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What waiting lists actually cost

What harbours, airports and clubs across the US ask for to put you on their list: the fee, how long you get to answer, how many times you can say no, and how they decide who is next.

Every line here comes from the place's own published rules, and every line says where we read it and when. If a number is not there, we say so rather than guessing: an index that fills in the gaps is not an index, it is a rumour with a table around it.

Looking for which places exist at all, and where? That is the place register.

PlaceHow they decideTo joinPer yearTime to answerTimes you can say noWe read it
Conway Regional Airport
Conway, AR
Order you applied——5business days—2026-10-17
Chandler Municipal Airport
Chandler, AZ
They do not say$50———2026-10-17
Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
Flagstaff, AZ
Order you applied——7days22026-10-17
Phoenix Deer Valley Airport
Phoenix, AZ
Order you applied——15days—2026-10-17
Camarillo Airport
Camarillo, CA
They do not say——14days02026-10-17
Fullerton Municipal Airport
Fullerton, CA
Order you applied$100—7days22026-10-17
Hayward Executive Airport
Hayward, CA
Order you applied$100—5business days12026-09-20
Hollister Municipal Airport
Hollister, CA
Order you applied—$355business days22026-09-20
Livermore Municipal Airport
Livermore, CA
Order you applied——5business days—2026-10-17
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport
San Jose, CA
Order you applied$75$505business days12026-10-17
Oxnard Airport
Oxnard, CA
They do not say——14days02026-10-17
Palo Alto Airport
Palo Alto, CA
Order you applied$50—7days02026-09-20
Redding Regional Airport
Redding, CA
They do not say———12026-10-17
Sacramento Marina
Sacramento, CA
They do not say$20$205days—2026-10-17
San Luis County Regional Airport
San Luis Obispo, CA
Order you applied$450$252business days12026-10-17
Santa Barbara Harbor
Santa Barbara, CA
Lottery——14daysNo limit2026-09-20
Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor (Santa Cruz Port District)
Santa Cruz, CA
Order you applied$125$12514days—2026-10-17
Watsonville Municipal Airport
Watsonville, CA
Order you applied——10business daysNo limit2026-10-17
Boulder Municipal Airport
Boulder, CO
Order you applied——10days12026-10-17
Colorado Air and Space Port
Watkins, CO
They do not say$75——22026-10-17
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport
Broomfield, CO
They do not say$50———2026-10-17
Delaware Coastal Airport
Georgetown, DE
Order you applied——3business days12026-10-17
Dinner Key Marina
Miami, FL
Order you applied————2026-09-20
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport
Atlanta, GA
They do not say————2026-10-17
Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport
Dallas, GA
Order you applied$50$507business days12026-09-20
Richard B. Russell Regional Airport
Rome, GA
They do not say——5business days—2026-10-17
Riverview Marina
Fort Madison, IA
Order you applied———02026-10-17
Chicago Executive Airport
Wheeling, IL
Order you applied$100$505business days12026-10-17
Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman Field
Terre Haute, IN
Order you applied$0——12026-10-17
Johnson County Executive Airport
Olathe, KS
They do not say——3business days12026-10-17
New Century AirCenter
Olathe, KS
They do not say——3business days12026-10-17
Capital City Airport
Frankfort, KY
Order you applied——7days—2026-10-17
Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport
LaPlace, LA
Order you applied——3business days12026-10-17
Rock Harbor (Town of Eastham)
Eastham, MA
Order you applied——30days12026-10-17
Sandwich Marina
Sandwich, MA
Order you applied————2026-10-17
Saquatucket Municipal Marina
Harwich, MA
Longest wait first$20$20——2026-09-20
Easton/Newnam Field
Easton, MD
Order you applied$100—5business days12026-10-17
Frederick Municipal Airport
Frederick, MD
They do not say————2026-10-17
Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
Ann Arbor, MI
Order you applied$100—5business days22026-10-17
Charlevoix City Marina
Charlevoix, MI
Order you applied———02026-09-20
City of Marquette Marinas (Presque Isle and Cinder Pond)
Marquette, MI
Order you applied——2business days02026-10-17
Duncan L. Clinch Marina
Traverse City, MI
They do not say$25$20——2026-10-17
Edward C. Grace Memorial Harbor
Elk Rapids, MI
They do not say$100$20——2026-10-17
F. Grant Moore Municipal Marina
Boyne City, MI
Longest wait first$30$307days—2026-10-17
G. Marsten Dame Marina
Northport, MI
Order you applied$25$255business days12026-10-17
South Haven Municipal Marina
South Haven, MI
They do not say$50——02026-10-17
Suttons Bay Marina
Suttons Bay, MI
They do not say$25$25——2026-10-17
St. Cloud Regional Airport
St. Cloud, MN
Order you applied$25—3days12026-10-17
Elizabeth City Regional Airport
Elizabeth City, NC
They do not say————2026-10-17
Rowan County Airport
Salisbury, NC
Order you applied$100—3business days—2026-10-17
Essex County Airport
Caldwell, NJ
Order you applied——2days02026-10-17
Lee's County Park Marina (Morris County Park Commission)
Mount Arlington, NJ
They do not say——2days—2026-10-17
Boulder City Municipal Airport
Boulder City, NV
They do not say————2026-10-17
Minden-Tahoe Airport
Minden, NV
They do not say$100———2026-10-17
Brown's Beach Marina (Town of Stillwater)
Stillwater, NY
They do not say————2026-10-17
Town of Huntington Marinas
Huntington, NY
They do not say$100———2026-10-17
Town of Smithtown boat slips and moorings
Smithtown, NY
They do not say$25———2026-09-20
Greene County-Lewis A Jackson Regional Airport
Xenia, OH
They do not say——3business days02026-10-17
Ohio University Airport
Albany, OH
Order you applied——10days02026-10-17
Bend Municipal Airport
Bend, OR
Order you applied$200———2026-10-17
Ken Jernstedt Airfield
Hood River, OR
They do not say$100—5business days12026-10-17
Port of Cascade Locks Marina
Cascade Locks, OR
They do not say$50—5business days—2026-10-17
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Avoca, PA
Order you applied——10days—2026-10-17
Hilton Head Island Airport
Hilton Head Island, SC
They do not say$150—2days—2026-10-17
Music City Executive Airport
Gallatin, TN
Order you applied$50$255business days12026-10-17
Cox Field
Paris, TX
Order you applied——3business days12026-10-17
Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport
Temple, TX
They do not say——7days12026-10-17
Mesquite Metro Airport
Mesquite, TX
They do not say——2days—2026-10-17
San Angelo Regional Airport (Mathis Field)
San Angelo, TX
They do not say$0—2days—2026-10-17
Bear Lake State Park Marina
Garden City, UT
They do not say————2026-10-17
City of Alexandria Marina
Alexandria, VA
Order you applied$25$57days12026-09-20
Auburn Municipal Airport
Auburn, WA
They do not say$50$25—12026-10-17
Blaine Harbor (Port of Bellingham)
Blaine, WA
Order you applied$100$100—02026-10-17
Bremerton National Airport
Bremerton, WA
They do not say——2business days—2026-10-17
Des Moines Marina
Des Moines, WA
They do not say$50$30——2026-10-17
Friday Harbor Airport
Friday Harbor, WA
They do not say—$10014days—2026-10-17
Friday Harbor Marina (Port of Friday Harbor)
Friday Harbor, WA
They do not say$100—20days02026-10-17
Jefferson County International Airport
Port Townsend, WA
Order you applied$100$5010days—2026-10-17
Oak Harbor Marina
Oak Harbor, WA
They do not say$50$50——2026-10-17
Pangborn Memorial Airport
Wenatchee, WA
They do not say$50—5business days22026-10-17
Port of Brownsville Marina
Brownsville, WA
Order you applied$100—7days02026-10-17
Port of Kingston Marina
Kingston, WA
They do not say$200$50——2026-10-17
Port of Port Townsend Marinas
Port Townsend, WA
Longest wait first—$5014days—2026-10-17
Port of Poulsbo Marina
Poulsbo, WA
Order you applied————2026-10-17
Westport Marina (Port of Grays Harbor)
Westport, WA
Order you applied$100$25——2026-10-17
Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field
Martinsburg, WV
Order you applied—$255days02026-10-17

A dash means the place does not publish that number. We have not filled it in for them.

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