Birmingham International Airport
Airport Name
Birmingham International Airport
Airport Code
BHM
Address
5900 Airport Highway,
Birmingham, Alabama 35212,
USA
Telephone:
(205) 595 0533
Website
http://www.bhamintlairport.com
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Birmingham International Airport
Birmingham Airport
Birmingham
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Bishop International Airport
Bishop International Airport
Airport Name
Bishop International Airport
Airport Code
FNT
Address
G-3425 West Bristol Road,
Flint, Michigan 48507-3183,
USA
Telephone:
(810) 235 6560
Website
www.bishopairport.org
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Bishop International Airport
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao
Pudong International Airport covers an area of 30 square kilometers and the estimated number of passengers every year amounts to 20 million. What's more, the total volume of goods delivery adds up to 0.75 million tons. Therefore, it is really a key link in the whole transport network. In order to bring you convinence, some basic information such as the timetables of the airport shuttle, the hotels around the airport etc. are offered in Pudong Transportantion.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is located in the western suburbs of Shanghai, nearly 13 kilometers away from downtown. Before the construction of Pudong International Airport, Hongqiao International Airport had always been the busiest one in China. It was built in the year 1907 while the reconstruction started in 1963 and successfully passed its test operation period in April, 1964.
Aiming at offering an easy access to other places or other districts, the airport provides passengers with vehicles such as airport shuttles, taxis and buses, among which the shuttles are the most useful and helpful to passengers.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Newark Liberty International Airport
Planes from Tap Portugal and Continental airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport, Terminal B. The tall cranes in the background are from Port NewarkMonday, October 19, 2009
Airports in IraqBaghdad International Airport used to be known as Saddam International Airport. It is about 16 kilometers West of Baghdad that remains a commercial and military airport to this day. One side houses military incline, the other houses the terminal. Baghdad International Airport has undergone a series of upgrades with funds coming from the United States. Presently much of the facility is used for Iraqi air force operations and a few chartered flights.
Basra International Airport (BIA), meanwhile, is the 2nd largest airport in Iraq. It is located south of Iraq and north of Basra City. At the height of the Gulf Wars, BIA stopped its operations but was re-opened in 2005. The first flight it received was a Boeing 727 from Baghdad.
BIA links Iraq and Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Arabian Gulf. BIA is undergoing major rebuilding today. This is in hopes of making Basra a commercial and industrial zone in Iraq. The present airport will be redesigned to become a gateway for business and travel passengers. The United Kingdom is partnering with the local government in the project.
The Republic of Iraq has been at the center of international attention in the past two decades. It has been freed from the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein. Iran is an oil-rich country, but was heavily damaged as a consequence of the Iran-Iraq War. Today it is in the midst of reconstruction, with help from donor countries and the United Nations.
After 10 years, India will have 400 airports: Minister
It was a busy day for Patel, who visited three cities to inaugurate two new air terminals and lay the foundation stone of a third.
Patel opened new integrated terminals at Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Tiruchirapalli airports and later flew in to Goa to lay the foundation stone for the new integrated terminal at Goa airport.
On Friday, he visited five cities – Mumbai, Indore, Bhopal, Raipur and Ranchi – to start the modernisation projects at their airports.
All these airports are to get new integrated terminal buildings as part of the government’s ambitious project to upgrade 35 non-metro airports at a cost of Rs.105 billion (Rs.10,500 crore).
Speaking at the foundation-stone laying ceremony at Chicalim in south Goa, Patel said the civil aviation sector would attract investments worth Rs.500 billion (Rs.50,000 crore) in the next 10 years and the number of airports will go up from 85 to 400 during this period.
He added that the civil aviation sector would alter India’s employment landscape within a decade. “The civil aviation industry is the future for Indian youth.”
“Now we have 500 passenger aeroplanes and nearly 85 operational airports,” which is a welcome sign compared to 110 aircraft and 45 airports in 2004, Patel said.
“We need to take the airports to the remotest regions so that our farmers can look at exporting agricultural and farm-related products to the world. This time will come,” he added.
Patel also said the policy of greenfield airports which was pursued by his government was the way for the future. “The time of one airport for a region is gone. Now we have to look at a situation where one airport will have to compete with another for business,” he said.
Patel opened new integrated terminals at Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Tiruchirapalli airports and later flew in to Goa to lay the foundation stone for the new integrated terminal at Goa airport.
On Friday, he visited five cities – Mumbai, Indore, Bhopal, Raipur and Ranchi – to start the modernisation projects at their airports.
All these airports are to get new integrated terminal buildings as part of the government’s ambitious project to upgrade 35 non-metro airports at a cost of Rs.105 billion (Rs.10,500 crore).
Speaking at the foundation-stone laying ceremony at Chicalim in south Goa, Patel said the civil aviation sector would attract investments worth Rs.500 billion (Rs.50,000 crore) in the next 10 years and the number of airports will go up from 85 to 400 during this period.
He added that the civil aviation sector would alter India’s employment landscape within a decade. “The civil aviation industry is the future for Indian youth.”
“Now we have 500 passenger aeroplanes and nearly 85 operational airports,” which is a welcome sign compared to 110 aircraft and 45 airports in 2004, Patel said.
“We need to take the airports to the remotest regions so that our farmers can look at exporting agricultural and farm-related products to the world. This time will come,” he added.
Patel also said the policy of greenfield airports which was pursued by his government was the way for the future. “The time of one airport for a region is gone. Now we have to look at a situation where one airport will have to compete with another for business,” he said.
Sixteen International Airports in India
Air India Parent Seeks Loan to Buy 7 Boeing Aircraft This Year
National Aviation wants loans in rupees or dollars from Indian and overseas banks to buy the planes and a spare engine, according to an advertisement on the company’s Web site. India’s government has guaranteed the loans, it said.
The company plans to obtain the aircraft this year, with the first delivery scheduled in June. India’s government created National Aviation in 2007 by merging international carrier Air India Ltd. with domestic counterpart Indian Airlines Ltd.
Source:www.bloomberg.com
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Explosive Powder Security Kits for All US Airports
"The majority of passengers won't notice any difference in checkpoint procedures", spokeswoman for the TSA, Kristen Lee, told news network CNN. "This is just one additional layer of security that helps bolster our explosive detection capability."
US Airport Security Technology
The TSA stressed that no specific explosives-based terrorist threat to airports had emerged to prompt the introduction of this new US airport security technology, but highlighted the protection that it could provide in the event of a terrorist act.
Travellers passing through US airports will pass hand luggage through existing X-ray machines as previously. However, should these machines pick up on a powder deemed risky or dangerous, the container holding this powder will be isolated, a representative powder sample removed and blended with a special solution to test it out. If required, said Lee, this process will be carried out in a way that removes the risk of the powder becoming contaminated, and notification will be given to the passengers involved that the test is being done.
Airport Security Measures
Prior to the introduction of these new airport security measures, airports had to draft in dedicated explosives experts or local security officials.
"Every day, TSA officers work at over 450 airports nationwide screening approximately two million passengers to keep the travelling public safe", administrator at the TSA, Gale Rossides, explained in a TSA press release. "These enhancements are part of TSA's efforts to stay ahead of emerging threats while continually strengthening our layered approach to security."
The administration added in the same press release that most common powders - medicines, make-up and baby products, for example - are not likely to require additional security screening.
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US Airport Runway Safety Improvements Recorded
The US FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) detailed 12 serious runways incursions for the past 12 months – 13 less than in fiscal 2008. Commercial airliners figured in two of these – seven less than before. Meanwhile, over 950 minor incursions took place – an increase over the previous year.
Runway Safety
Runway incursions take place when aircraft or airport vehicles move into positions where they could comprise the safety of other aircraft/vehicles. Investigators, safety analysts and regulators alike have been studying the issue of runway safety for some time now, due to the crowded and complex nature of the network of runways and taxiways that large aircraft traverse on a day-to-day basis.
Two years ago, the GAO (Government Accountability Office) issued a report in which it rated the prospect of a “catastrophic runway collision” as “high”. This, it said, was linked to ineffective airport regulation, technology that wasn’t working to its full potential and ATC (Air Traffic Control) workers being stretched too far. The report was issued in a light of a whole raft of near airport collisions that had taken place at US airports in 2007, but the FAA has looked to draft in improvements across the board since then.
Runway Incursions
The administration has urged for tighter communications between aircraft and Air Traffic Control to avoid runway incursions and, according to one official, its calls have been answered. “US runways have never been safer”, J. Randolph Babbitt, stated, adding: “We intensified the focus, and it's absolutely working.”
A new runway lighting system is being implemented at airports across the nation. Known as Runway Status Lights, the system indicates potentially dangerous situations to moving aircraft.
Runway Status Lights is being rolled out along with another new type of airport safety technology - Airport Surface Detection Equipment. This gives ATC workers the ability to follow the progress across an airport of airliners and vehicles alike.
Source : Airport International's US Correspondent
London City Airport Airbus Trials
London City Airport Airbus Flights
The aircraft using London City Airport over the years have gradually been ramped up in terms of size and performance and the range of types now operating out in and out of it includes airliners such as the BAE 146, Dornier 328 and Embraer 170. The A318, though, will dominate over all of these and the new, exclusively business-class London City Airport Airbus flights get underway on September 29th 2009.
Landing approaches into London City Airport are carried out at a 5.5 degree angle of descent, in order to comply with noise regulations. This minimises the variety of aircraft that can use it, as does the length of the runway which - at just over 50 feet shy of 5,000 feet - is short compared to other European airports. In preparation for landings under these conditions, an Airbus A318 recently carried out a series of practice runs into and out of a UK military base: RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.
British Airways Airbus
London City Airport's runway length means that airliners using it are only permitted to take off within designated weight limits. Because of this, the new British Airways Airbus service will involve a 45 minute stop at Ireland's Shannon Airport, during which time passengers will be able to pass through US immigration facilities. They will then be carried non-stop from Shannon to New York's John F Kennedy (JFK) Airport, while the return journey will be entirely non-stop.
The Airbus A318 is a scaled-down derivation of the Airbus A320 airliner, which first flew in the year that London City Airport opened - 1987. London City itself was in the news in recent weeks when new terms permitting a 50 per cent boost in flight volumes emerged.
Please click on the highlighted link to view Airport International's coverage of London City Airport's flights surge.
US Airport Delays On the Increase
A new report has highlighted how US airport passengers are now twice as likely to be delayed as they were two decades ago, adding that the economic recovery to come will only make the situation worse. Issued by the Brookings Institution on October 8th 2009, the report detailed a number of factors contributing to this scenario, including the sheer number of short-haul flights and an ATC (Air Traffic Control) system described as ‘ill-equipped”. As a remedy, the researchers recommended a number of solutions, including:- Placing greater emphasis on high-speed intercity rail links over short-haul flights
- The introduction of new fees imposed at rush hour times, which would give airlines the opportunity to distribute flights more throughout the day.
- The introducing of new technology to allow airliner arrivals and departures to take place with more frequency
- Possible airport privatisation
Delayed Flights
The Brookings researchers found that delayed flights made up more than 10 per cent of all US airline flights, with touch-downs made two or more hours behind schedule. This was close to six per cent more than in 1990. Meanwhile, the average delay that passengers could expect was almost 60 minutes – over quarter-of-an-hour more than 1990.
New York’s airports (JFK, La Guardia, etc) produced the worst results of those assessed, with late arrivals and late departures recorded on 30 per cent and 22 per cent of occasions, respectively. Other large cities such as Chicago, San Francisco and Miami also produced airport delays, while the best performances were produced by airports in Honolulu, San Jose and Salt Lake City.
Airport Flight Delays
The impact of the recession has seen airlines reduce flight volumes and this, the researchers noted, has produced recent improvements in airport flight delays. However, this will be reversed in line with economic re-stabilisation, the report warned.
“We're not trying to point fingers at the airlines”, report co-author Adie Tomer stressed. “There are a lot of people flying and we simply don't have the capacity to handle them.”
As far as Air Transport Association representative David Castelveter was concerned, one of the suggested measures, the rush hour charges, would have no effect if introduced. The fees, he said, “will do nothing to reduce congestion. It will simply add another tax on passengers.”
The association suggests introducing new Air Traffic Control technology instead.
Sources : Airport International's US Correspondent
The Brookings researchers found that delayed flights made up more than 10 per cent of all US airline flights, with touch-downs made two or more hours behind schedule. This was close to six per cent more than in 1990. Meanwhile, the average delay that passengers could expect was almost 60 minutes – over quarter-of-an-hour more than 1990.
New York’s airports (JFK, La Guardia, etc) produced the worst results of those assessed, with late arrivals and late departures recorded on 30 per cent and 22 per cent of occasions, respectively. Other large cities such as Chicago, San Francisco and Miami also produced airport delays, while the best performances were produced by airports in Honolulu, San Jose and Salt Lake City.
Airport Flight Delays
The impact of the recession has seen airlines reduce flight volumes and this, the researchers noted, has produced recent improvements in airport flight delays. However, this will be reversed in line with economic re-stabilisation, the report warned.
“We're not trying to point fingers at the airlines”, report co-author Adie Tomer stressed. “There are a lot of people flying and we simply don't have the capacity to handle them.”
As far as Air Transport Association representative David Castelveter was concerned, one of the suggested measures, the rush hour charges, would have no effect if introduced. The fees, he said, “will do nothing to reduce congestion. It will simply add another tax on passengers.”
The association suggests introducing new Air Traffic Control technology instead.
Sources : Airport International's US Correspondent
Friday, October 9, 2009
Nagpur International Airport
The famous Indian economist, jurist and politician Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is behind the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, which is also known as Sonegaon Airport. In the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India this airport is a service center of public domestic and international aircrafts. Nagpur is connected to India’s main aviation centers such as of Mumbai and Delhi and internationally it is connected with Sharjah and Doha.
It is decided and expected by the Airport Authority that within 2025 Nagpur airport will be built in such a way that it will handle 50 aircraft daily and 14 million passengers in a year. And for this purpose techno-feasibility study has completed in 2001 and global tenders, invitation of design consultants have already completed. It is said that the work of parallel runway is already begun. Report says that 70% of modernization work has already been completed. IT can be said that within June 2008 the remainder also have been completed. To give a rectangular shape to the existing terminal building 8,500 sq. meters and 7,000sq meters is going to be added so that the building can accommodate 600 passengers at a time.
A state-of-the-art medical inspection center, offer to provide free health facilities to air passengers in case of emergencies at the airport whereas the authorities have to handle passengers suffering from cardiac arrest and other medical complications. Hoping that Hospital groups at the airport should tackle the sick passengers the AAI has finalized to open a 24-hour medical care center. Obviously it would be a joint venture with the hospitals group. The medical groups always have the service with the latest medical equipment and life-saving drugs. A childcare center has also in plan of AAI for the mother who needs breast-feeding. AAI has also taken the decision to give the passenger pre-paid taxi and auto rickshaws services. And AAI has planned to venture a project with Vansha Nimaya Infra Project Ltd who operates the Star Bus in the city. It is planned that with the help of this company running an air-conditioned bus from the airport to the city center should provide a profitable service.
Denver airport sets August traffic record
DENVER (AP) - Denver International Airport has set another monthly record for passenger traffic.
Airport officials said Wednesday that nearly 4.9 million travelers passed through the airport in August. That's up 2.3% from August 2008 and is the busiest August on record.
The airport also set a monthly record in July.
Airport aviation manager Kim Day says overall traffic for the year will probably be down from the record 51.2 million passengers who used the airport last year. But she says traffic is better than expected because of strong competition in the Denver market.
Through August, the airport's passenger traffic this year is down 2.8% from the 35.3 million passengers who used the airport in the same period last year.
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Amata Kabua International Airport
The Amata Kabua International Airport on Majuro atoll has a 7,897-foot asphalt runway, on the road from the capital, Majuro, to Laura. It was constructed by building a causeway across several small islands. It is just wide enough for the two-lane road and the runway, the ocean on one side, the lagoon on the other. Drains on either side of the runway collect and store fresh rainwater. This runway, only six feet above the ocean, is a major source of fresh drinking water as well as of tourism and trade, and it's vital to the life of the Marshallese.
Sea walls have been built on both sides of the road to the airport and the runway itself, and are now being continued toward Laura. From time to time the ocean washes across this road and during the last decade, the island of Majuro has lost up to 20 per cent of its beachfront. Locals believe that the powerful storms and sweeping high tides are causing most of the coastal erosion. Majuro has built up sea walls to prevent further erosion, even using garbage imported from the United States. Land is scarce, however, and the walls need constant rebuilding. According to government officials, building and maintaining effective sea walls will cost more than the Marshall Islands' annual budget.
Sea walls have been built on both sides of the road to the airport and the runway itself, and are now being continued toward Laura. From time to time the ocean washes across this road and during the last decade, the island of Majuro has lost up to 20 per cent of its beachfront. Locals believe that the powerful storms and sweeping high tides are causing most of the coastal erosion. Majuro has built up sea walls to prevent further erosion, even using garbage imported from the United States. Land is scarce, however, and the walls need constant rebuilding. According to government officials, building and maintaining effective sea walls will cost more than the Marshall Islands' annual budget.
BEIJING CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BCIA)
Beijing Capital International Airport is the main international airport in the city of Beijing, People's Republic of China. The airport is located in the northern city of Beijing with a distance of about 20 km. At first this airport has only two main terminals. However, when the world sports carnival celebrations take place, the government added a chinese in the world's largest terminal worth $ 2.7 billion. To complete the development of the whole terminal was aided by the Chinese government EIB (European Investment Bank) reached U.S. $ 625 million. The length of this terminal around 3.25 miles. Existing floor area is 98 hectares, equivalent to 170 football fields.
The new terminal is built like a dragon, designed British architect Norman Foster who also designed the Chep Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong and completed in less than 4 years by about 50,000 new pekerja.Terminal was connected with a train. This terminal will increase capacity at the airport that can accommodate up to 76 million visitors, compared to the previous can only accommodate 52 million visitors.
In 2004, Beijing airport is the busiest airport in China and also in Asia to replace the airport Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) in serving the flight path. For the number of passengers, this airport is the second busiest in Asia after Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and ninth in the world's busiest in 2006. The airport has served 1.3 billion tons of cargo in 2006. In 2007, the airport served 53,736,923 passengers and 399,986 flights serving. Airport became the busiest in the world in 23 flights and the 20th busiest in cargo services. Within a day, the airport is a flight of aircraft and 1100 for the year 2008 flights a day between 1500 to 1600 flight.
The new terminal is built like a dragon, designed British architect Norman Foster who also designed the Chep Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong and completed in less than 4 years by about 50,000 new pekerja.Terminal was connected with a train. This terminal will increase capacity at the airport that can accommodate up to 76 million visitors, compared to the previous can only accommodate 52 million visitors.
In 2004, Beijing airport is the busiest airport in China and also in Asia to replace the airport Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) in serving the flight path. For the number of passengers, this airport is the second busiest in Asia after Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and ninth in the world's busiest in 2006. The airport has served 1.3 billion tons of cargo in 2006. In 2007, the airport served 53,736,923 passengers and 399,986 flights serving. Airport became the busiest in the world in 23 flights and the 20th busiest in cargo services. Within a day, the airport is a flight of aircraft and 1100 for the year 2008 flights a day between 1500 to 1600 flight.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
American Airlines 757
American Airlines Boeing 757-223 N182AN sits at the airline's new terminal at JFK on March 16th, 2008. This aircraft would later take me to St. Maarten.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Kansai International Airport
In 1960, when the Kansai region of the trade center was moved to Tokyo, the Japanese government at that time the airport was made there was made dizzy with complaints of residents who protested the sound noisy planes flying and landing because the airport was in the area Osaka buildings surrounded by residents of the Japanese government finally made the idea to create a floating airport
Initially, the airport is planned to be built near Kobe, but the city of Kobe refused the plan, so that the airport was moved to a location that is more to the south in Osaka Bay. In these locations could open the airport 24 hours a day, not like in the city. Man-made island, 4 km long and 2.5 km wide, has been proposed. Technicians needed to overcome a very high risk from earthquakes and typhoons (with storm surges up to 3 meters). Construction began in 1987. Sea wall was completed in 1989 (which is made of stone and 48,000 tetrahedral concrete blocks). Excavated three mountain for 21 million cubic meters of space. 10,000 workers and 10 million hours of work for 3 years, with 80 ships required to complete three hundred feet above the ground layer of the ocean floor and in the sea wall. In year 1990, three-mile bridge was completed to connect the island to the mainland in rinku-Town, at the cost of $ 1 billion. Completion of the artificial island of Osaka Prefecture increased only enough to move past the size of Kagawa Prefecture (Kagawa as the smallest left the area in Japan).
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Virgin America N527VA
Today was Virgin America's first LAX-SEA flight and they threw a small party to celebrate.
Separation - McCarran Int'l Airport, NV USA
United Airlines' Flight #460 from San Francisco, California - Condor Airlines' Flight #4083 to Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Virgin America Airlines' Flight #912 also from San Francisco, California.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Terminal 1 - Toronto Pearson International Airport
Escobar International Airport
The abandoned international terminal at San Francisco International Airport. Close since 2002. Undergoing demolition this year.Inside a disco-era First Class lounge area.
Night, dark space, mercury vapor light outside, natural LED flashlight inside.
4PIZON got us access, but can't get us in anymore.
WELCOME WAVE - A380 Airbus Arriving at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport)
Air China Boeing 777 in SVO
Idled China Southern MD-80s
Air China - Airbus A330-243 - B-6113 - Frankfurt International Airport - Germany
Shanghai Pudong International Airport, China
24348 Boeing 747-4J6(M) B-2460 Air China Frankfurt Airport
Taoyuan Airport
Dubai Airport
Airports & Airplanes Light Tunnel
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