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Which SEC School Has The Best/Worse Air Service?
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:15 pm
Looks like Nashville is the best for private planes or scheduled air service. The worse maybe is Oxford or Starkville? Can you even rent a car after flying there?
I'd rank them according to scheduled air service available and car rental availability....
Nashville, TN
Baton Rouge, LA
Knoxville, TN
Lexington, KY
Gainesville, FL
Fayetteville, AR
Columbia, SC
Some of these have very limited air service, if any at all....
Columbia, MO
Athens, GA
College Station, TX
Tuscaloosa, AL
These don't even have a control tower. Fly into these podunk airports at your own risk....
Auburn, AL
Oxford, MS
Starkville, MS
I'd rank them according to scheduled air service available and car rental availability....
Nashville, TN
Baton Rouge, LA
Knoxville, TN
Lexington, KY
Gainesville, FL
Fayetteville, AR
Columbia, SC
Some of these have very limited air service, if any at all....
Columbia, MO
Athens, GA
College Station, TX
Tuscaloosa, AL
These don't even have a control tower. Fly into these podunk airports at your own risk....
Auburn, AL
Oxford, MS
Starkville, MS
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Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:19 pm to beejon
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Some of these have very limited air service, if any at all....
Columbia, MO
Athens, GA
College Station, TX
Tuscaloosa, AL
All of those cities are close enough to major airports that you shouldn't care. Fly into STL, KC, ATL, IAH or B-ham and rent a car.
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These don't even have a control tower. Fly into these podunk airports at your own risk....
Auburn, AL
Oxford, MS
Starkville, MS
Auburn and Oxford -- use ATL or Memphis.
Starkville? If you can't drive there, don't bother. Not worth flying to.
This post was edited on 10/30/13 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:23 pm to beejon
I've flown into AU for a game. Very convenient and they will shuttle you to the stadium.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:26 pm to beejon
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These don't even have a control tower.
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Oxford
Wrong
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:26 pm to WDE24
Nashville is easily #1
Great airport with cheap flights.
Great airport with cheap flights.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:28 pm to beejon
the BR airport is absolutely god awful
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:28 pm to beejon
quote:Yes, no air service at all.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Is two miles from the stadium your definition of bad air service?
ETA: I guess there's no rental car service. Won't Enterprise bring the car to you, though? And I thought you were talking about flying your own plane. Sorry you're poor.
This post was edited on 10/30/13 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:29 pm to beejon
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Gainesville, FL
Even then, I've usually flown into TPA or MCO (JAX is closer to Gainesville, but more expensive, for me at least).
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:29 pm to beejon
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Starkville, MS
You aren't counting the illustrious 'Golden Triangle'?
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:31 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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These don't even have a control tower.
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Oxford
Wrong
No control tower according to this... LINK
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:33 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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the BR airport is absolutely god awful
I've flown in and out of BTR many, many times over the years and it's not bad at all.
But I would recommend to most out of towners to fly in and out of MSY simply because NOLA has a shitton more stuff to do tourist wise and you've got a lot more options pricewise and schedulewise.
But I tried to fly in/out of BTR whenever I could if the price was right and I didn't feel like inconveniencing my folks to drive down to Kenner and back.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:34 pm to beejon
Is this suppose to be some major knock on Auburn. Its fricking 90 miles to the second largest airport in the US.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:34 pm to beejon
Athens is close enough to the world's busiest airport that it really doesn't matter.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:35 pm to plazadweller
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Is this suppose to be some major knock on Auburn. Its fricking 90 miles to the second largest airport in the US.
And the busiest in the world.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:35 pm to plazadweller
No.
It's SEC pissing contest #833,209,756
It's SEC pissing contest #833,209,756
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:36 pm to beejon
Auburn has a tower on game days.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:39 pm to BrerTiger
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Per this, they have a temporary one for SEC football games:
Ok, Oxford has a 'control tower' 4 or 5 times a year. It's still a podunk airport with very very limited service.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:47 pm to beejon
If you're going to Oxford just fly into Memphis or Jackson
This post was edited on 10/31/13 at 7:53 am
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:48 pm to Rebel Land Shark
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I you're going to Oxford just fly into Memphis or Jackson
Do NOT fly to Jackson.
Memphis. No debate.
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