions folks have on using turboprops, e.g. a King Air, for flights into mountain airports, in particular with regards to (i) passenger comfort, including during active winter weather conditions and (ii) risk of having to cancel or reroute. How different is the experience and...