Where am I?

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Heres a fun thread idea with an aviation theme. A poster posts clues as to what airport they are at and others, based on their vast aviation expertise, figure out where it is. Photos are okay as well as cryptic descriptions. Extra points for larger airports that are cleverly described.


I'll start:

I'm at a large International airport. Longest runway is over 10,000'. I just ate lunch by going through the Wendy's drive through. I kid not, on the side of the main terminal there is a Wendy's drive through. You get to it by going through the main traffic loop.

Anybody know?
 
"Okay mon, calm down. Take a seat mon. So, can you tell us a description of the the robber that stole your wallet in downtown Kingston?"

"He had dreadlocks."

"That really narrows it down."
 
Great falls Montana
 
All right, I'm at an airport with a 5,000 foot runway that was built in 1942 for the Navy. It's too bad I learned I have a crab allergy because it's crab season, and I can get fresh ones a short walk from the field.

So where am I?
 
Sac Arrow said:
All right, I'm at an airport with a 5,000 foot runway that was built in 1942 for the Navy. It's too bad I learned I have a crab allergy because it's crab season, and I can get fresh ones a short walk from the field.

So where am I?
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Half Moon Bay. Except it was built for the Army Air Corps in 1942, with a 5000x150 runway.

Another one with more than one answer. Any airport anywhere near Chesapeake Bay will qualify, for instance. You can buy blue crabs on every street corner in season.
 
MAKG1 said:
Half Moon Bay. Except it was built for the Army Air Corps in 1942, with a 5000x150 runway.

Another one with more than one answer. Any airport anywhere near Chesapeake Bay will qualify, for instance. You can buy blue crabs on every street corner in season.
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Good catch. It was turned over to the Navy later.
 
Here's a tough one.

The runway is now 800 feet, though it once was longer.

An Apple executive crashed here.

Don't look for it on skyvector.
 
And don't try to land there. If it's the one I'm thinking of.
 
MAKG1 said:
Here's a tough one.

The runway is now 800 feet, though it once was longer.

An Apple executive crashed here.

Don't look for it on skyvector.
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Santa Cruz or Scotts Valley. I can't remember what it was officially called, and it was Wozniak that crashed there in the early 80s
 
Santa Cruz Sky Park in Scotts Valley, CA. Closed in 1982 due to corrupt city council members who stood to benefit from turning the airport into houses. Scotts Valley was run by the aged members of the old boys club.

I was the airport kid, riding my bike there to hang out after school and on weekends. The manager, Jim Dahm, was a good guy, very tolerant of a teenager with umpteen questions. My first time in a plane was getting a ride in the Monterey Navy Flying Club T-34. A pilot named Jim was kind enough to offer a ride to a kid who was obsessed with aviation.

On Sky Park's final day, as everyone flew their planes away for the last time, a number of pilots flew low over the seniors' mobile home park that had been the source of numerous noise complaints. When people called to complain, Mr. Dahm told them the planes were flying low due to air pockets.
 
Wow, I went to Santa Cruz Skypark back in about 1978.
 
I just landed on astroturf, where am I?
 
"99 this will be a case III launch, case III recovery. CV-1 approach in use. Mother's weather 3000 overcast, visibility 3 miles and haze, altimeter 29.41. Diverts as briefed. Tank states as follows......Hornet 3.0, Rhino 3.5, Prowler 3.5. Standby for time hack...."
 
35 AoA said:
"99 this will be a case III launch, case III recovery. CV-1 approach in use. Mother's weather 3000 overcast, visibility 3 miles and haze, altimeter 29.41. Diverts as briefed. Tank states as follows......Hornet 3.0, Rhino 3.5, Prowler 3.5. Standby for time hack...."
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CV-1 reminded me of this, but I'm pretty sure that it is not what you meant:
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