How to Land at Gastons Airport (3M0) in Lakeview, Arkansas

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Gaston’s Fishing Resort is awesome! It’s a great place to eat, stay, fish and relax! A few notes about Gaston’s!

- Its a one way in, one way out airport.
- Landing only on 24
- Depart only on 06
- They have 100LL fuel to sell
- They have local airport pick up from BPK and FLP
- Get a T-Shirt or Sticker that says “I landed at Gaston’s!”
- Sunday Brunch is an all time favorite

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Great video, always like watching aircraft landing at Gastons from my Brothers house in the Video at the about 40 second mark with the circle driveway and green roofed outbuilding.

pcairbum

Wow - long time since you’ve posted a video!

jims

Just added this one to the list for the Baron. Thanks Al.

barbarae.allison

This is actually close enough to where i live to just hop in the plane, get lunch to go, go home, and my food still be warm. Definitely going to have to try it out.

pm_sunrise

Went to Gaston's for Mother's Day brunch and watched the planes. It made me think restaurants with their own airfield must be a thing and I just never heard about it. 😊

noisepuppet

I’ve NEVER had a bad day trout fishing that area. Even as a non pilot (but I come from a family of aviators and know the lingo) I was always curious about that airport. Great video!

petemoore

Hi Alan hope you are well and enjoying life long time no see.philip is still interested in learning awesome landing buddy.brilliant little vlog hope to meet you again some day Phil 🍀👍.

DustMite-su

I have fished the White at Flippin, downstream of Gaston's, for the last 20+ years. Such a wonderful place.

reavercon

Thanks for the video. Making my first trip there tomorrow!

jeffobrien

Usually nice to fly directly over the airport to see any other plane movement efore depending and approaching the runway

randybrooks

Great video Al. Making a descending left base (to land to the west) over the river gives us airspeed from potential energy of altitude to prevent stall. Thus a 1 g turn of whatever bank angle. Good energy management.

Since down drainage egress is a major consideration, takeoff to the east seems safer to me even with some tailwind. If we use the soft field takeoff technique, which is actually the best short field technique because of extra free ground effect energy, we can easily make cruise airspeed level in low ground effect before pitch up. Yes, the bluff is high. Zoom reserve airspeed, enough airspeed to be able to maneuver quickly without stall, will enable us to turn over the field where the big wire with lots of flags attaches to the first pole (or second) on the ground after descending the bluff. With Vy over the bluff, the outcome of the maneuver is always in doubt. Down drainage over what we call a "bottom field" in river country, with zoom reserve airspeed (save it by not pitching up immediately), is never in doubt.

jimmydulin

Flown in many times.
Live local.
Drove in Saturday.
Why so low on final?

hotrodray

I'm based at KBPK, right beside Gastons. Please everyone monitor 123.00 on your second radio because, KFLP, KBPK, and the Valley are all on that frequency and for some stupid reason Gaston's on its own frequency and there have been lots of near misses. With that being said, Gastons always fun to land at, but guess since fly over it all the time I take it for granted!

firepilot