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Sorry to disappoint anyone, but I did not actually do it. It's merely on my bucket list.

A local airline flies a little airplane between Albuquerque and Los Alamos in a rare case of a short line making sense. Most of the time, a feeder line (such as Oakland to Modesto, or any hop to Stockton like what America West used to offer) does not pay for itself, because it adds between $200 to $500 to the cost of airline ticket, and passengers are willing to drive for hours in order to avoid it. In this case, mere $50 is quite competitive with the cost of a van ride.

Of course, this is helped by the lack of a decent road between Santa Fe and Los Alamos. It did not take me long to notice that weak roads correspond to healthier GA, which is why New England is still a hub of practical personal aviation in America (Texas is just full of RV jocks).

Interestingly enough, a sizeable ratio of passengers are not airline travellers, but residents of Los Alamos who visit Albuquerque.

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