airport

An airport is a land-based installation who’s primary function is to facilitate the take-off and landing of aircraft of all varieties such as aeroplanes, helicopters and blimps, via surfaces such as runways and helipads. Additional facilities include aircraft maintenance hangars, air traffic control towers, emergency services, terminal buildings, shopping and customs.

Airports are divided into categories; private, commercial and military (typically called an airbase). Synonyms for airport include aerodrome, airfield, airstrip, heliport, seaplane base and STOLport.

Commercial airports may be used for domestic flights or for domestic and international flights.
Busy central hubs for international travel, airports are the focus of constant attention in blogs. Terrorism and security measures (especially in the wake of the September 11th attacks against the United States), air crew strikes and environmental concerns over runway expansions and air traffic are all topics of discussion amongst bloggers.

Blogs focusing exclusively on airports include discussion of airport operations and FAA regulations such as Airport Chronicles, travel guides to airports like Stuck at the Airport; life as an air traffic controller; airport blogs like the Springfield airport blog and even the official Transport Security Administration blog.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “airport”

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  Google Maps 6.0 for Android Released, Indoor Maps Included
  Google Maps for Android gets updated to version 6.0 and comes with added support for indoor maps.
  by jbinc / on Nov 29, 2011
• in Politics
  The Paranoid Guide to Better Living: TSA Groping Hits a New Low
  The TSA is under fire yet again, this time for patting down a six year old girl. Of course, video of the event surfaced and now everyone is in an uproar. Paranoia wonders, should we be outraged? Perhaps, just perhaps - we're doing it wrong.
  by cebsilver / on Apr 13, 2011
• in Gadgets
  Apple to Release AirPlay for Wireless Music
  Apple-heads get ready for a new gadget for the home: wireless speakers that can envelope the entire house.
  by bastetmax / on Jan 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “airport”

 

• Report: Government Oversight Allowed Known Terrorists Onto US Flights

  
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  Filed under: North America , United States , Airports , News , Travel Security Pmocek, Flickr Some "suspected or known terrorists" on the TSAs No Fly list were able to board commercial flights in and over the United States for years, according to a new internal report from the Department of Justice. The ...
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• Chelsea Handler And Her Beau Cuddle At The Curb

  
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  These two have been going strong for a while now! Chelsea Handler and her hotelier beau Andre Balazs arrived at LAX last night, and the couple showed some PDA on the curb of the airport as they waited for...
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• Passenger Surprised When TSA Finds Dagger Inside Cane

  
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  Filed under: North America , United States , Airports , News Transportation Security Administration Each week, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) details some of the items they uncovered during airport searches on their blog . This week the administration found not only a record 50 firearms (45 ...
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• Car Sharing: Future Looks Bright, Even with Some Cloudy Legal Issues

  
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  There’s just no stopping the sharing. Despite recent legal challenges to certain “peer-to-peer” car-sharing services, the range of sharing options keeps on expanding, making it easier and easier for consumers to skip taxis, traditional car rentals—and car ownership in general. Last week was quite the roller ...
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• OSI Systems Expects Federal Notice in Body-Scanner Case

  
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  OSI Systems Inc. said its security division—its largest by revenue—expects to receive a proposed debarment notice from the Department of Homeland Security in connection with the termination of a deal for software used in airport scanners.
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• Heroes reach Inverness en route to start of Heroes UK Challenge, land, sea and air

  
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  In a ‘heroes for heroes’ challenge of awesome proportions – taking on earth, water and air – this afternoon a team of serving, former and wounded servicemen and policemen flew into Inverness airport from Bristol. They are a team of 12 with a logistics unit in support, en route for the start line – at John ...
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• Chelsea Handler And Andre Balazs Indulge In More Airport PDA At LAX!

  
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  Even though she admitted in February that the pair were getting quite serious , it seems as though these days, Chelsea Handler is trying to keep her relationship with Andre Balazs pretty much as on the DL as possible! But for some reason, whenever the pair arrive at LAX, the PDA just CANNOT be contained! The ...
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• Justin Theroux Looks Totally Jacked At The Airport

  
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  Last night Justin Theroux returned to Los Angeles after spending the last week in New York City, and Jennifer Anistons fiance looked super ripped when X17 photographers snapped him walking through the terminal with his luggage. Justin had been...
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• Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act

  
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  Russias counter-terrorism agency says it killed two militants it believes were planning a terrorist act in Moscow and detained a third. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said Monday in a statement that one of its special forces was lightly wounded in the operation in the Moscow suburb of ...
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• 11 Characters You Encounter At The Airport

  
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  Spring has arrived. Corporate conferences abound. And work travel is in the air (pun totally intended). Baseball games have good people watching. Vegas has better . But the airport? That one can’t be beat. What characters have you seen that need to be added? Tech Geek This character is loaded down with all ...
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• Istanbul’s Global Air Hub Dream: Can It Succeed?

  
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  Istanbul is a city with increasingly big ambitions. Not only is it bidding for the 2020 Olympic Games, but it is actively seeking to become a major east-west air hub, as evidenced by its plans to build a third international airport. The proposed facility is designed to eventually handle 150mn passengers per year, and ...
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• Egyptian Troops Enter Sinai Following Abduction of Officers

  
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  Egypt-Israel border. Photo: wiki commons. Following the kidnapping of seven Egyptian police officers by an armed Islamist terror group, Egyptian security forces were preparing Monday to launch a rescue operation in the Sinai peninsula, according to Ma’an News Agency. A large plane carrying soldiers and heavy ...
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• No One Dies Of Cholera On The Gatwick Express

  
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  This is what poverty looks like. Image by cs_smith, taken from the Londonist Flickr Pool Remember that time you took the Gatwick Express into town, only there weren’t any seats left, so you had to sit on the roof? Or the time you were delayed for two hours because a farmer was herding his cows across the line at ...
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• Americans New Boarding Process Could Probably Maybe Not Speed Up Boarding

  
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  Filed under: Business , Airlines , Airports , News Fly For Fun, Flickr Airlines are constantly experimenting with new, more efficient ways to board airplanes. A faster turnaround time on the ground means more on-time flights, which translates to better revenue for the carrier. So anything that they can do to ...
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• Aircraft tech school opens Hagerstown expansion

  
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  HAGERSTOWN — An aircraft maintenance school in Hagerstown is celebrating an expansion. The Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics is cutting a ribbon Monday to open its new 18,000-square-foot building at Hagerstown Regional Airport. The school had been leasing about 15,000 square feet in a nearby building. Campus ...
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• Ryanair announces new flights to Croatia

  
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  The popular budget airline Ryanair has announced new connections to Croatia from this year. Starting from July this year the airline will connect London and Rijeka. There will be two ... The post Ryanair announces new flights to Croatia appeared first on An Englishman in Dubrovnik .
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• From the Juice of Grapes to the Drink of the Gods

  
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  Strict Standards : strtotime(): It is not safe to rely on the systems timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We ...
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• Profits up at Ryanair

  
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  Budget airline Ryanair grew profits by 13 per cent last year
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• Ryanair profits at record high despite fuel cost rise: BBC News

  
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  [ BBC News ]  Discount airline Ryanair has reported record full-year profits and rising revenues, despite soaring fuel costs. Profits after tax rose 13% to 569m euros (£481m) on revenues of 4.88bn euros for the year to 31 March. “Ultra-low cost carrier” Ryanair has big expansion plans and has ordered 175 ...
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