Jackson Hole: landing in a national park
The only commercial airport inside a US national park, with the Teton Range filling the right-hand windows.
Jackson Hole: landing in a national park
Jackson Hole Airport · RWY 19
Why it is famous
Jackson Hole Airport sits at 6,451 feet inside Grand Teton National Park — the only commercial airport in a US national park. Arrivals on runway 19 come down the valley from the north with the Teton Range rising more than 7,000 feet above the valley floor to the west.
The jet-set angle
Jackson is one of the Rockies’ great private-jet destinations in both ski season and summer; on peak days the business-aviation ramp is packed.
What to watch
- The Teton Range off the right wing
- The open valley and the Snake River below
- A runway more than 6,400 feet above sea level
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St Maarten: low over Maho Beach
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London City: the 5.5° dive past Canary Wharf
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