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rangerz

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Had enjoyable weekend on Tybee Island using KSAV as our base. Sheltair arranged a rental car with Hertz and it was at our plane within minutes of shutdown and minimal paperwork on the pick up or drop off. Tybee is a fun island and pretty low key in the off season.

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Tybee Island Lighthouse

Leaving on a Sunday, Savannah and Jacksonville Center controlers were working it with tons of VFR traffic descending on St Simons and Jekyll Island. Took almost 10 minutes to catch a break with the Savannah Ground/CLR controller to get my VFR squawk and taxi while he was deconflicting airliners and Gulfstreams trying to get past each other. Lots of coastal traffic north and southbound converging on St Simons and Jekyll. Both airports share the same CTAF.

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Departing Savannah Runway 10

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St Simons flyby on the way to Jekyll (09J)

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Jekyll Island Runway 36

You can borrow a golf cart for 2, for 2 hours at Jekyll or rent multiple size carts for 1/2 or full days right from the FBO. We will no doubt try to go for a weekend sometime later this spring.

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Departing Jekyll Island
 
rangerz said:
Had enjoyable weekend on Tybee Island using KSAV as our base. Sheltair arranged a rental car with Hertz and it was at our plane within minutes of shutdown and minimal paperwork on the pick up or drop off. Tybee is a fun island and pretty low key in the off season.

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Tybee Island Lighthouse

Leaving on a Sunday, Savannah and Jacksonville Center controlers were working it with tons of VFR traffic descending on St Simons and Jekyll Island. Took almost 10 minutes to catch a break with the Savannah Ground/CLR controller to get my VFR squawk and taxi while he was deconflicting airliners and Gulfstreams trying to get past each other. Lots of coastal traffic north and southbound converging on St Simons and Jekyll. Both airports share the same CTAF.

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Departing Savannah Runway 10

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St Simons flyby on the way to Jekyll (09J)

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Jekyll Island Runway 36

You can borrow a golf cart for 2, for 2 hours at Jekyll or rent multiple size carts for 1/2 or full days right from the FBO. We will no doubt try to go for a weekend sometime later this spring.

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Departing Jekyll Island
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Jekyll is one of our favorite destinations and the Red Bugs are so much fun!!!
 
Great info! My bride and I are heading down for a week in Savannah on the 29th.

Did you tie down or hangar?
 
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Tried to land a Jekyll island a couple of weeks ago and the winds were so bad, had to head over to SSI. I've been wanting to fly into SAV for a while now.
 
We are about 25 miles from Jekyll
 
One of my favorite stops when going up and down the coast is saint Simons.
 
Savannah is one of the greatest towns I’ve spent time in. We usually stayed near Forsyth Park most weeks and walked into downtown for dinner, sometimes stayed downtown.
 
Jekyll is a gem. Be sure to check out Cumberland Island, the next island to the south. I'm told the BBQ on SSI is excellent.
 
Ed- you are referring to Southern Soul BBQ, about a 3-5 minute walk from the SSI FBO
 
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