Corning-Painted Post (7N1)

Corning, NY (2 mi)
Detroit Sectional
Elevation: 951

Painted Post is near the Corning glass museum. (6/84)

Joseph Y Resnick Airport (N89)

Ellenville, NY (1 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 292

The field is only a mile out of town. Ellenville is a typical Catskill resort town. (6/84)

Harris Hill Glider Port (4NY8 Private)

Elmira, NY (4 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 1709

Harris Hill is the home of the National Soaring Museum, which houses memorabilia and exhibits. Glider activity is heavy; you may want to go up for a ride. The runway is very short (1100’) so be certain you can handle short-field take-offs and landings before you go up there. Also call ahead, since it is a private field. (6/84)

Freehold, NY (1 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 440

Freehold is in a picturesque setting right beside a stream. It has extensive glider activity on
weekends April to November.  Trial memberships in the glider club (Nutmeg Soaring Association)
are available.  www.nutmegsoaring.org  (4/2003)

White Birch Field (4N8)

Hancock, NY (7 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 1860

The trip to White Birch is especially nice during the fall. The field is reported to have Sunday fly-in breakfasts through early November (607-637- 5429). (6/84)

Montauk (MTP)

Montauk, NY (3 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 20

You can walk right down to the beach and have a picnic. You may be able to rent bicycles at the motel and restaurant across the street. Gurney’s Inn, a very fine resort, is just across the bay. The inn serves excellent food and is only a $5 taxi ride from the airport. At one time you could take a ferry across the bay. Camping may be available at the airport for those who think a stay at Gurney’s is a bit steep. The airport can get very crowded on summer weekends, so watch it when you taxi through the maze of aircraft. (6/84)

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (NY94 Private)

Rhinebeck, NY (3 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 323

Every weekend from May to October, Old Rhinebeck has staged air shows including mock dog fights in WWI vintage aircraft. The air show is quite professionally done and is highly recommended. Since the field is private, call ahead first (914-758-8610). Also, be sure you can handle the soft, short, crooked runway. You may want to land at Sky Park Airport, which is about 3 miles away, and take a taxi over to Old Rhinebeck. (6/84)

Rensselaer County (5B7)

Troy, NY (6 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 440

Rensselaer has nothing to its credit except terrific pies at the snack bar; they’re worth the trip. (6/84)

Wurtsboro-Sullivan County (N82)

Wurtsboro, NY (2 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 560

Heavy glider activity along the ridge just to the east of the field. You can go for a glider ride, but there is not much else to do there. (6/84)

Elizabeth Field (0B8)

Fishers Island, NY
NY Sectional
Elevation: 9

Fishers Island is just off the coast of New London, CT. There is no food at the airport, but you can picnic at the beach just off the end of the runway. Or, you might want to walk the mile into town and pick up sandwiches at the Gourmet Deli. Stop and chat with Ellen, the Unicom operator, and watch out for Mr. Skoffield who taxis over taxi lights! The island is not as active as Block Island or Martha’s Vineyard; it is mostly summer residential. (psg 10/89)

Sky Acres (44N)

Millbrook, NY (6 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 700

Sky Acres has an interesting pilot’s lounge and snack bar. The snack bar is only open weekends and holiday Mondays. There is also a used airplane parts business on the field as well as a flying trinkets shop. The runway has a hump in the middle that makes it impossible to see one end from the other, so be careful. (10/89)

Sullivan County Intl (MSV)

Monticello, NY (6 mi)
New York Sectional
Elevation: 1403

This field is the biggest nothing around. It was built in hopes of a boom time in the area that never materialized and so, the terminal is huge for a non-towered field. There is a cafe in the terminal building that is open on weekends but not much else. Check NOTAMS for ice in the winter and for a notorious outer marker (Monga). (10/89)

Stanton (43N)

New Paltz, NY (2 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 303

Stanton is a little strip with a high gradient to the North. General practice is to land to the North and takeoff to the South. The airport is owned by a fellow who commutes to POU in his C150 and works at the IBM avionics hangar here. No food is available, but you can have interesting chats with the locals. (10/89)

Niagara Falls Intl (IAG)

Niagara Falls, NY (4 mi)
Detroit Sectional
Elevation: 590

This is a great day trip, but you’ll have to spring for a rental car if you want to see the falls from ground level. (Or, if you have a sister in Erie, she may drive up for the day.) Check the Facilities Directory for the VFR pattern over the falls area. As pilot, fly it and report your positions, don’t sightsee! If you want to check out the view, have another pilot fly while you look. This is a very busy place and you’ll need all your attention scanning for airplanes and helicopters. (psg 10/89)

Stormville (N69)

Stormville, NY (1 mi)
New York Sectional
Elevation: 358

No food, not much to do, but you can have a bird’s eye view of the prison as you swing around to land Rwy 24! Just be sure you swing wide around it, or they might think you’re trying to spring one of your friends. (10/89)

Orange County (MGJ)

Montgomery, NY (1 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 365

Orange County has interesting IFR approaches and a small snack bar with good food. The field is very busy on weekends, but well worth the trouble. Watch for aerobatics and parachute jumpers (the jump warnings are not always very clear!). (gv/ked/dd/md 9/94)

Dutchess County (POU)

Poughkeepsie, NY (4 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 165

The restaurant in the terminal building is currently closed, but try the Wornock House just off the field. It has good dinners served upstairs (914-462-2220). There’s also a Pizza place further South down the road from Wornock House. The Pilot Shop is on the other side of the field (Northwest or 15/24 corner of the field). (GV/KED 9/94)

Kobelt (N45)

Wallkill, NY (3 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 420

In Sept 93, the CAVU Restaurant was found to be closed. However, a small cafe is in operation on the field. It’s run by Sue, formerly of MGJ airport. Good food at reasonable prices....great Chocolate and Banana Cream pies. When landing to the South, watch for the hill just North of he field. Runway is not in the best of shape, and the taxiway is even worse. Easily found by proceeding to the abandoned airfield North of Orange County (MGJ) and following the East-West runway to the East. There are usually several Caribous (the aircraft, not the animal) tied down at the field. Be careful: not all locals use radios! (gv/ked/dd/md 9/94)

Warwick Municipal Airport (N72)

Warwick, NY (3 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 540

The interesting thing about Warwick Airport is that when you are landing to the South, you have to decide whether you want to go around a mountain or make a short final. You would cross the mountain on a normal base leg when landing to the South. There is a lake off the end of the South runway. There is not much in the way of interesting sights within walking distance. There are frequent EAA Fly-in events. Be careful not to overfly the institution to the South of the runway. (gv/ked 9/94)

Columbia County (1B1)

Hudson, NY (4 mi)
New York Sectional
Elevation: 197

Columbia County is a fine place to spend the day. There is a golf course at the north end of the runway. The club house (Meadowgreens Restaurant) is more than a club house. It serves champagne brunch on Sundays (noon to 2 or 3 pm) and has special events on several Friday and Saturday nights. (518-828-0663). Taxi on up to the north end and park just off the taxiway ONLY if it has been dry for some time. The ground is very soft and we’ve seen many planes stuck in the muck, and even saw a prop strike as one foolish pilot assumed he could gun his way out. A better choice is the main ramp south of the restaurant Walk the few hundred yards and bring your galoshes if it has been snowing. The exercise will help make room for all the great food. You can also hike up the hill next to the golf course for a nice view of the area. For a pilotage flight, fly up the Hudson above Hudson, NY until you see a green water tower on the right. Make a 90 degree turn to take you to the end of runway 21. (gv/ked/dd/md 95)

Floyd D Bennett (GFL)

Glens Falls, NY (3 mi)
New York Sectional
Elevation: 328

At the base of Lake George, the view as you come in is the typical Lake George beautiful. There’s an ok restaurant with a self-proclaimed comedienne who runs it and you. Say hello to Tessie Twichell (I kid you not!) or her protege. Be sure to tour the Lake George area, at least by air, before you leave. (gv/dd/md/ked 96)

Elmira/Corning Regional (ELM)

Elmira, NY (6 mi)
NY Sectional
Elevation: 955

Easy spot to get to the Corning Glass Works, ~7-10 mi away. The FBO has a courtesy car available. The Soaring museum is ~3 mi away (just in case your skills aren’t up to landing at the short Painted Post Field.) (11/89)

In my travels recently, I discovered Elmira-Corning Airport and the nearby city of Corning. The flight to Elmira is a little less than 2 hours in the Cardinal and was quite pleasant: lots of green land rising gently up beneath you as you travel westward. Wilkes-Barre was very helpful in giving us flight following all the way to Elmira, bringing us through Binghamton and around the Harris Hill Glider Port. We arrive to find an EAA fly-in in progress and the Grand Opening of the National Warplane Museum ( www.warplane.org ) that was recently moved down from Geneseo. We rented a car, despite all the local fun, and drove into Corning. The town is rich in things to do: a fantastic Glass Museum (all that Corning Ware has to come from someplace) which traces the history of Glass through the ages as well as providing a number of live and static exhibits. There is also a small art museum in town and many great restaurants. We stopped in The Brewery which brews its own beer and has an excellent selection of sandwiches and unique pasta dishes for lunch, served in shaded courtyard or upper level deck. The main street in town is lined with many others that we will try on our next trip, and there will be a next one!   (ked/gv 7/98)

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