OurAirports: Comments on Las Trancas Airport

[17CL] "re: aka 6q6?" by david

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:46:45 -0500

Comment by @david on Las Trancas Airport, United States:

That seems to be a former identifier - I've added it to the keywords.

[17CL] "aka 6q6?" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:58:00 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Las Trancas Airport, United States:

I've run into some references online (including a logbook) that refer to this airport as 6Q6

[17CL] "re: Great!" by Anonymous Flier

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:50:52 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Las Trancas Airport, United States:

Is this your airstrip? I saw what appeared to be a Cessna 170 taking off from that strip a few weeks ago. It was some type of older tail-dragger. Was that yours?

[17CL] "Great!" by Anonymous Flier

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:04:59 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Las Trancas Airport, United States:

My favorite strip, and the only reason I keep my plane.

Use with permission only! Not a public airfield!

MINE!

[17CL] "First plane!!" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:55:56 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Las Trancas Airport, United States:

I'm a super big fan of this airport, as I attend university several miles away. Years ago, I discovered this small, remote, unheard of, 1500 foot dirt landing strip while flying around on the Microsoft Flight Simulator. I have never seen any airplane land on this strip, ever! It is quite possibly the loneliest airport, ever! Local residents use the strip as a place to exercise their dogs. In fact, several months back, my family and I had a nice picnic on the runway, which resembles more of a driveway, or an unmaintained dirt road then a designated spot for aircrafts to land. I'd estimate that you could count on your fingers the amount of air traffic that this airport sees every year. Anyways, I was driving back from a run I had in Rancho Del Oso State Park yesterday, when to my amazement, I saw a Cessna 170 taxiing along the runway. I slammed on the breaks, and stopped on the side of the road, to get a glimpse of a plane taking off from an airport I thought I'd never see used for its intended purpose. I have to say, it was AMAZING! This airport is now my favorite airport, by far! When I become a pilot of my own, I'll be this airport's number #1 visitor.