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Regional Fuel Prices
Are you looking for the best bargain on fuel? Search AOPA’s Airport Directory Online to quickly locate area airports with the lowest reported fuel prices near your planned destination. Updated
Fuel prices provided by 100LL.com
| Region | Jet | 100LL |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $ 5.49 | $ 5.90 |
| California | $ 5.83 | $ 6.12 |
| Central | $ 5.47 | $ 5.77 |
| Eastern | $ 5.57 | $ 6.08 |
| Florida | $ 5.72 | $ 6.15 |
| Great Lakes | $ 5.48 | $ 5.84 |
| Midatlantic | $ 5.68 | $ 5.95 |
| Midwest | $ 5.23 | $ 5.73 |
| Northeast | $ 5.94 | $ 6.22 |
| Northwest | $ 5.43 | $ 5.93 |
| Southeast | $ 5.43 | $ 5.94 |
| Southwest | $ 5.39 | $ 5.74 |
| Western | $ 5.42 | $ 5.92 |
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AOPA has asked for several changes to a temporary military operations area that the Air Force proposes to establish in western Iowa this September.
Pilot, Citation V speed travel for sick children
Greg Greenbaum uses his Cessna Citation V jet to fly volunteer missions with Atlanta-based Angel Flight Soars. According to Executive Director Jeanine Chambers, Greenbaum, who has been a pilot since 1995, is one of her most dedicated volunteers, flying 25 missions since joining Angel Flight Soars in 2005, including 10 in 2012 alone.
AOPA Airports iPhone app now AOPA FlyQ
The AOPA Airports iPhone app has been upgraded to AOPA FlyQ. AOPA FlyQ still offers the airport directory information you rely on, but also provides you with aviation weather and flight planning with auto-routing capabilities--free with your membership.
Pilots sought for SC disaster drill
Nonprofit aviation service organization AERObridge is asking pilots in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia to participate in a full-scale hurricane disaster exercise in South Carolina on June 5.
Is that an F-16 off your wing? Beware TFRs near DC, Chicago
If you are flying near Chicago or the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area between May 18 and 21 and spy an F-16 or a Black Hawk off your wing, you're in big trouble. The FAA has issued notams restricting flight in both areas for the G8 and NATO Summits.
Add up the reasons to fly
A clear, calm day and spectacular view are often reward enough for staying proficient and flying this summer. Prizes don't hurt either. States across the country--and AOPA--offer incentive programs to encourage general aviation pilots to explore different airports around them.
'Learn to Fly' events target future pilots
Prospective pilots will have an opportunity to take the first step toward a pilot certificate May 19 through dozens of International Learn to Fly Day events that will feature free orientation flights.
Wind turbines cause safety, access concerns for airports
The adverse effects of 52 wind turbines on the Kessel VOR-DME in West Virginia do not justify decommissioning the navaid and weakening the area's aviation infrastructure, AOPA said.
TFR violations hamper efforts to ease restrictions
General aviation pilots are required to brief every flight fully, including a check of notams. Yet the federal government still expends significant resources responding to violations of temporary flight restrictions.
UK prepares GA for Olympic games, restrictions
Aviation officials in the United Kingdom have devised a wide swath of temporary airspace restrictions for the London 2012 Olympics, with detailed briefings available online.
