Originally Posted by
CX500T
Are you able to park without breaking the bank at LAX? I looked into what it would cost to park at LGA or JFK.. Lets just say the ramp fees plus parking, plus fuel just made that a non starter for the GA commute for me. (was semi seriously looking at buying a friends M20)
Hawthorne airport, KHHR. It's a block and half from the green line train, one stop and a quick bus ride, you're at LAX terminal. It's $30/night to park ($15 for airline crew members) and they waive the ramp fee if you buy 10 gal of gas. It's not cheap but very convenient. I used to have a tiedown at HHR and park my airport car on the tiedown, but it turns out to be way cheaper and faster to use the FBO.
It takes me north of 5hrs to drive to LAX with light traffic and just over an hour to fly my plane. I can drive to the closest airport that serves LAX (no Delta or connection service) but I think they’re down to 2 flights a day; there were like 10 or more when we moved here.
Expensive, yes, but I much prefer to suck on my cup of coffee for an hour on autopilot than deal with the idiots on the road for 5 or more hours each way.