The following is a list of interesting airports in the Southwest to be visited during the Preparation Trip
Airport: home of Plus One Flyers
Off-Airport: Top Gun restaurant, Beach volleyball, Miramar museum, etc
previous US Trips: yes, most of them
Airport: 10th busiest GA airport in the USA
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: flying towards the mountains
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: busy GA airport in the French valley
Off-Airport: French Valley Cafe
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: the opposite of busy
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: challenging visual approach & very challenging VOR approach
Off-Airport: The Ocean (at least in reach)
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: home of the business jets
Off-Airport: Carlsbad Landing restaurant
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: uncontrolled, yet the size of an international airport
Off-Airport: finally learning how to drive at the BMW driver's school
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: very scenic traffic pattern at 8000ft MSL
Off-Airport: searching for a bear or simply going for a hike in the forests around
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: maybe not the most difficult airport, but even spaceships landed here already
Off-Airport: Voyager Restaurant, Virgin Galactic, Scaled Composites, Stratolaunch, Edwards Air Force Base
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: 70nm of open water followed by an aircraft-carrier landing experience
Off-Airport: DC-3 Burgers & the ultimate chocolate chip cookies
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: aircraft carrier landing at 4830ft
Off-Airport: Mesa Grill restaurant, hiking the red rocks of Sedona
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: only legal way to descent into Grand Canyon
Off-Airport: not much, except a bridge over a big canyon and a Lodge
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: very scenic with only one landing direction
Off-Airport: Marlboro country, Goulding's Lodge
previous US Trips: no
Airport: entry point into the Grand Canyon
Off-Airport: Big Jim Texas BBQ
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: Aircraft storage airport with lots of aircraft to see
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: commercial helicopter traffic to/from Grand Canyon
Off-Airport: nothing, absolutely nothing ;-)
previous US Trips: yeah!
Airport: very, very big airport
Off-Airport: The Strip's "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign in walking distance
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: -210ft MSL, lowest airport in the US
Off-Airport: Death Valley National Park
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: landing at 7134ft MSL
Off-Airport: enjoying nature
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: >6000ft high
Off-Airport: just south of Lake Tahoe
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: regional hub
Off-Airport: Reno as "biggest little city in the world"
previous US Trips: no
Airport: next to San Francisco International
Off-Airport: San Francisco, German pilot shop, Hiller Aviation museum
previous US Trips: no
Off-Airport: premium steak house with landing strip
previous US Trips: no
Airport: typical GA airport with big runway
Off-Airport: CAF aircraft museum
previous US Trips: yes
Off-Airport: Planes of Fame museum
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: Hollywood sign --> midfield crossing --> Queen Mary
previous US Trips: yes
Airport: uncontrolled airfield in walking distance to the Pacific
Off-Airport: beach access
previous US Trips: no