Weekends

Notes for flying east: choosing an airport, timing a summer Friday and weighing seaplane, helicopter or jet.

East Hampton, Gabreski or Montauk: choosing your airport

Where you are staying, the aircraft you need and the rules in force decide it. Here is how to weigh the three.

Why Friday afternoon fills first, what Sunday evening has to do with it, and how to keep your weekend on time.

Each one gets you out east from the city. They differ on where you board, what you can bring and what the weather allows.

Tell us the dates and the house. We will suggest the airport and the aircraft.