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Category Archives: airports
Airlines Need to Respect Small and Mid-sized Markets, Too
Over the past weekend (Feb.17/18), my wife and I went through airline/airport hell during the latter half of our trip home from a wonderful vacation in Arizona. While we didn’t mind the extra four hours in the sunny Southwest due … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, business, cities, commerce, deregulation, economic development, environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, shipping, Statistics, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, weather
Tagged transportation, travel, weather delays
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Snoring and Buttcracks: A Snowstorm Sleepover at O’Hare
It’s been a long day…night…day. At the conclusion of our trip to Tucson, Old Man Winter decided to play havoc with airline schedules. A few inches of snow delayed or cancelled many flights in and out of O’Hare International Airport … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, Cities, commerce, infrastructure, planning, product design, tourism, Transportation, Travel
Tagged O'Hare Airport
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Celebrating 100 Years of Airmail Service – The Transcontinental Airfields
As a follow up to the first post depicting the airfields that served the New York City to Washington, DC flight corridor, this blogpost celebrates the series or airfields that served as the backbone of early airmail service across the … Continue reading
Celebrating 100 Years of Airmail Service – The First Airfields
In 1918 the Post Office Department (now United States Postal Service) initiated airmail service between Washington, DC and New York City with a stop in Philadelphia – Service began on May 15, 1918 using Army pilots, but was fully taken … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, commerce, Communications, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, Maps, planning, politics, transportation
Tagged airfields, airmail, airplanes, Belmont Park, Bustleton, College Park Airfield, Hazelhust, Post Office, Potomac Park Polo Ground
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AR4AV = Adaptive Reuse for Autonomous Vehicles
Listed below are six (6) excellent examples of former industrial, military, and other brownfield sites that have been (or are being) adapted for reuse as autonomous vehicle proving grounds. Instead of developing greenfield locations, these advanced technology facilities have utilized … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, airport planning, airports, business, cities, commerce, economic development, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, planning, product design, revitalization, Science, spatial design, sustainability, technology, urban planning, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, AVs, brownfield, proving grounds
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My Amazon HQ2 prediction
Ever since Amazon announced they would be establishing a dual headwaters, a virtual cottage industry of predictions and analyses has developed. Everyone has an opinion on what metro will be selected. Here are my thoughts on the subject: My heart would … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airports, Biking, branding, Bus transportation, business, Canada, Cities, civics, Climate Change, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, economic development, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Environment, fun, futurism, geography, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, logistics, marketing, North America, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, shopping, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, sustainability, traffic, transit, Transportation, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged Amazon, Amazon HQ2
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America’s oddest air terminal
First opened in 1935, Woolsey Memorial Airport is located near Northport, Michigan, close to the northernmost point of the Leelanau Peninsula. As is evident from the following photos, this charming 200 acre airport facility is home to one of the … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, commerce, economic development, fun, geography, placemaking, planning, revitalization, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged airports, aviation, Leelanau County, Michigan, Northport
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Curtiss-Wright pre-depression era airports – UPDATED
Provided below is information on those airports which were owned and/or operated by Curtiss Aviation, later Curtiss-Wright Aviation prior to and just after the onset of the Great Depression. These airports were the earliest attempt at privatized airport ownership in … Continue reading
Mexico’s busiest commercial airports in 2015
Below is a list of the 50 busiest commercial airports in Mexico in 2015 as ranked by total passengers. As can be seen from the image above, Mexico City is in the process of developing a gorgeous new international airport. … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, geography, logistics, Mexico, planning, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
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Largest single-structure airport parking garages in the USA/Canada
The following list identifies the largest single-structure parking garages/decks at airports in the United States and Canada. The rankings are based on the number of parking spaces and include public parking and/or rental car parking spaces. Most of the airports … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, Canada, Cars, cities, geography, infrastructure, land use, North America, planning, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel
Tagged airports, aviation, land use, parking, parking decks, parking design, parking garages
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