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Provincetown Municipal Airport (PVC),
Massachusetts. The sand-swept dunes of outer
Cape Cod often dust the 3,502-foot-long Runway
7/25, located at the very end of the Cape on Race
Point Road. Take off over the Atlantic and see
whales, sharks, and seals (see " Destinations: Natural
Wonder, " page 58).
Cape May County Airport (WWD), New Jersey.
Located in the nation's oldest seashore resort, the airport has two runways-1/19 is 5,252 feet long and 10/28
is 4,998 feet.
Ocracoke Island Airport (W95), North Carolina.
The Outer Banks of North Carolina are pretty remote
so when locals says it's " the most remote, " they're not
kidding. This island is like Brigadoon-seemingly to
appear mysteriously out of nowhere. Runway 6/24 is
2,998 feet long and parallels the Atlantic shore.
Katama Airpark (1B2), Massachusetts. You can land
on a grass field on the island of Martha's Vineyard and
stroll right to the beach.

SOUTH

Brownsville/South Padre Island International
Airport (BRO), Texas. The southernmost airport in
Texas, BRO is a gateway to the Gulf of Mexico. The
former U.S. Army airfield has two runways-7,399 and
6,000 feet.
Jeremiah Denton Airport (4R9), Alabama. On a narrow strip of Dauphin Island, Runway 12/30 is 3,000
feet of asphalt smack in the middle of Mobile Bay.
Las Cruces International Airport (LRU), New
Mexico. The airport's three runways sit on a mesa
overlooking the desert and while you can't leave the
Earth from here, Spaceport is nearby so it's pretty " out
there. "

WEST

Friday Harbor Airport (FHR), Washington. You'll
have to cross the Salish Sea to the San Juan Islands to
reach Friday Harbor and you're nearly past Canada.
Runway 16/34 is 3,402 feet and pops you right out over
the sea. Smaller, private Roche Harbor Airport (WA09)
gets you even closer to Canada; your cellphone will
ping, welcoming you to Canada.

Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM), California.
Just a little over a mile from Tijuana, San Diego's
Brown Field is a port of entry from Mexico. Runway
8L/26R is a 7,972-foot-long jump out of the country.
Catalina Airport (AVX), California. Known as the
" Airport in the Sky " because it sits at the highest elevation of Catalina Island off the Southern California
coast, it has a single 3,000-foot-long runway that
challenges pilots with its mesa-like structure.
Shelter Cove Airport (0Q5), California. Located
north of San Francisco on California's " Lost Coast, "
beware the fog that often hides this black-sand island.
Crashing waves near 3,407-foot-long Runway 12/30
let you know you're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.
Copalis State Airport (S16), Oregon. Weather permitting, you can land right on the beach on Runway
14/32. Situated on the Olympic Coast National
Marine Sanctuary, Copalis is the only beach airport
in the country.
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