Reefmonkey 271 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) Marfa has become such a popular weekend/vacation home destination in the last several years, but it's such a long drive from Houston or Dallas, or even from San Antonio. Even flying into El Paso or Midland/Odessa, you've still got a three hour drive there. I'm surprised someone hasn't started a commuter service between Marfa and Houston or Dallas. buy a used efficient turboprop like a Beechcraft 1900, fly out of one of the close to town secondary airports, like Love Field in Dallas, or Hobby in Houston, land either at Marfa Municipal Airport or Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport. During the week the plane could be used for business commuter flights between Houston and Dallas. For that matter, instead of Hobby, the plane could fly out of West Houston Airport, which would be convenient for all the people who live and work in the Energy Corridor who need to make frequent trips up to Dallas. I've read that back in the 80s there was a small commuter service with scheduled turboprop flights between West Houston and Love, Air West, I think was the name? Obviously now would not be the time to test this business model, but once things return to normal, and once we see how much business travel actually rebounds vs being permanently displaced by Zoom meetings, it would be an interesting venture, especially to see if the Marfa/Big Bend tourism market could support it, or even be boosted by it. Edited November 30, 2020 by Reefmonkey 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AREJAY 1314 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 There's something similar in place in Lajitas (about 2 hrs south of Marfa, and right at the entries to both BBNP and BBSP). But seems like it's mostly for the resort https://www.lajitasgolfresort.com/default.aspx?pg=airport 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
houblu 7 Posted Sunday at 01:06 PM Share Posted Sunday at 01:06 PM (edited) IIRC some 20+ years ago there was such an air service called "Lone Star Airways" that briefly stayed in business flying HOU to Alpine. Has anyone used the Amtrak Sunset Limited lately, Houston to Alpine? Edited Sunday at 01:07 PM by houblu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avossos 2297 Posted Sunday at 06:53 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:53 PM 5 hours ago, houblu said: IIRC some 20+ years ago there was such an air service called "Lone Star Airways" that briefly stayed in business flying HOU to Alpine. Has anyone used the Amtrak Sunset Limited lately, Houston to Alpine? Yep Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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