My Airport List

I have been converting my logbook to electronic format and I wanted to make a list of the airports that I have visited while flying an aircraft in some capacity (PIC, SIC, student, etc). I don't have a great reason for this other than it reminds me of all the cool places that pilots can go on their journeys. Here's the list:

US Airports ( ) indicates new identifier

0G7 Finger Lakes Regional Airport-Senaca Falls, NY
18v Platt Valley Airpark-Hudson, CO
1V5 ( KBDU) Boulder Municipal Airport-Boulder, CO
2V2 (KLMO) Vance Brand Airport-Longmont, CO
2V5 Wray Municipal Airport-Wray,CO
3F7 Jones Memorial Airport-Bristow, OK
3V4 (KFMM) Fort Morgan Municipal Airport-Fort Morgan, CO
3V5 Fort Collins Downtown Airpark-Fort Collins, CO---CLOSED
48V (KEIK) Erie Municipal Airport-Erie, CO
4O4 McCurtain County Regional Airport-Idabel, OK
6K4 Fairview Municipal Airport-Fairview, OK
7V5 Brush Municipal Airport-Brush, CO
KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport-Wichita, KS
KABE Lehigh Valley International Airport-Allentown, PA
KABI Abilene Regional Airport-Abilene, TX
KADH Ada Municipal Airport-Ada, OK
KADM Ardmore Municipal Airport-Ardmore, OK
KADS Addison Airport-Addison, TX
KAKO Colorado Plains Regional Airport-Akron, CO
KAMA Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport-Amarillo, TX
KANY Anthony Municipal Airport-Anthony, KS
KAPA Centennial Airport-Denver, CO
KARG Walnut Ridge Regional Airport-Walnut Ridge, AR
KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport/Sardy Field-Aspen, CO
KAUS Austin-Bergstrom International Airport-Austin, TX
KAVK Alva Regional Airport-Alva, OK
KAVP Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA
KAZO Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport-Kalamazoo, MI
KBFF Western Nebraska Regional Airport/William B. Heilig Field-Scottsbluff, NE
KBGR Bangor International Airport-Bangor, ME
KBHM Birmingham International Airport-Birmingham, AL
KBJC Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport-Denver, CO
KBNA Nashville International Airport-Nashville, TN
KBOS General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport-Boston, MA
KBTR Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport/Ryan Field-Baton Rouge, LA
KBUF Buffalo Niagra International Airport-Buffalo, NY
KBVO Bartlesville Municipal Airport-Bartlesville, OK
KBWG Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport-Bowling Green, KY
KBWI Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport-Baltimore, MD
KBZN Gallitan Field Airport-Bozeman, MT
KCAK Akron-Canton Regioanl Airport-Akron, OH
KCEW Bob Sikes Airport-Crestview, FL
KCGX Merrill C. Meigs Field-Chicago, IL---CLOSED
KCHA Lovell Field Airport-Chattanooga, TN
KCHS Charleston Air Force Base/International Airport-Charleston, SC
KCLT Charlotte/Douglas International Airport-Charlotte, NC
KCMH Port Columbus International Airport-Columbus, OH
KCOS City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport-Colorado Springs, CO
KCPR Natrona County International Airport-Casper, WY
KCUH Cushing Municipal Airport-Cushing, OK
KCVG Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport-Covington, KY
KCWF Chennault International Airport-Lake Charles, LA
KCYS Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field Airport-Cheyenne, WY
KDAL Dallas Love Field-Dallas, TX
KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport-Washington, D.C.
KDEN Denver International Airport-Denver, CO
KDFW Dallas/Ft Worth International Airport-Dallas/Ft Worth, TX
KDLH Duluth International Airport-Duluth, MN
KDPA Dupage Airport-West Chicago, IL
KDSM Des Moines International Airport-Des Moines, IA
KDTS Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport-Destin, FL
KEGE Eagle County Regional Airport-Eagle, CO
KELD South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field-El Dorado, AR
KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport-Newark, NJ
F01 Quanah Municipal Airport-Quanah, TX
F05 Wilbarger County Airport-Vernon, TX
F22 Perry Municipal Airport-Perry, OK
F92 Kingfisher Airport-Kingfisher, OK
KFAT Fresno Yosemite International Airport-Fresno, CA
KFNL Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport-Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
KFSD Joe Foss Field-Sioux Falls, SD
KFTG Front Range Airport-Denver, CO
KFTW Fort Worth Meacham International Airport-Fort Worth, TX
KFWS Fort Worth Spinks Airport-Fort Worth, TX
KGBD Great Bend Municipal-Great Bend, KS
KGCC Gillette-Campbell County Airport-Gillette, WY
KGCK Garden City Regional Airport-Garden City, KS
KGCN Grand Canyon National Park Airport- Grand Canyon, AZ
KGGG East Texas Regional Airport-Longview, TX
KGKY Arlington Regional Airport-Arlington, TX
KGLD Renner Field-Goodland, TX
KGLH Mid Delta Regional Airport-Greenville, MS
KGOK Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport-Guthrie, OK
KGRI Central Nebraska Regional Airport-Grand Island, NE
KGRR Gerald R. Ford International Airport-Grand Rapids, MI
KGSO Piedmont Triad International Airport-Greensboro, NC
KGUY Guymon Municipal Airport-Guymon, OK
KGVT Majors Airport-Greenville, TX
KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport-Glenwood Springs, CO
KGXY Greeley-Weld County Airport-Greeley, CO
KHHW Stan Stamper Municipal Airport-Hugo, OK
KHOU William P. Hobby Airport-Houston, TX
KHPN Westchester County Airport-White Plains, NY
KHRL Valley International Airport-Harlingen, TX
KHYS Hays Regional Airport-Hays, KS
KIAD Washington Dulles International Airport-Washington, D.C.
KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport-Houston, TX
KICT Wichita Mid-Continent Airport-Wichita, KS
KIND Indianapolis International Airport-Indianapolis, IN
KIWS West Houston Airport-Houston, TX
KJAN Jackson-Evers International Airport-Jackson, MS
KJAX Jacksonville International Airport-Jacksonville, FL
KJBR Jonesboro Municipal Airport-Jonesboro, AR
KJFK John F. Kennedy International Airport-New York, NY
L06 Furnace Creek Airport-Death Valley National Park, CA
KLAA Lamar Municipal Airport-Lamar, CO
KLAR Laramie Regional Airport-Laramie, WY
KLAS McCarren International Airport-Las Vegas, NV
KLAW Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport-Lawton, OK
KLBB Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport-Lubbock, TX
KLBF North Platte Regional Airport/Lee Bird Field-North Platte, NE
KLBL Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport-Liberal, KS
KLEX Blue Grass Airport-Lexington, KY
KLFT Lafayette Regional Airport-Lafayette, LA
KLGA La Guardia Airport-New York, NY
KLIT Adams Field-Little Rock, AR
KLRD Laredo International Airport-Laredo, TX
KLXV Lake County Airport-Leadville, CO
M39 (KMEZ) Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport-Mena, AR
KMAF Midland International Airport-Midland, TX
KMCC McClellan Airfield-Sacramento, CA
KMCK McCook Regional Airport-McCook, NE
KMDD Midland Airpark-Midland, TX
KMDF Mooreland Municipal Airport-Mooreland, OK
KMDW Midway International Airport-Chicago, IL
KMEM Memphis International Airport-Memphis, TN
KMHT Manchester Airport-Manchester, NH
KMKC Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport-Kansas City, MO
KMLC McAlester Regional Airport-McAlester, OK
KMLF Milford Municipal Airport/Ben and Judy Briscoe Field-Milford, UT
KMLI Quad City International Airport-Moline, IL
KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport-New Orleans, LA
O53 Medford Municipal Airport-Medford, OK
KOKC Will Rogers World Airport-Oklahoma City, OK
KOKM Okmulgee Regional Airport-Okmulgee, OK
OOV Meadow Lake Airport-Colorado Springs, CO
KOUN University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport-Norman, OK
0V2 (KANK) Harriet Alexander Field-Salida, CO
KOWP William R. Pogue Municipal Airport-Sand Springs, OK
KPDK Dekalb-Peachtree Airport-Atlanta, GA
KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport-Phoenix, AZ
KPIT Pittsburgh International Airport-Pittsburgh, PA
KPNC Ponca City Regional Airport-Ponca City, OK
KPNS Pensacola Regional Airport-Pensacola, FL
KPSN Palestine Municipal Airport-Palestine, TX
KPTK Oakland County International Airport-Pontiac, MI
KPUB Pueblo Memorial Airport-Pueblo, CO
KPVD Theodore Francis Green State Airport-Providence, RI
KPVJ Pauls Valley Municipal Airport-Pauls Valley, OK
KPVW Hale County Airport-Plainview, TX
KPWA Wiley Post Airport-Oklahoma City, OK
KPWM Portland International Jetport-Portland, ME
KRDU Raleigh-Durham International Airport-Raleigh-Durham, NC
KRIC Richmond International Airport-Richmond, VA
KRKS Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport-Rock Springs, WY
KRNO Reno/Tahoe International Airport-Reno, NV
KROA Roanoke Regional Airport/Woodrum Field-Roanoke, VA
KROC Greater Rochester International Airport-Rochester, NY
KRQO El Reno Regional Airport-El Reno, OK
KRVS Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport-Tulsa, OK
KSAT San Antonio International Airport-San Antonio, TX
KSBS Steamboat Springs Airport/Bob Adams Field-Steamboat Springs, CO
KSGF Springfield-Branson National Airport-Springfield, MO
KSGR Sugarland Regional Airport-Houston, TX
KSGU St George Municipal Airport-St George, UT
KSJC Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport-San Jose, CA
KSLC Salt Lake City International Airport-Salt Lake City, UT
KSLR Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport-Sulphur Springs, TX
KSNL Shawnee Regional Airport-Shawnee, OK
KSNY Sidney Municipal Airport/Lloyd W. Carr Field-Sidney, NE
KSPS Sheppard Air Force Base/Wichita Falls Municipal Airport-Wichita Falls, TX
KSTK Sterling Municipal Airport-Sterling, CO
KSTL Lambert-St Louis International Airport-St Louis, MO
KSTP St Paul Downtown Airport/Holman Field-St Paul, MN
KSUX Sioux Gateway Airport/Colonel Bud Day Field-Sioux Falls, IA
KSWO Stillwater Regional Airport-Stillwater, OK
KSYR Syracuse Hancock International Airport-Syracuse, NY
KTEB Teterboro Airport-Teterboro, NJ
KTRL Terrell Municipal Airport-Terrell, TX
KTUL Tulsa International Airport-Tulsa, OK
KTUS Tucson International Airport-Tucson, AZ
KTYR Tyler Pounds Regional Airport-Tyler, TX
KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport-Knoxville, TN
KVGT North Las Vegas Airport-Las Vegas, NV
KWDG Enid Woodring Regional Airport-Enid, OK
KWLD Strother Field-Winfield/Arkansas City, KS
KWWR West Woodward Airport-Woodward, OK
KZZV Zanesville Municipal Airport-Zanesville, OH

Canadian Airports

CYHZ Halifax International Airport-Halifax, Nova Scotia
CYUL Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport-Montreal, Quebec
CYYZ Lester B. Pearson International Airport-Toronto, Ontario

A day in the life of a corporate pilot

You may be wondering what it's like to fly in the corporate world. Like many other corporate pilots, I am on "call" 24/7. My company has provided a cell phone so they can get in touch with me at any time. Being available at all times is not as bad as it sounds. Luckily, my company and especially my Chief Pilot do a good job of informing the pilots of upcoming trips in advance when possible. We had a few trips throughout the year that we know are going to happen, but most are scheduled a week or so in advance. Then there's the dreaded "pop up" trips that can happen with very little notice. Here's how it all happens.

My boss calls me at 10am to tell me I have been assigned to fly a trip at 3pm the next afternoon. My job starts right after he calls. The first thing that I do is call the other pilot assigned to the trip so that we can coordinate the trip. After that initial call to the other pilot happens, I get on the internet and go to http://www.fltplan.com/ which is a great site, and it's free ( so far ). On fltplan.com a pilot can put in the departure and destination points to get a general estimate of the time required enroute. So, if I have to get passengers to a scheduled meeting I know what time to leave. Fltplan.com also allows you to file flight plans and check weather. I like to augment Fltplan.com with http://www.airnav.com where I can get the Standard Instrument Arrivals (STARS) and Departure Procedures (DPs). I take that information and come up with a flight plan that makes sense. With the flight plan filed for the following day, I figure the fuel required and place an order.

The initial call from my Chief Pilot should contain the destination airport and most likely the Fixed Based Operator ( FBO ) that the passengers want to go to. Our staff coordinates with the office staff to make sure transportation is arranged for our passengers and, of course, the crew (depending on how long the stay is). Our flight listing usually contains our overnight arrangements, if they're needed, and if they aren't taken care of then we do that too.

Once I arrive at the hanger, I verify the fuel load and figure the weight and balance. Then it's on to weather planning. If the weather looks questionable we come up with a plan for getting the passengers to their meeting. On every flight our department adds an alternate to the flight plan, to us it just makes sense.

An hour prior to the departure time the aircraft is pulled out of the hanger for the pre-flight. During the pre-flight stage, we make sure the aircraft has the passenger comfort items aboard. This would be items like coffee, ice, snacks, soda, catering if needed, and newspapers. Yep, the pilot's do all that stuff.

Next comes the aircraft "setup". On the Lear 60, we follow a checklist just like a student pilot does, although ours has a lot more items to accomplish. This is the time to run the before starting engines checklist, get the APU started and fire up the FMS. Then it's a waiting game.

Soon are passengers show up. We load the baggage, get the passengers into their seats, brief them on safety procedures, and then shut the door.

Time to go flying.

Watch the start up

This is a short video of the start of the # 1
engine during a maintenance check. Love that
sound!