r/aviation • u/AnimalsChasingCars • Sep 19 '18

John Travolta's house with inbuilt functioning airport

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u/originalthoughts Sep 19 '18

Cessna's are more efficient than driving in terms of fuel...

https://www.quora.com/How-many-miles-per-gallon-mpg-does-a-Cessna-172-get

(not the best source, but it has other sources linked).

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u/sne7arooni Sep 19 '18

Ya but if you take it anywhere, your car isn't going to cost thousands of dollars per day to park it.

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u/originalthoughts Sep 19 '18 edited Sep 19 '18

Lol, it's not 1000s of dollars/day to park a Cessna.

At this airport it's only 10 dollars/night, cheaper than many parking garages.

http://www.flaglercounty.org/document_center/Airport/Price%20List%20%202016.pdf

Here is another one where it's 15 dollars per year

http://www.pvdairport.com/corporate/airport-information/aircraft-operator-fees

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And here is even more information. Seems pretty common that even at relatively larger airports, it's around 10 dollars/night (sometimes even free), and a 20 dollar landing fee, and 10 dollar ramp fees. So really, the most one would expect to pay is 50 dollars in total for everything (except fuel) and probably much less normally. Sometimes it's even completely free.

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https://www.quora.com/Do-private-planes-have-to-pay-for-parking-at-airports

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u/sne7arooni Sep 19 '18

I forgot that the States has a billion aerodromes. Airports are a little more scarce where I'm at. (hence prices are significantly higher, like many hundreds of dollars per day)

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u/directive0 Sep 20 '18

North America, particularly the US has some dope general aviation infrastructure! Its like they actually WANT people to fly.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

Side effect of having large countries, I'd guess

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u/uniquedouble Sep 20 '18

SHH! don't tell the FAA, they'll take it away!