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Welcome to camp on site with tent or RV’s

Stay in nearby hotel/motels

(Nearby dump station for RV septic tanks)

Demo Flights, Flight Tours,

Trips to the beach, Trips to Local Art studios and gift shops

Fishing pond on site

Deep Sea trips available with reservations nearby

On premise; movies, cookouts, computer flight simulator,

PPG hang simulator and evening campfire

Many local restaurants and great watering holes nearby (think small Key West)

Lots of non-flying activities nearby and on site!

Museum of the Islands

Kayak Trips

Manatee sight seeing

Cay Costa trips - Click photo:
Matlacha art galleries

 

"Global Warming My Ass" Fly-In

Pine Island Airport Florida

27 Mar ~ 29 Mar 2009

Register Now - click on "Add to cart"

Welcome to on-site camp

Lots of non-flying activities nearby and on site!

Charges for the week established by the Pine Island Airport:

$30 All Pilots (Must sign disclaimer upon entry to Pine Island Airport)

$20 Tent camping
$100 RV and large trailers (will be parked on concrete)
$20 Electric & water hookup
$200 Vendors - w/ electric & water - all parked on concrete pad

During the Fly-in we will have scheduled a CFI (PPC) and a DPE (WeightShift Trike, PPC)
available for Instruction, Log Book endorsements, Checkrides with N Numbered PPC's and Weight Shift Trikes

Note: FRS/GMRS,  & Air-band radios will be in use, please bring yours if you plan to fly.

This is the link to the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce web site: www.pineislandchamber.org/

This shows the different lodges and Bed and Breakfast’s

http://www.pineislandchamber.org/touristlinks.html

Just a few suggestions of many good places

Tarpon Lodge  …….....…$135 ~ $155

Bokeelia Tarpon Inn ……. $125 ~ $225

Sun and Moon Inn ……… $110 ~ $245

Bridge Water Inn Motel … $134 ~ $188

Knoll's Court Motel ……... $99 ~ $159

 

"It's NOT winter here"

Each day:
7:00 Safety Briefing
7:30 Morning group flight (See destinations)
9:30 Breakfast trip to a local restaurant

4:00 Safety Briefing
4:30 Evening group flight (See destinations)
6:30 Evening dinner @ local restaurant

Shopping & Art gallery trips


PPGs, Trikes, Ultralights, and Fixed Wing

As long as you can land on 2700’ grass strip!

 

Flight Destinations

Click destination for more information

Sanibel Island N26. 26.694' W 82. 1.516'
Cabbage Key N26. 39.337' W82.13.293'
Useppa Island N26. 39.813' W82.12.640'
Cayo Costa N26. 41.153' W82.14.723'
Pine Island N26.39.452' W82. 7.105'
Burnt Store Marina N26. 45.637' W82. 3.985'
Sanibel Causeway N26. 28.908' W 82. 1.212'
Ft Myers Beach N26. 27.008' W 81. 57.015'


This site is advanced as there is much over the water flying. Please be advised!

This area is paradise - many non-flying things to do in the area - lots of hotels and places to eat!

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 Pine Island Airport
a view from the south east at about 1,500 ft in 2003.  Since then Wayne has eliminated the orange grove to the south of the hangars and Hurricane Charlie eliminated the hangars.

 
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 This picture is from the same angle at 1 mile out and 2,000 ft. You can see water on both sides of the island.

The airport doesn't look like much from the air

It is 18.85 acres of Agricultural Island in the Lee Islands which run up the Gulf Coast from Bonita Bay, Estero (Ft Myers Beach), Sanibel, Captiva, North Captiva, to Cayo Costa, Gasparilla and many inner islands to include Pine Island, Useppa and Cabbage Key where it is said Jimmy Buffet wrote "Cheese Burger in Paradise"

 
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Matlacha the gateway to the Island
Sanibel everyone's paradise
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Picnic Island a Boaters hangout
Cabbage Key - Cheese Burger in Paradise