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Tag Archives: aviation
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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Neutralizing airport carbon footprints
The Airport Carbon Accreditation program began in 2009 as a n effort to reduce and eventually neutralize the effects of CO2 emissions at airports around the world through proactive steps. To date, more than 135 airports are participating in … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, aviation, cities, climate change, environment, health, infrastructure, land use, planning, pollution, Statistics, sustainability, transportation, Travel
Tagged airports, aviation, carbon footprints, environment, planning, pollution, transportation, travel
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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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