Have you ever traveled to an island by plane?

[Smartman5]

What is it like to land at an airport on the island?

Greece Lesbos Island Airport

[jennifer_bloom]

I visited Hawaii, Barbados, Jamaica and a Chinese Island for a one or two week vacation stay and I liked the Chinese Island a lot because we got the best tour guide and stayed at the best hotels during our trip. Gua Ling is how I phonetically pronounce it but not sure if that is the correct transliteration for it in English.

[Smartman5]

Do all of these islands have airports?

[jennifer_bloom]

Yes they do which is how I flew to them. I do not visit places that don't have air ports cause our family values comfort more than novelty.

[Smartman5]

Do you not use other means of transportation much? train, bus, ship?

[jennifer_bloom]

We prefer airplanes cause it’s faster, ships and trains take longer and my dad has limited vacation days.

[Smartman5]

Do you love trains and ships?

[jennifer_bloom]

I like short rides on trips, not long ones unless it is clean

[Smartman5]

I understand

[helva]

To Tenerife, Malta and Cyprus.

[Smartman5]

Northern Cyprus (Turkish part) or Southern Cyprus (Greek part)?

[helva]

To the greek part.

[Smartman5]

Have you visited the Turkish part? If you have visited, did you like it? Which airport did you use?

[Red_Arrow]

On a flight overseas, I realized we were descending before our destination. I asked an attendant if we were landing on an island that is near it and she told me, "I hope so, otherwise we are going to make a big splash."

Also, I have flown to Okinawa, and island of Japan. I have taken off from one of the smallest islands in the world by plane, an aircraft carrier. And I have travelled to and landed on an aircraft carrier on helicopters. There ain't no better pilot than the ones who land big planes on postage stamps in the middle of the ocean.

[Smartman5]

are you a soldier?

[Red_Arrow]

I was a sailor.

[Smartman5]

Where did you bomb?

[Red_Arrow]

I never bombed anywhere. What makes you think that?

[Smartman5]

aviator soldiers usually bomb places. that's why I asked.

[Red_Arrow]

I told you I was a sailor. Not a soldier. Don't you know the difference?

[Smartman5]

Are you a sailor soldier driving an airplane? interesting

[Red_Arrow]

No! I WAS a sailor. Not a soldier or a sailor soldier (whatever you think that is). I never "drove" the airplane. I rode in it. And I never bombed anything!

[Smartman5]

Okay

[ChrisMaster69]

It’s not so much landing on an island, it’s the level of the airport.

I’ve been to Mull a few times by air

https://www.isle-of-mull.net/locations/salen/glenforsa-airfield/

Gibraltar air port is fun

also been to a few where you get shot at lol

Falkland Islands is pretty good

also Ascension

[MTC29]

Discounting Great Britian and Australia, although both are islands, I've flown to Catalina Island, which is 26 miles off the coast of Southern California, several time. One trip was in a helicopter, and the others in a small private plane flown by my friend Scott.

[MrsTurkleton]

When I was younger, we used to go The Maldives every year. Male airport is on a tiny island, but it wasn’t different to landing anywhere else.

[Smartman5]

It can be said that airports built on islands have shorter runways than larger airports. therefore aircraft may brake harder during landing. likewise, it can take off earlier during takeoff.

[AviatorTom]

Great Britain is an island, and I've flown to it many times. I've also flown to the new airport at Hong Kong several times; it's on Lantau Island. And I've been to Puerto Rico several times, flying into San Juan.

[KostasKouvalis]

Many times.

Landing like landing, but the views are cool, especially of the turquoise water and cruise ships

[Smartman5]

Yeah

[Hans222]

Sure, often! The Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife) and the Acores are examples. What a sight when you approach one of them, as all of these examples have large volcanos.

[Kabluie]

Last time was Vancouver Island! Barely in the air for 30 minutes on a prop plane from Seattle.

[Avicenna]

Maldives- the landing strip was on land , but right between the water.

[Literalbillionaire17]

It’s just how they show in movies. Especially Caribbean islands. There’s always people waiting at the gate to greet and welcome.

[zagor]

Yes. Just like landing anywhere unless it is a tiny island, which don't usually have airports.

[LilyByte]

ye in the state i live in on our cost we have many barrier islands some are close enough to be connected by a bridge others need a ferry boat to get too

[Smartman5]

where do you live? Is there an airport on the islands?

[LilyByte]

in North Carolina, far as i know theirs no airports on the islands unless its one of thos small ones for small planes.

[LilyByte]

there are militray based on some of the islands too i think so there is a lot of military air traffic on the islands

[Kabluie]

yeah Hilton head Island is the only commercial airport there that is easily accessible.

[RedThread]

Yes I went to the Bahamas. It was no different than landing anywhere else.

[Likes2drive]

Yeah, Block Island , Fishers island and Long Island many times

[Cubus]

Yes, to the Crete for holidays. That was the only time I was on a plane.

[andreasderjuengere]

All airports are more or less the same. I see no difference.

[Smartman5]

There may be airports with short runways because they are built on the island.

[andreasderjuengere]

So you use a smaller aircraft. The flying experience, a decently solid runway and the airport ''atmosphere'' are still the same, I think. But I admit that I prefer a single- or two-seater over one of these flying sardine cans.

[msc545]

It is pretty much like any other plane landing - nothing special.

[CubaPirate]

Corfu, Rhodes, Cuba, Barbados, Jamaica, Majorca, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Langkawi and Malta

[Anonymous]

No, not yet. But I plan on doing that some day.

[BCRanger10]

Does Australia count?

[Smartman5]

yes but small islands would be better

[SpaceGalaxy]

beautiful view

[jimmy2]

Yes to Jamaica that was a very short to land

[Keepitreal007]

Hawaii

[AimeeKyle]

Yes.

[baserunner611]

I like to forget

[Jay3344]

Yes, a few times