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Tag Archives: airport planning
States with the most heliports and seaplane bases
The following data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics identifies those ten (10) states with the most public and private heliports and seaplane bases in the United States. A separate list is provided for each. One of the more surprising … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, planning, Statistics, topography, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged air travel, airport planning, aviation, design, engineering, helicopter bases, helicopters, heliport base, heliports, seaplane bases, seaplanes
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Namaste by the runway – Airport yoga is taking off!
The list at the end of the post identifies those 12 airports found thus far that have dedicated yoga rooms available for passengers and employees to practice their poses during travel and/or work. Several other airports (Albuquerque, Raleigh-Durham, and San … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, business, commerce, fitness, health, infrastructure, land use, marketing, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, third places, transportation, Travel, yoga
Tagged air travel, airport planning, airports, design, fitness, health, travel, yoga
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Aviation purgatory – airplane boneyards
Probably one of the strangest and saddest land uses you will ever encounter are aircraft boneyards – essentially, these are airport junkyards for discarded airplanes. Some sites specialize in commercial aircraft, while others in military hardware. In either case, used … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, economic development, film, geography
Tagged aircraft, airplane boneyards, airplanes, airport planning, airports, aviation, boneyards, land use, quotes, recycling
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Zombifying commercial airports
In 1995, Lansing, Michigan’s Capital Region International Airport (LAN) would proudly boast in local radio advertisements that is was served by eight airlines. In 1997, its passenger activity peaked at 720,365. A mere 20 years later that number has free-fallen … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, branding, Bus transportation, cities, civics, commerce, deregulation, economic development, entrepreneurship, geography, government, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, marketing, planning, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged airlines, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, comemerce, infrastructure, land use, marketing, planning
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Abandoned commercial airports – ruins and reuses
A bit of postmodern ruin porn and uplifting adaptive reuse ideas are provided in this post with a listing of those major abandoned commercial airports which no longer (or in some cases never did) see flights. Some, particularly Croydon, Kai … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, aerodromes, aerospace, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, Croydon, design, history, Kai Tak, land use, planning, ruins, Stapleton, Templehof
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The world’s largest airport solar farm is where?
Not in Phoenix, Tucson, Southern California, Florida, the Sahara Desert, the Middle East, Australia, or anywhere else you might first guess. As of December 2014, the world’s largest airport solar farm is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yes, in the hearth … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative energy, aviation, Canada, cities, climate change, energy, environment, Europe, geography, India, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, pollution, Renewable Energy, Science, spatial design, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, energy, environment, Indianapolis, land use, planning, renewable energy, solar energy
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Elegant tourist town airport terminals
Below are images of several elegantly designed airport terminals from eight tourist towns across the country. Each has a unique architectural style that immediately impresses those arriving to the community. Well done Traverse City, Jackson Hole, Myrtle Beach, Vail, Kona, … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, business, cities, economic development, geography, logistics, placemaking, planning, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged aerospace, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, planning, tourism, transportation, travel
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Amazing offshore commercial airports
Above and below are a series of images of artificial island airports constructed offshore around the globe. Now and then, such proposals have been made for Chicago, Cleveland, and elsewhere, but to date all of those built have been in Asia (in China, … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, Asia, aviation, business, China, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, planning, product design, spatial design, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged aerospace, airport planning, airports, Asia, aviation, cities, land use, tourism, transportation, travel
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Largest Australian and New Zealand airports (by acreage)
Below is a list of the largest commercial aviation airports in Australia and New Zealand as measured by total acreage (using hectares and then multiplying by 2.471). Finding this land data proved to be more difficult than one would think … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, commerce, Communications, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, Oceania, placemaking, planning, spatial design, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged aerospace, airport planning, airports, Australia, aviation, cities, infrastructure, land use, New Zealand, planning, tourism, transportation, travel
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World’s busiest single-runway commercial airports – UPDATED
Every once in a while when you cannot find a list or comparison on the internet, it is time to find the individual data sources and create the comparison database yourself. First it was the tallest airport control towers, then … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, Africa, air travel, airport planning, airports, Asia, aviation, China, cities, commerce, economic development, Europe, geography, globalization, history, India, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, planning, South America, Statistics, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, UK, urban planning
Tagged aerospace, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, land use, planning, statistics, tourism, transportation, travel
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