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Ellington Field

2010-05-20T13:47:57Z

EFDspotter: /* Regular Traffic */

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

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icao=KEFD|
aptype=Mixed-Use Public|
website=http://www.fly2houston.com/EllingtonHome|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?q=DAL&t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.607342,-95.158768&spn=0.026342,0.02738&z=15&om=1|
mapsource=Google Maps|
atctower=126.050|
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Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. Due to BRAC closures, EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984, but is now a rapidly expanding Joint Reserve Base, consolidating the Houston area National Guard and Reserve units.
EFD houses the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, Oklahoma Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, and NASA, in addition to its general aviation tenants. Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world!

EFD is home to the Collings Foundation's Vietnam Heritage Flight, and hosts the Commemorative Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow. It is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training. Many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing sitting alert.
Southwest Services FBO is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston bases 3 Eurocopter MH-65 Dauphins for SAR and port security missions.
NASA's T-38 "Talons", Gulfstream Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA), DC-9 "Weightless Wonder VI" or "Vomit Comet", the last 2 flying WB-57F "Canberras", and the only airworthy Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy" are all based at Ellington.
A large variety of bizjet and general aviation aircraft base and transit KEFD. 

EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
-->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L in the morning. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====McDonald's====
McDonalds located at Beltway 8 and Genoa Red Bluff is perfect for evening 17R arrivals.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing: ASA F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: Reece RC-26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: Aerospatiale/Eurocopter MH-65C "Dauphins" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Super Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-57F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets used for VIP transport or Space Shuttle Training. The Zero G 727 also contracts to NASA to fly parabolic reduced gravity training sorties. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, Aero Vodochodys, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2010-05-20T13:42:31Z

EFDspotter:

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

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iata=EFD|
icao=KEFD|
aptype=Mixed-Use Public|
website=http://www.fly2houston.com/EllingtonHome|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?q=DAL&t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.607342,-95.158768&spn=0.026342,0.02738&z=15&om=1|
mapsource=Google Maps|
atctower=126.050|
atcground=121.600|
atcclearance=|
atcapproach=|
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Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. Due to BRAC closures, EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984, but is now a rapidly expanding Joint Reserve Base, consolidating the Houston area National Guard and Reserve units.
EFD houses the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, Oklahoma Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, and NASA, in addition to its general aviation tenants. Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world!

EFD is home to the Collings Foundation's Vietnam Heritage Flight, and hosts the Commemorative Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow. It is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training. Many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing sitting alert.
Southwest Services FBO is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston bases 3 Eurocopter MH-65 Dauphins for SAR and port security missions.
NASA's T-38 "Talons", Gulfstream Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA), DC-9 "Weightless Wonder VI" or "Vomit Comet", the last 2 flying WB-57F "Canberras", and the only airworthy Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy" are all based at Ellington.
A large variety of bizjet and general aviation aircraft base and transit KEFD. 

EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
-->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L in the morning. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====McDonald's====
McDonalds located at Beltway 8 and Genoa Red Bluff is perfect for evening 17R arrivals.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing: ASA F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: Reece RC-26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: Aerospatiale/Eurocopter MH-65C "Dauphins" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Super Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-57F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, Aero Vodochodys, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2010-05-19T21:29:21Z

EFDspotter: /* Regular Traffic */

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

{{infobox|fullname=Ellington Field|
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icao=KEFD|
aptype=Mixed-Use Public|
website=http://www.fly2houston.com/EllingtonHome|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?q=DAL&t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.607342,-95.158768&spn=0.026342,0.02738&z=15&om=1|
mapsource=Google Maps|
atctower=126.050|
atcground=121.600|
atcclearance=|
atcapproach=|
atcdeparture=|
atcatis=135.575|
atcunicom=122.950}}

Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. Due to BRAC closures, EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984, but is now a rapidly expanding Joint Reserve Base, consolidating the Houston area National Guard and Reserve units.
EFD houses the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, Oklahoma Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, and NASA, in addition to its general aviation tenants. Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world!

EFD is home to the Commemorative Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is the home of the Collings Foundation's Vietnam Heritage Flight. It is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training. Many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing sitting alert.
Southwest Services FBO is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston bases 3 Eurocopter MH-65 Dauphins for SAR and port security missions.
NASA's T-38 "Talons", Gulfstream Shuttle Training Aircraft (SCA), DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", the last 2 flying WB-57F "Canberas", and the only airworthy Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy" are all based at Ellington.
A large variety of bizjet and general aviation aircraft base and transit KEFD. 

EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
-->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing: ASA F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: Reece RC-26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: Aerospatiale/Eurocopter MH-65C "Dauphins" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Super Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-57F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, Aero Vodochodys, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2010-05-19T21:29:07Z

EFDspotter: /* Regular Traffic */

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

{{infobox|fullname=Ellington Field|
location=Houston, Texas|
iata=EFD|
icao=KEFD|
aptype=Mixed-Use Public|
website=http://www.fly2houston.com/EllingtonHome|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?q=DAL&t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.607342,-95.158768&spn=0.026342,0.02738&z=15&om=1|
mapsource=Google Maps|
atctower=126.050|
atcground=121.600|
atcclearance=|
atcapproach=|
atcdeparture=|
atcatis=135.575|
atcunicom=122.950}}

Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. Due to BRAC closures, EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984, but is now a rapidly expanding Joint Reserve Base, consolidating the Houston area National Guard and Reserve units.
EFD houses the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, Oklahoma Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, and NASA, in addition to its general aviation tenants. Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world!

EFD is home to the Commemorative Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is the home of the Collings Foundation's Vietnam Heritage Flight. It is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training. Many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing sitting alert.
Southwest Services FBO is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston bases 3 Eurocopter MH-65 Dauphins for SAR and port security missions.
NASA's T-38 "Talons", Gulfstream Shuttle Training Aircraft (SCA), DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", the last 2 flying WB-57F "Canberas", and the only airworthy Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy" are all based at Ellington.
A large variety of bizjet and general aviation aircraft base and transit KEFD. 

EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
-->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing: ASA F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: Reece RC-26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: Aerospatiale/Eurocopter MH-65C "Dauphins" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Supper Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-57F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, Aero Vodochodys, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2010-05-19T21:28:42Z

EFDspotter:

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

{{infobox|fullname=Ellington Field|
location=Houston, Texas|
iata=EFD|
icao=KEFD|
aptype=Mixed-Use Public|
website=http://www.fly2houston.com/EllingtonHome|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?q=DAL&t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.607342,-95.158768&spn=0.026342,0.02738&z=15&om=1|
mapsource=Google Maps|
atctower=126.050|
atcground=121.600|
atcclearance=|
atcapproach=|
atcdeparture=|
atcatis=135.575|
atcunicom=122.950}}

Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. Due to BRAC closures, EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984, but is now a rapidly expanding Joint Reserve Base, consolidating the Houston area National Guard and Reserve units.
EFD houses the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, Oklahoma Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, and NASA, in addition to its general aviation tenants. Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world!

EFD is home to the Commemorative Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is the home of the Collings Foundation's Vietnam Heritage Flight. It is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training. Many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing sitting alert.
Southwest Services FBO is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston bases 3 Eurocopter MH-65 Dauphins for SAR and port security missions.
NASA's T-38 "Talons", Gulfstream Shuttle Training Aircraft (SCA), DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", the last 2 flying WB-57F "Canberas", and the only airworthy Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy" are all based at Ellington.
A large variety of bizjet and general aviation aircraft base and transit KEFD. 

EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
-->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing: ASA F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: Reece RC-26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: Aerospatiale/Eurocopter MH-65C "Dauphins" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Supper Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-47F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, Aero Vodochodys, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2010-05-19T15:46:09Z

EFDspotter:

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

{{infobox|fullname=Ellington Field|
location=Houston, Texas|
iata=EFD|
icao=KEFD|
aptype=Mixed-Use Public|
website=http://www.fly2houston.com/EllingtonHome|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?q=DAL&t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.607342,-95.158768&spn=0.026342,0.02738&z=15&om=1|
mapsource=Google Maps|
atctower=126.050|
atcground=121.600|
atcclearance=|
atcapproach=|
atcdeparture=|
atcatis=135.575|
atcunicom=122.950}}

Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. Due to BRAC closures, EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984, but is now a rapidly expanding Joint Reserve Base, consolidating the Houston area National Guard and Reserve units.
EFD houses the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, Oklahoma Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, and NASA, in addition to its general aviation tenants. Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world!

EFD is home to the Commemorative Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is the home of the Collings Foundation's Vietnam Heritage Flight. It is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training. Many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing sitting alert.
Southwest Services FBO is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston bases 3 Eurocopter MH-65 Dauphins for SAR and port security missions.
NASA's T-38 "Talons", Gulfstream Shuttle Training Aircraft (SCA), DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", the last 2 flying WB-47F "Canberas", and the only airworthy Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy" are all based at Ellington.
A large variety of bizjet and general aviation aircraft base and transit KEFD. 

EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
-->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing: ASA F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: Reece RC-26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: Aerospatiale/Eurocopter MH-65C "Dauphins" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Supper Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-47F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, Aero Vodochodys, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2008-07-19T02:00:04Z

EFDspotter:

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

{{infobox|fullname=Ellington Field|
location=Houston, Texas|
iata=EFD|
icao=KEFD|
aptype=Mixed-Use Public|
website=http://www.fly2houston.com/EllingtonHome|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?q=DAL&t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.607342,-95.158768&spn=0.026342,0.02738&z=15&om=1|
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Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984 and now supports the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, Oklahoma Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, and NASA, in addition to general aviation tenants.

EFD is home to the Confederate Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training.

Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world! You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing sitting alert, NASA's T-38 "Talons", Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy", DC-9 "Vomit Comet", WB-47F "Canberas", and a large variety of bizjet and general aviation aircraft. EFD is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft as well. 
EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
EFD ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192 -->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing: ASA F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: Reece RC-26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: SAR HH-65A Aerospatiale "Dolphines" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Supper Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-47F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, Aero Vodochodys, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2008-07-19T01:57:54Z

EFDspotter:

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

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location=Houston, Texas|
iata=EFD|
icao=KEFD|
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atcground=121.600|
atcclearance=|
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atcdeparture=|
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Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984 and now supports the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, Oklahoma Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, and NASA, in addition to general aviation tenants.
EFD is home to the Confederate Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training.
Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world! You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing sitting alert, NASA's T-38 "Talons", Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy", DC-9 "Vomit Comet", WB-47F "Canberas", and a large variety of bizjet and general aviation aircraft. EFD is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft as well. 
EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
EFD ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192 -->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing: ASA F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: Reece RC-26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: SAR HH-65A Aerospatiale "Dolphines" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Supper Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-47F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, Aero Vodochodys, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-21T22:40:58Z

EFDspotter:

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

{{infobox|fullname=Scholes International Airport at Galveston|
location=Galveston, Texas|
iata=GLS|
icao=KGLS|
aptype=Public|
website=http://www.galvestonairport.com/|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=kgls&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=addr&om=1|
mapsource=Google Maps|
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atcground=118.625|
atcclearance=135.35 WHEN GLS ATCT CLSD|
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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1931. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native and 1900 Storm survivor, who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his own 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland allegedly due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before. This incident earned him his nickname.

During World War II, Galveston Municipal Airport was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group, flying the Douglas A-20 Havoc in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron, flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5.

GLS was named after its first manager, Robert D. Scholes (1899-1960), who ran Galveston Municipal Airport from 1931 until 1960. Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 12 hours a day air traffic control (0600-1800), with direct clearance delivery service to Houston TRACON after the tower is closed. The Class D surface area changes to Class E and airport is uncontrolled. Airport lighting includes HIRL, MIRL, MALSR, REIL’s and PAPI’s as well as Lighted taxiway and runway signage. It has an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It has been used as a fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, Era, Evergreen, PHI, Tex-Air, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

The Main Terminal Building has an outdoor observation area on the ground floor. To access the area, enter the main terminal doors and walk straight through and exit the ramp side doors. There is a large yard before you get to the gate leading to the flight line. A second floor observation deck complete with tables and chairs, can only be accessed from an outdoor stairway in the outside yard on the ramp side of the terminal. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation up close when they taxi in to the tie-down area. It is also best for photographing all of the inbound oil industry helicopters as all helicopter approaches are made from the north. Evergreen is the only major carrier who will not fly or air-taxi past the terminal as their base is the only one north of the terminal building.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional transient bizjets can be seen at GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-21T22:33:19Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1931. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native and 1900 Storm survivor, who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his own 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland allegedly due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before. This incident earned him his nickname.

During World War II, Galveston Municipal Airport was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group, flying the Douglas A-20 Havoc in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron, flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5.

GLS was named after its first manager, Robert D. Scholes (1899-1960), who ran Galveston Municipal Airport from 1931 until 1960. Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 12 hours a day air traffic control (0600-1800), with direct clearance delivery service to Houston TRACON after the tower is closed. The Class D surface area changes to Class E and airport is uncontrolled. It has an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It has been used as a fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, Era, Evergreen, PHI, Tex-Air, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

The Main Terminal Building has an outdoor observation area on the ground floor. To access the area, enter the main terminal doors and walk straight through and exit the ramp side doors. There is a large yard before you get to the gate leading to the flight line. A second floor observation deck complete with tables and chairs, can only be accessed from an outdoor stairway in the outside yard on the ramp side of the terminal. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation up close when they taxi in to the tie-down area. It is also best for photographing all of the inbound oil industry helicopters as all helicopter approaches are made from the north. Evergreen is the only major carrier who will not fly or air-taxi past the terminal as their base is the only one north of the terminal building.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional transient bizjets can be seen at GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-08T16:31:57Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1931. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native and 1900 Storm survivor, who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his own 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland allegedly due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before. This incident earned him his nickname.

During World War II, Galveston Municipal Airport was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group, flying the Douglas A-20 Havoc in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron, flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5.

GLS was named after its first manager, Robert D. Scholes (1899-1960), who ran Galveston Municipal Airport from 1931 until 1960. Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It has been used as a fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, Era, Evergreen, PHI, Tex-Air, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

The Main Terminal Building has an outdoor observation area on the ground floor. To access the area, enter the main terminal doors and walk straight through and exit the ramp side doors. There is a large yard before you get to the gate leading to the flight line. A second floor observation deck complete with tables and chairs, can only be accessed from an outdoor stairway in the outside yard on the ramp side of the terminal. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation up close when they taxi in to the tie-down area. It is also best for photographing all of the inbound oil industry helicopters as all helicopter approaches are made from the north. Evergreen is the only major carrier who will not fly or air-taxi past the terminal as their base is the only one north of the terminal building.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional transient bizjets can be seen at GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-08T16:19:00Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1931. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native and 1900 Storm survivor, who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his own 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland allegedly due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before. This incident earned him his nickname.

During World War II, Galveston Municipal Airport was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group, flying the Douglas A-20 Havoc in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron, flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5.

GLS was named after its first manager, Robert D. Scholes (1899-1960), who ran Galveston Municipal Airport from 1931 until 1960. Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It has been used as a fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, Era, Evergreen, PHI, Tex-Air, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

The Main Terminal Building has an outdoor observation area on the ground floor. To access the area, enter the main terminal doors and walk straight through and exit the ramp side doors. There is a large yard before you get to the gate leading to the flight line. A second floor observation deck complete with tables and chairs, can only be accessed from an outdoor stairway in the outside yard on the ramp side of the terminal. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation up close when they taxi in to the tie-down area. It is also best for photographing all of the inbound oil industry helicopters as all helicopter approaches are made from the north. Evergreen is the only major carrier who will not fly or air-taxi past the terminal as their base is the only one north of the terminal building.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport

2008-01-07T16:57:13Z

EFDspotter:

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George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH/IAH) is located approximately 23 miles north of downtown Houston off of U.S. Highway 59 near Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway). IAH is the largest of 3 municipal airports that are operated and maintained by the City of Houston's Department of Aviation. The Houston Airport System (HAS) functions as an enterprise fund and does not burden the local tax base for airport operations, maintenance or capital improvements.

IAH rests on more than 10,000 acres that includes 5 passenger terminals that are all linked by train, and annually serve more than 40 million passengers that account for the almost 800 daily departures! IAH is the 9th busiest airport in the U.S. for total passengers, 7th largest international passenger gateway in the nation, and is the 6th busiest airport in the world for total aircraft movements.

==Official Spotting Locations==

===Lee Road===

Lee Road, just south of Will Clayton Parkway, is situated at the end of runway 27. Photograhers can get some nice approach pictures, although 26L and 26R are frequently used as well.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Parking Garages===
The top floor of the parking garages are prime vantage points for spotters and photographers. Houston Airport System's security desk prefers a phone call prior to spotters/photographers parking to advise them what location one is spotting from.

Terminal A/B Garage- Great for spotting domestic carriers excluding Continental, also great for takeoffs from any runway except 9/27. Terminal A garage, level 7 is a favourite amongst the IAH Spotters Club.

Terminal C Garage- See a ton of Continental aircraft here.

Terminal D/E Garage- This is a fun terminal between 3:20 and 5:00 (PM) to see arriving heavies, and cargo, as well as departing heavies (Continental 777-200, Air France 777-300, British Airways 777-200, KLM 747-400). It offers a great place to see arrivals on 26L; beware severe Heat Distortion between March through September.

===BAX Parking Facility===
Just take a right pulling out of Lee Rd. Spotting area then head back towards the terminal, and take the first right. The BAX World Cargo Facility is clearly marked. NOTE park about halfway down as to not raise too much concern. Note that many people from the IAH Spotters Group have been hassled by Homeland Security, BAX Security, and HAS Security.

==Locations to Avoid==

===Location===

==Regular Traffic==

All flights daily unless noted.

'''Terminal A'''

American (737, MD-80)

Air Canada (E175)

Air Canada Jazz (CRJ-700, E175)

Delta (737, CRJ-200, CRJ-700, MD-88)

Frontier (A318, A319)

US Airways (737, 757, A320, CRJ-700, E170)

United (737, A320)

'''Terminal B'''

Continental Express (ERJ)

Northwest (A319, DC-9)

Northwest Airlink (CRJ-200)

'''Terminal C & E'''

Continental (737, 757-200, 757-300, 767-200, 767-400, 777-200)

'''Terminal D'''

Aeromexico (737, MD-80)

Air France (777-200, A330-200) - AF38/31 (772) Daily except Wednesday

British Airways (777-200, 767-300) 3X Daily BA2025/2024, BA203/202, BA2027/2026,

Cayman Airways (737)

China Airlines (A340-300) 3X Weekly CAL16/15

Emirates Airlines (772LR) 3X Weekly EK211/212

Lufthansa (A340-600) 1X Daily DLH440/441

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (747-400) 1X Daily KLM661/662

TACA (A320)

World Airways (Scheduled Charter) (MD-11) - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's only

PrivatAir on behalf of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (737/BBJ) - Daily Except Wednesday

==External links==
* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ Houston Airport System (HAS) official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport

2008-01-07T16:41:09Z

EFDspotter: /* Official Spotting Locations */

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George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH/IAH) is located approximately 23 miles north of downtown Houston off of U.S. Highway 59 near Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway). IAH is operated and maintained by the City of Houston Department of Aviation. The Houston Airport System functions as an enterprise fund and does not burden the local tax base for airport operations, maintenance or capital improvements.

IAH is on more than 10,000 acres that includes 5 passenger terminals that are all linked by train, and annually serve more than 40 million passengers that account for the almost 800 daily departures! IAH is the 9th busiest airport in the U.S. for total passengers, 7th largest international passenger gateway in the nation, and is the 6th busiest airport in the world for total aircraft movements.

==Official Spotting Locations==

===Lee Road===

Lee Road, just south of Will Clayton Parkway, is situated at the end of runway 27. Photograhers can get some nice approach pictures, although 26L and 26R are frequently used as well.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Parking Garages===
You can see some good action from the top of the parking garages.

Terminal A/B - Great for spotting domestic carriers excluding Continental, also great for takeoffs from any runway except 9/27. Terminal A garage, level 7 is a favourite amongst the IAH Spotters Club.

Terminal C - See a ton of Continental aircraft here.

Terminal D/E - This is a fun terminal between 3:20 and 5:00 (PM) to see arriving heavies, and cargo, as well as departing heavies (Continental 777-200, Air France 777-300, British Airways 777-200, KLM 747-400). It offers a great place to see arrivals on 26L; beware severe Heat Distortion between March through September.

===BAX Parking Facility===
Just take a right pulling out of Lee Rd. Spotting area then head back towards the terminal, and take the first right. The BAX World Cargo Facility is clearly marked. NOTE park about halfway down as to not raise too much concern. Note that many people from the IAH Spotters Group have been hassled by Homeland Security, BAX Security, and HAS Security.

==Locations to Avoid==

===Location===

==Regular Traffic==

All flights daily unless noted.

'''Terminal A'''

American (737, MD-80)

Air Canada (E175)

Air Canada Jazz (CRJ-700, E175)

Delta (737, CRJ-200, CRJ-700, MD-88)

Frontier (A318, A319)

US Airways (737, 757, A320, CRJ-700, E170)

United (737, A320)

'''Terminal B'''

Continental Express (ERJ)

Northwest (A319, DC-9)

Northwest Airlink (CRJ-200)

'''Terminal C & E'''

Continental (737, 757-200, 757-300, 767-200, 767-400, 777-200)

'''Terminal D'''

Aeromexico (737, MD-80)

Air France (777-200, A330-200) - AF38/31 (772) Daily except Wednesday

Aviacsa (737)

British Airways (777-200, 767-300) 3X Daily BA2025/2024, BA203/202, BA2027/2026,

Cayman Airways (737)

China Airlines (A340-300) 3X Weekly CAL16/15

Emirates Airlines (772LR) 3X Weekly EK211/212 ''Nonstop service to begin December 3, 2007''

Lufthansa (A340-600) 1X Daily DLH440/441

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (747-400) 1X Daily KLM661/662

TACA (A320)

World Airways (Scheduled Charter) (MD-11) - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's only

PrivatAir on behalf of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (737/BBJ) - Daily Except Wednesday

==Facilities and Transportation==

George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport

2008-01-07T16:39:44Z

EFDspotter: /* Official Spotting Locations */

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George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH/IAH) is located approximately 23 miles north of downtown Houston off of U.S. Highway 59 near Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway). IAH is operated and maintained by the City of Houston Department of Aviation. The Houston Airport System functions as an enterprise fund and does not burden the local tax base for airport operations, maintenance or capital improvements.

IAH is on more than 10,000 acres that includes 5 passenger terminals that are all linked by train, and annually serve more than 40 million passengers that account for the almost 800 daily departures! IAH is the 9th busiest airport in the U.S. for total passengers, 7th largest international passenger gateway in the nation, and is the 6th busiest airport in the world for total aircraft movements.

==Official Spotting Locations==

===Lee Road===

Lee Road, just south of Will Clayton Parkway, is situated at the end of runway 27. You get some nice approach shots, although 26L and 26R are frequently used as well.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Parking Garages===
You can see some good action from the top of the parking garages.

Terminal A/B - Great for spotting domestic carriers excluding Continental, also great for takeoffs from any runway except 9/27. Terminal A garage, level 7 is a favourite amongst the IAH Spotters Club.

Terminal C - See a ton of Continental aircraft here.

Terminal D/E - This is a fun terminal between 3:20 and 5:00 (PM) to see arriving heavies, and cargo, as well as departing heavies (Continental 777-200, Air France 777-300, British Airways 777-200, KLM 747-400). It offers a great place to see arrivals on 26L; beware severe Heat Distortion between March through September.

===BAX Parking Facility===
Just take a right pulling out of Lee Rd. Spotting area then head back towards the terminal, and take the first right. The BAX World Cargo Facility is clearly marked. NOTE park about halfway down as to not raise too much concern. Note that many people from the IAH Spotters Group have been hassled by Homeland Security, BAX Security, and HAS Security.

==Locations to Avoid==

===Location===

==Regular Traffic==

All flights daily unless noted.

'''Terminal A'''

American (737, MD-80)

Air Canada (E175)

Air Canada Jazz (CRJ-700, E175)

Delta (737, CRJ-200, CRJ-700, MD-88)

Frontier (A318, A319)

US Airways (737, 757, A320, CRJ-700, E170)

United (737, A320)

'''Terminal B'''

Continental Express (ERJ)

Northwest (A319, DC-9)

Northwest Airlink (CRJ-200)

'''Terminal C & E'''

Continental (737, 757-200, 757-300, 767-200, 767-400, 777-200)

'''Terminal D'''

Aeromexico (737, MD-80)

Air France (777-200, A330-200) - AF38/31 (772) Daily except Wednesday

Aviacsa (737)

British Airways (777-200, 767-300) 3X Daily BA2025/2024, BA203/202, BA2027/2026,

Cayman Airways (737)

China Airlines (A340-300) 3X Weekly CAL16/15

Emirates Airlines (772LR) 3X Weekly EK211/212 ''Nonstop service to begin December 3, 2007''

Lufthansa (A340-600) 1X Daily DLH440/441

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (747-400) 1X Daily KLM661/662

TACA (A320)

World Airways (Scheduled Charter) (MD-11) - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's only

PrivatAir on behalf of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (737/BBJ) - Daily Except Wednesday

==Facilities and Transportation==

George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport

2008-01-07T16:36:45Z

EFDspotter:

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George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH/IAH) is located approximately 23 miles north of downtown Houston off of U.S. Highway 59 near Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway). IAH is operated and maintained by the City of Houston Department of Aviation. The Houston Airport System functions as an enterprise fund and does not burden the local tax base for airport operations, maintenance or capital improvements.

IAH is on more than 10,000 acres that includes 5 passenger terminals that are all linked by train, and annually serve more than 40 million passengers that account for the almost 800 daily departures! IAH is the 9th busiest airport in the U.S. for total passengers, 7th largest international passenger gateway in the nation, and is the 6th busiest airport in the world for total aircraft movements.

==Official Spotting Locations==

===Lee Road===

Lee Rd south of Will Clayton Pkwy at the end of runway 27. You get some nice approach shots, although 26L and 26R are frequently used as well.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Parking Garages===
You can see some good action from the top of the parking garages.

Terminal A/B - Great for spotting domestic carriers excluding Continental, also great for takeoffs from any runway except 9/27. Terminal A garage, level 7 is a favourite amongst the IAH Spotters Club.

Terminal C - See a ton of Continental aircraft here.

Terminal D/E - This is a fun terminal between 3:20 and 5:00 (PM) to see arriving heavies, and cargo, as well as departing heavies (Continental 777-200, Air France 777-300, British Airways 777-200, KLM 747-400). It offers a great place to see arrivals on 26L; beware severe Heat Distortion between March through September.

===BAX Parking Facility===
Just take a right pulling out of Lee Rd. Spotting area then head back towards the terminal, and take the first right. The BAX World Cargo Facility is clearly marked. NOTE park about halfway down as to not raise too much concern. Note that many people from the IAH Spotters Group have been hassled by Homeland Security, BAX Security, and HAS Security.

==Locations to Avoid==

===Location===

==Regular Traffic==

All flights daily unless noted.

'''Terminal A'''

American (737, MD-80)

Air Canada (E175)

Air Canada Jazz (CRJ-700, E175)

Delta (737, CRJ-200, CRJ-700, MD-88)

Frontier (A318, A319)

US Airways (737, 757, A320, CRJ-700, E170)

United (737, A320)

'''Terminal B'''

Continental Express (ERJ)

Northwest (A319, DC-9)

Northwest Airlink (CRJ-200)

'''Terminal C & E'''

Continental (737, 757-200, 757-300, 767-200, 767-400, 777-200)

'''Terminal D'''

Aeromexico (737, MD-80)

Air France (777-200, A330-200) - AF38/31 (772) Daily except Wednesday

Aviacsa (737)

British Airways (777-200, 767-300) 3X Daily BA2025/2024, BA203/202, BA2027/2026,

Cayman Airways (737)

China Airlines (A340-300) 3X Weekly CAL16/15

Emirates Airlines (772LR) 3X Weekly EK211/212 ''Nonstop service to begin December 3, 2007''

Lufthansa (A340-600) 1X Daily DLH440/441

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (747-400) 1X Daily KLM661/662

TACA (A320)

World Airways (Scheduled Charter) (MD-11) - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's only

PrivatAir on behalf of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (737/BBJ) - Daily Except Wednesday

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-07T16:05:24Z

EFDspotter: /* Official Spotting Locations */

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It has been used as a fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, ERA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

The Main Terminal Building has an outdoor observation area on the ground floor. To access the area, enter the main terminal doors and walk straight through and exit the ramp side doors. There is a large yard before you get to the gate leading to the flight line. A second floor observation deck complete with tables and chairs, can only be accessed from the outside yard on the ramp side of the terminal. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation up close when they taxi in to the tie-down area. It is also best for photographing all of the oil industry helicopters as all helicopter approaches are made from the north. Evergreen is the only major carrier who will not fly or air-taxi past the terminal as their base is the only one north of the terminal building.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-07T15:49:26Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It has been used as a fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, ERA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

The Main Terminal Building has an outdoor observation area on the ground floor. To access the area, enter the main terminal doors and walk straight through and exit the ramp side doors. A second floor observation deck complete with tables and chairs, can only be accessed from outside on the ramp side of the terminal. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation up close when they taxi in to the tie-down area. It is also best for photographing all of the oil industry helicopters as all helicopter approaches are made from the north. Evergreen is the only major carrier who will not fly or air-taxi past the terminal as their base is the only one north of the terminal.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-07T15:40:49Z

EFDspotter: /* Official Spotting Locations */

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

The Main Terminal Building has an outdoor observation area on the ground floor. To access the area, enter the main terminal doors and walk straight through and exit the ramp side doors. A second floor observation deck complete with tables and chairs, can only be accessed from outside on the ramp side of the terminal. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation up close when they taxi in to the tie-down area. It is also best for photographing all of the oil industry helicopters as all helicopter approaches are made from the north. Evergreen is the only major carrier who will not fly or air-taxi past the terminal as their base is the only one north of the terminal.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-07T15:34:23Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor. A second floor observation deck complete with tables and chairs that can only be accessed from outside on the ramp side of the terminal. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation up close, and most oil industry helicopters as all helicopter approaches are made from the north.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T18:23:38Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft. 
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. 
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston. 
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T18:10:36Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
GLS enjoyed the service of many airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways (forerunner to Texas International Airlines), Braniff Airways, and Houston Metro Airlines. GLS's Master Plan has considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2008-01-02T17:54:55Z

EFDspotter: /* External links */

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Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984 and now supports the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, NASA, in addition to general aviation tenants. The airport is home to the Confederate Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training.
Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world! You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the 147th Fighter Wing, NASA's T-38 "Talons", Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy", DC-9 "Vomit Comet", WB-47F "Canberas", and a large variety of general aviation aircraft. EFD is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft as well. 
EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
EFD ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192 -->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Texas Air National Guard 147th Fighter Wing: F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: RC26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: HH-65A Aerospatiale "Dolphines" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Supper Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-47F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://www.fly2houston.com/ellington/ Houston Airport System's EFD official webpage]
* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T16:54:40Z

EFDspotter: /* External links */

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2008-01-02T16:32:19Z

EFDspotter: /* External links */

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Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984 and now supports the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, NASA, in addition to general aviation tenants. The airport is home to the Confederate Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training.
Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world! You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the 147th Fighter Wing, NASA's T-38 "Talons", Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy", DC-9 "Vomit Comet", WB-47F "Canberas", and a large variety of general aviation aircraft. EFD is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft as well. 
EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
EFD ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192 -->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Texas Air National Guard 147th Fighter Wing: F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: RC26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: HH-65A Aerospatiale "Dolphines" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Supper Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-47F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==

* [http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html NASA JSC Aircraft Ops at EFD official webpage]
* [http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Wings Over Houston official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T16:23:19Z

EFDspotter: /* Regular Traffic */

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors: 
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys; 
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s; 
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s; 
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s. 

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photograper's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Ellington Field

2008-01-02T16:21:47Z

EFDspotter:

{{categorybox|North America|United States|Texas}}

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Ellington Field is a joint use civil/military airport. It is a former U.S. Air Force superbase named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division pilot killed in a Wright C Flyer accident. EFD was acquired by the City of Houston in 1984 and now supports the operations of the Texas Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Army National Guard, NASA, in addition to general aviation tenants. The airport is home to the Confederate Air Force's annual "Wings Over Houston" Airshow and is also the place where many of the astronauts from the world-renowned Johnson Space Center receive their flight familiarization and training.
Ellington Field is operated and maintained by the Houston Airport System, the fourth largest multi-airport system in the nation and the sixth largest in the world! You can expect to see F-16 "Vipers" of the 147th Fighter Wing, NASA's T-38 "Talons", Airbus 377SG "Super Guppy", DC-9 "Vomit Comet", WB-47F "Canberas", and a large variety of general aviation aircraft. EFD is a popular stop over for transient military aircraft as well. 
EFD is a FAR 139 Class IV Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. 
EFD ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192 -->

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for EFD.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Hilliard Street====

Hilliard Street just east of Brantley Avenue (next to CFR/ARFF Firehouse) there is a 6 foot tall chain-link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Blume Avenue====

Blume Avenue near Sherbourne Street there is a usually empty parking lot with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, so bring a ladder.

====Brantley Avenue====

Brantley Avenue near Goodwin Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 4/22.

===Off Airport===

====Farley Road====

Farley Road off of Genoa Red Bluff is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17R/35L. It is advisable to not travel far enough down Farley Road into the sight of the Air National Guard area.

====Old Galveston Road====

Old Galveston Road (Highway 3) near Bay Star Road has areas where one can get different angles on the approach/departure of aircraft.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' There are U.S.A.F. Security Forces and N.A.S.A. security stationed on site and patrolling. Houston Police Department patrols periodically as well as the Harris County Constables, but all are aware of aviation photographers and whereas you might get checked out, they are all respectful and professional.

==Regular Traffic==
Texas Air National Guard 147th Fighter Wing: F-16 Vipers 
Texas Air National Guard: RC26 Fairchild SA-227 "Metroliner" 
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston: HH-65A Aerospatiale "Dolphines" 
U.S. Army National Guard: Boeing AH-64 "Apaches" 
NASA: Northrop T-38 "Talon", Airbus Industries 377SGT-F "Supper Guppy", Martin (English Electric) WB-47F "Canbera", Douglas DC-9 "Weightless Wonder" or "Vomit Comet", Various Grumman corporate jets. 
Collins Foundation: McDonnell F-4D "Phantom II", McDonnell TA-4J "Skyhawk", Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star", Grumman S-2F "Tracker", Bell UH-1E "Huey". 
There is a fair amount of General /Aviation activity at EFD including some MiGs, Learjets, Challengers, Falcons, light aircraft, and many professional sports team's chartered flights land at EFD while in Houston.

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/resources/airports/airport.asp?AirportID=KEFD HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photographer's webpage on EFD]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T16:12:58Z

EFDspotter: /* Regular Traffic */

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.

The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys;
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s;
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s;
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s.

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photograper's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T16:11:57Z

EFDspotter: /* External links */

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ HoustonSpotters.net regional aviation spotters and photograper's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T16:11:03Z

EFDspotter: /* External links */

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]
* [http://www.houstonspotters.net/ Houston Spotters regional aviation spotters and photograper's webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:39:07Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number (ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:38:43Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W

GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number(ASOS): (409) 740-9248

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:31:50Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W
GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:22:31Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

Coordinates: 29° 15′ 55.16″ N, 94° 51′ 37.46″ W
GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:20:54Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:20:27Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:16:41Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:15:52Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2008-01-02T15:13:59Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a terminal, 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Area of Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for fixed wing ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, Evergreen, PHI, and other oil industry vendors.

The Lone Star Flight Museum is located on the north side of GLS and boasts a large collection of flying antique warbirds as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2007-12-31T20:13:03Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932. It was renamed Corrigan Airport in 1938 for Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, a Galveston native who worked at Ryan Aeronautical Company and helped to build Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis". Later he piloted his 1929 Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane named "Sunshine" from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland due to a "compass error" after being denied permission to fly that same trans-Atlantic route by the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce many times before.

During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base and named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines and Braniff Airways, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a first class airport terminal, a 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call and state-of-the-art navigational aids and precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a MAO in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for air ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS. 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, PHI, Evergreen, and other oil industry vendors.
The Lone Star Flight Museum is located there and boasts a large collection of flying antique military aircraft as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2007-12-31T19:48:16Z

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to 1932.
During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a first class airport terminal, a 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call and state-of-the-art navigational aids and precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a MAO in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for air ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS. 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, PHI, Evergreen, and other oil industry vendors.
The Lone Star Flight Museum is located there and boasts a large collection of flying antique military aircraft as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

2007-12-31T19:45:49Z

EFDspotter:

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to at least 1934.
During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base named "Galveston Army Air Field", United States Army Corps of Engineers, using funds made available by Congress through the Civil Aeronautics Authority, constructed three 6,000-foot-long, hard-surface runways at the airport to accommodate army aircraft.
In January 1943, Galveston AAFld. was officially activated had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying A-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas.
The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. The installation cost $7 million and at its peak had some 2,500 personnel assigned. It was officially deactivated on November 15, 1945, with ownership reverting back to the City of Galveston.
As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate most aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a first class airport terminal, a 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call and state-of-the-art navigational aids and precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a MAO in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for air ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS. 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, PHI, Evergreen, and other oil industry vendors.
The Lone Star Flight Museum is located there and boasts a large collection of flying antique military aircraft as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

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Scholes International Airport is the former Galveston Municipal Airport that dates back to at least 1934.
During World War II, it was redesignated a U.S. Army Air Corps base named "Galveston Army Air Field". Galveston AAFld. had the 46th Bombardment Group (Light) flying a-20s in the anti-submarine role in the Gulf of Mexico, until replaced by the 10th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), flying RM-37 Lockheed Venturas. The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay. As late as 1948, it was an active seaplane base per Sectional Aeronautical chart SA SAC O-5. The earliest reference to GLS being named Scholes Field is in 1943.

GLS is now a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. GLS is operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, Texas.
Once served by Houston Metro Airlines, GLS's Master Plan considered the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway ( 17/35 )from 6001 x 150 ft. to 7,100 feet. Currently, it can accommodate almost any aircraft, up to a Boeing 767.

GLS is an Airport with 24 hour Air Traffic Control and an "A" ARFF Index. The 1,200-acre airport offers a first class airport terminal, a 24 hour fixed base operator, 24 hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call and state-of-the-art navigational aids and precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a MAO in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for air ambulances tranfering patients to the Shriner's Burn Center.

Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS. 50+ are helicopters belonging to Air Logistics, EVA, PHI, Evergreen, and other oil industry vendors.
The Lone Star Flight Museum is located there and boasts a large collection of flying antique military aircraft as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

GLS ATIS Phone Numbers: 281-464-4190, 281-464-4191 or 281-464-4192

==Official Spotting Locations==

There are currently NO official spotting locations for GLS. I have never been run off while photographing aircraft at GLS, either on or off grounds.

==Other Spotting Locations==

===Inside the airport grounds===

====Main Terminal Building====

The Main Terminal Building has an observation area on the ground floor and a second floor observation deck. It is best for photographing fixed-wing general aviation and some oil industry helicopters.

====Parking Lots====

There are multiple parking lots running the length of the east side of the airport with a 6 foot chain-link fence with 3 rows of barbed wire on top, a ladder might be in order. Some lots are shared, and some are owned by a specific company. A courtesy visit into the company offices can get you permission to photograph from the lot, and in many cases, it can lead to an escort onto the ramp as well.

====Lone Star Flight Museum====

Each year, the Lone Star Flight Museum holds fly days and air shows. The north side of the ramp is closed off and one can photograph south down the ramp, catching departures and arrivals of the off-shore oil industry helicopters as well as air show participants.

====Cessna Drive====

The end of Cessna Drive west of Comanche Street is is a prime position for photographing aircraft in flight using runways 17/35. It is located between the ARFF Station and the new Control Tower. It is also a prime location during the Lone Star Flight Museum's fly days and air shows, as it is the closest one can get to take offs and landings. Aircraft are much closer that the FAA requirements of 500 feet as they turn in to make passes in front of the crowd located 200 yards north of that location.

====Comanche Street====

Comanche Street near Terminal Drive is a good location for photographing helicopters that service the oil industry.

===Off Airport===

====Stewart Road====

Stewart Road near 83rd street in the morning hours and towards 99th Road in the afternoon hours are excellent for spotting or photography.

====Avenue V 1/2====

The dead end of Avenue V 1/2 near 99th Street is a perfect spot when 35/17 is active, and not bad for when 31/13 is the active but best to photograph in either location in the afternoon.

====Airways Lane====

From Stewart Road, drive northbound on 99th street untill it forks. Take the right fork onto Travel Air to the end. Turn right onto Airways Lane and stop at the dead end. It is best to photograph from this location in the afternoon.

====Teichman Road====

Teichman Road near 91st Street is located across Offats Bayou from GLS and affords a different angle to spot from. Depending on the active and the position of the sun, you might have to move east or west down Teichman Road.

====Offats Bayou ====

For those who would like to merge boating and aircraft spotting, Offats Bayou lends itself to excellent access to the north side of GLS. There is a public boat ramp on 61st Street just south of IH 45. GLS is no more than a mile west from the launch.

==Locations to Avoid==

'''There are no unmarked Locations to Avoid.''' Galveston Police Department patrols periodically, as well as the occasional Galveston County Sheriff's Department unit. Both agencies are accustomed to aircraft spotters and treat them well if they do make contact. There is no airport police nor are there Airport Operations cars that patrol.

==Regular Traffic==

Light general aviation aircraft, and the occasional bizjets frequent GLS.
The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the off shore petrochemical industry. Of the larger vendors:
AIR LOGISTICS flies Sikorsky S-76s, Hueys
ERA flies Augusta A-119s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-61s
EVERGREEN flies Eurocopter AS-350s, Hueys, Sikorsky S-61s
PHI (Petrolium Helicopters Inc.) flies Bell JetRangers, Messerschmidt BO-105s, Eurocopter EC-135s, Sikorsky S-76s,

The Lone Star Flight Museum has a large number of static warbirds, and also maintains a fleet of air worthy warbirds including:
Vega B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Vought F4U Corsair, General Motors (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Supermarine Spitfire, Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane, North American AT-6 Texan, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Stinson L-5, Douglas DC-3 Sky Train

==External links==
* [http://www.galvestonairport.com/ Scholes International Airport official webpage]
* [http://www.lsfm.org/ Lone Star Flight Museum & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame webpage]

==Facilities and Transportation==

Scholes International Airport at Galveston

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