The $100 hamburger — and everything else worth flying to
Airport restaurants, the Manhattan skyline from 1,100 feet, living aviation museums, island beaches. Every trip below has been flown, eaten, photographed, and honestly reviewed by club members — with real distances from Lakewood (N12), difficulty ratings, and what it'll cost you.
All 9 member-tested trips
26NModerateOcean City Boardwalk Breakfast
Ocean City Municipal Airport, NJ
Land two blocks from the beach, eat breakfast at the airport grill, and walk the boardwalk before the crowds — the shortest shore trip in the book.
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KMIVEasyVerna's Flight Line Restaurant
Millville Executive Airport, NJ
Big runways, big breakfasts. A no-nonsense flight-line restaurant at 'America's First Defense Airport,' 30 minutes from home.
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N40EasySky Manor Airport Restaurant
Sky Manor Airport, Pittstown, NJ
The quintessential New Jersey $100 hamburger: park on the grass, walk fifty feet, and eat a genuinely great burger watching traffic in the pattern.
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KWWDEasyFlight Deck Diner
Cape May County Airport, Wildwood, NJ
A WWII-hangar diner at the southern tip of Jersey — breakfast all day, an aviation museum next door, and the shore on the flight home.
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NYC SFRAAdvancedStatue of Liberty Flyaround
New York Harbor — aerial tour, no landing
Orbit Lady Liberty at 1,000 feet with lower Manhattan filling the windscreen — the single most jaw-dropping hour you can give a passenger, and it costs nothing but fuel.
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KGEDModerateArena's Deli at Delaware Coastal
Delaware Coastal Airport, Georgetown, DE
Cross two bays, land in lower slower Delaware, and eat an overstuffed deli sandwich a short walk from the ramp.
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KBIDAdvancedBlock Island Day Trip
Block Island State Airport, RI
An island you can only reach gracefully by air: an hour over the water to bicycles, beaches, and a legendary burger at the airport restaurant.
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20NModerateOld Rhinebeck Aerodrome
Kingston-Ulster Airport, NY (then a short ride to the aerodrome)
A living museum of WWI and barnstorming-era aircraft that actually fly — weekend airshows all summer, reached by a beautiful run up the Hudson Valley.
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NYC SFRAAdvancedHudson River Corridor — Manhattan Skyline Run
Hudson River VFR corridor — aerial tour, no landing
Fly the full Hudson corridor past the Manhattan skyline — Statue of Liberty, One World Trade, the Intrepid, the George Washington Bridge — at 1,100 feet, perfectly legally.
Trip guide, reviews & pilot notes →What’s a “$100 hamburger”?
Aviation’s oldest tradition: flying somewhere for lunch purely because you can. The name dates from when the whole trip cost $100 — avgas has opinions about that now, but in a club Skyhawk at $89/hr dry, we keep the dream honest. And as this page proves, the same logic works for museums, skylines, and beaches. Know a spot we're missing? Fly it, review it on the trip page, or pitch it at a monthly meeting — extra credit for photos of the food.
Every trip on this page is a membership away.
Members plan these over coffee at the monthly meeting — and the empty right seats usually fill the same morning. Come to one.
Questions? Call Mark Sheprow, Membership Officer — 732.685.3473