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Are there any fees associated with an emergency landing like that? I imagine La Guardia runways are in pretty high demand but pilots have a culture that priorit

Are there any fees associated with an emergency landing like that? I imagine La Guardia runways are in pretty high demand but pilots have a culture that prioritizes safety above all else so I’d be curious which takes precedence.

sokoloff 5y ago
There are no emergency-specific fees. Whether Newark (I think it was EWR, not LGA) would assess a normal landing fee is probably not a consideration for the pilot, especially back then. Landing fees are quite reasonable. Off peak, the landing fee would be $25 now. On peak, it would be $125. https://www.panynj.gov/content/dam/airports/pdfs/scheduleofcharges-ewr.pdf https://www.panynj.gov/content/dam/airports/pdfs/scheduleofc...
- elliekelly 5y ago
  Wow that's surprisingly low! I was imagining the fee was thousands of dollars.
  - maigret 5y ago
    It depends on your aircraft weight basically
  - TylerE 5y ago
    Where they'll get you (for normal operations) is things like parking fees. At Newark, for an aircraft less than 100,000lbs that is $45/8 hrs.
mannykannot 5y ago
Tangentially, one reason why Cirrus has been persuading pilots to use CAPS as soon as they get into difficulties is because it was suspected that pilots often chose not to do so (or delay until too late) because it was widely believed (and is true in most cases) that doing so totals the airplane - i.e. an economic disincentive to put safety first.