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I guess landing fees add to the $100?

• bravesoul2 1y ago
  And indeed, the burger itself.
• tshubbard 1y ago
  Mostly fuel
• t0mas88 1y ago
  Not really for most small airports. The plane is in the $ 200 per hour range, so a 1 hour out and 1 hour back flight is $ 400 in rental and fuel. The landing fee is more like $10-20 and often free if you buy fuel there. Only big airports with mandatory ground handling are expensive to land at.
  • cjrp 1y ago
    I always envy the US GA scene. So many airports, little or no landing fees, no prior notice required. In the UK it’s almost designed to prevent GA.
  • ryandrake 1y ago
    Typical small US airports still don't charge landing fees to light aircraft, but things are changing. Now that ADS-B[1] is deployed widely, airports are looking at automated landing fee charges as another way to soak pilots, just because they now can. A number of companies are sprouting up to meet this demand and offer airports their turnkey systems to monitor and charge everyone who lands, sharing the profit with the airport. 1: https://www.wingsmagazine.com/monetizing-ads-b-data/ https://www.wingsmagazine.com/monetizing-ads-b-data/
    • 8n4vidtmkvmk 1y ago
      That sounds crappy. Hobby flying is already stupid expensive.