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Flying into
Calexico |
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Final into the Calexico Airport
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Best time of the year to go? |
Fall though Spring. Not only does this area got hot in the
summer it gets very humid. |
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Flight time in a Super Viking from KAJO? |
1.0 |
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Food on the airport? |
Yes |
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Fuel on airport? |
Yes |
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Comments about arriving and departing |
Make right traffic for runway 26. Left traffic puts you over
Mexico. Watch the MOA's and Restricted airspace north of the
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Rate this trip
10 being best, 5 being average. |
6.0
other than eating at the airport there is not much to do. |
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I know, why
Calexico? |
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I've heard there is a authentic Mexican
Restaurant on the Calexico airport but the weather was always too
hot. This winter I put Calexico on the short list of places to go.
Finding the airport was the hardest part, even with the GPS I really
had a hard time picking it out.
Rosa's Plane Food was all It was cracked up to
be. The place was busy and as soon a we sat down the waitress put a
a very large bowl of chips on the table and about a quart of home
made salsa for just the two of us. The menu is large so I simply
asked for the favorite and ordered the beef enchilada plate.
Adrienne ordered the chili rellenos. This is real Mexican food,
don't expect sour cream and guacamole shot on your food with a
caulking gun.
Just 10 minutes after sitting down two huge
plates of food showed up. I'm sure my three enchiladas had a side of
shredded beef stuffed in them. The enchilada sauce was clearly home
made and excellent. Adrienne said her chili rellenos were the best
she had ever eaten.
It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving and
Customs was very busy with corporate jets coming and going as we
ate. The jet setters were not real interested in authentic Mexican
food and that was their loss.
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Pictures
from the Calexico trip. |
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Palomar Observatory |
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Julian VOR. Looks like we
almost lost this one in last years fire. |
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At avoid the restricted
areas and MOA's near the Salton Sea I doglegged at Kumba.
This intersection appears on both VFR and IFR charts. |
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The customs area in the
foreground, the DMZ and then the border. |
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Final runway 26. The jet in
the left of the frame is sitting in the customs area. |
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