I was looking around trying to find flights to the APA Pacific, and I noticed that it is possible to get Continental flights starting at the “Lower Manhattan Heliport”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Manhattan_Heliport. They’re a little more expensive than just getting the train (or for that matter a cab) to Newark and flying from there. But not by as much as I expected – I think about $125 each way. And it would be pretty nice to simply fly back into the city after a long trip. Sadly, I’m not sure my research budget covers such little luxuries.