Nick Geber
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Any PIREPS for El Paso? Thinking about flying back to Vegas from Conroe with a stop in El Paso as opposed to Roswell. Any thoughts?
Will do but will be in and out IFRELP is a nice airport, but I have only been there flying jets on someone else’s dime. Million Air is on point.
Plenty of airspace around, be sure and look closely at the sectional when flight planning.
Will do but will be in and out IFR
Yessir! It's an amazing view they have there. Stumbled on it by accident while cruising through the mountains area. Had to get (a lot) of pictures@ArrowFlyer86 Is that pic from Inn at the Mtn Gods? I’ve been there and hiked that lil mtn. Awesome area.
Yessir! It's an amazing view they have there. Stumbled on it by accident while cruising through the mountains area. Had to get (a lot) of pictures![]()
It was just ELP until they added the K in front of all of our airports for international purposes. ELP is exceedingly obvious for EL Paso.Maybe it's just my weird sense of silly, but KELP in the desert?
There is a fictional TV station, KELP, in Seattle. Now that makes sense.
Any PIREPS for El Paso? Thinking about flying back to Vegas from Conroe with a stop in El Paso as opposed to Roswell. Any thoughts?
If fuel prices are an issue and you aren't staying overnight, Dona Ana should be on your radar.
AirNav: KDNA - Dona Ana County International Jetport Airport
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If you have a little time, go to the War Eagles Museum if you want to see some interesting things like a Soviet WWII aircraft.
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Do they still line the roads up in the mountains with sandbag lanterns at Christmas?I’ve transited the area a bunch, going from Austin to CA/AZ. If just passing through, I agree KLRU is the best option for fuel (and there’s a new flight school on the east end with cheap gas and a friendly staff). Not convenient to restaurants, etc. though. If overnighting, downtown El Paso is surprisingly nice. We drove to AZ last Christmas and overnighted there. Their holiday decorations and events were really pleasant. Anson11 was an especially nice restaurant.
The mountains ALWAYS make for some fun in the area and taking off from KLRU on a summer afternoon provides a good lesson in density altitude.
Didn't see that but we weren't out of the downtown area at night. Sounds like it would be cool to see.Do they still line the roads up in the mountains with sandbag lanterns at Christmas?
Do they still line the roads up in the mountains with sandbag lanterns at Christmas?
Yep. Lived there for almost a decade and we always drove up there every Christmas.Yes, they're called luminarias ... some are electric instead of sand in a bag with a candle. Road your probably saw was Scenic drive which is just below the "Star" on the mountain.
I was there during the Iran hostage crisis and I remember they let the star stay lit until the hostages were released.The huge star is now LED and can change colors whenever they want ...