[elliekelly]

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]

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/scheduleofc...

[elliekelly]

Wow that's surprisingly low! I was imagining the fee was thousands of dollars.

[TylerE]

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.

[maigret]

It depends on your aircraft weight basically

[mannykannot]

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.