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Tag Archives: aviation
Top ten (10) tallest airport control towers by continent
Cairo’s Airport Control Tower design – Source: acams.com Below are lists of the ten tallest airport control towers in each continent (other than Antarctica), as well as a comparison of the average height for each continent. The lists are based … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, Africa, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, Asia, aviation, cities, Communications, Europe, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, North America, Oceania, pictures, planning, skylines, South America, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged air traffic control towers, air travel, airport control towers, airports, architecture, aviation, communications, design, planning
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America’s lowest altitude commercial airports
The following list identifies those commercial airports in the United States and its territories that have the lowest elevation either above or below sea level. A maximum elevation of 30′ above sea level was allowed for inclusion on the list. … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, Maps, nature, planning, spatial design, Statistics, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged airport planning, airports, altitude, aviation, elevation, transportation, travel
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When American airports were (or are) gorgeous
The following images show some of America’s most beautiful vintage airport terminal buildings, as well as a a few that are still operational. Fortunately, many of these historic structures have been preserved and/or adapted to new uses. Enjoy! _________ If … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, archaeology, architecture, art, aviation, cities, civics, commerce, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, revitalization, spatial design, tourism, transportation, Transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged airports, aviation, cities, history, land use, planning, transportation, travel
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America’s highest altitude commercial passenger airports
The following list identifies the loftiest airports in the United States with current commercial passenger air service. Eight (8) states are represented on the list – none located east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Colorado leads the … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, business, cities, commerce, economic development, Economy, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, nature, planning, spatial design, Statistics, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged air travel, airports, altitude, aviation, elevation, geography, terrain, topography
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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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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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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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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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