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Why Airports Die
The distinctive design of the Pan-Am Worldport at JFK International Airport, built in 1960, wasn’t enough to save it from the wrecking ball. Dmitri Kessel/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images Anthony Paletta 12:07 PM ET Expensive to build, hard to adapt to other uses, and now facing massive pandemic-related challenges, airport terminals often live -
2019-12-11
Sea-Tac is First Airport to Resist Federal Push for Facial Recognition and Other Biometric Technologies
Katherine Khashimova Long The Seattle Times (TNS) At least for now, controversial facial-recognition technology won’t be installed at boarding gates at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, making the airport the first in the country to resist the rollout of a federal biometric identification program. After hours of impassioned public comment Tuesday, much of it from people calling facial -
Why American airports don’t sell anything you actually need?
Woe betide the traveler who forgets her toiletries case, gets peckish, or has a headache at a US airport. At best, she might find tiny container of Advil or $10 packet of almonds in a Hudson News outlet, sandwiched between a Cinnabon and an Auntie Anne’s Preztels. But why is there no CVS or Walgreens -
2015-08-17Simultaneous dependent and independent parallel approach operations
FAA notice implementing new procedures for simultaneous parallel approach operations, including updated dependent separation standards, runway centerline spacing requirements, and elimination of high update radar requirements for Precision Runway Monitor procedures. The notice establishes minimum radar separation requirements based on runway centerline distances. -
1968-02-01APA – Planning The Airport Environment
This 1968 report by the American Society of Planning Officials examines the major planning challenges posed by airports, particularly in light of rapid growth in air transportation and the introduction of new jet aircraft. It summarizes methods and tools planners can use to achieve environments compatible with airport operations, viewing airports as transportation facilities, nuisances, -
1968-02-01Planning the airport environment
This 1968 report by the American Society of Planning Officials examines the major planning challenges posed by airports, particularly in light of rapid growth in air transportation and the introduction of new jet aircraft. It summarizes methods and tools planners can use to achieve environments compatible with airport operations, viewing airports as transportation facilities, nuisances, -
1949-01-01SeaTac Baggage Claim – 1949
Black and white photograph showing passengers gathering around baggage claim area at Seattle-Tacoma Airport in 1949. The image captures the early days of commercial aviation with people in formal attire waiting in what appears to be a modernist terminal building with large windows.