Airports
Brooklyn’s Jewel
A National Park Service project reclaims aviation history.
November 2010 |
By David Shaftel
Here’s Looking at You, Floyd Bennett
New York City’s first municipal airport couldn’t take a bad picture.
September 14, 2010 |
By Diane Tedeschi
The Airport That Wouldn’t Die
An embattled Florida field had more than history on its side.
August 2009 |
By Carl Posey
Fire Hazard
Where there’s smoke, there’s pollution. How can airport firefighters green it up?
July 2009 |
By Sam Goldberg
Where Does All the Airport Snow Go?
Clearing runways in winter is no small operation.
January 01, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Magic Airport
Watch the Burning Man revelers pull an airport out of the desert...then make it disappear.
August 2007 |
By Chad Slattery
Danger: Airplane Crossing
Controlling airplanes on the ground is a thornier problem than controlling them in the air.
August 2007 |
By Michael Milstein
475,000 Takeoffs and Landings a Year
The Summer Games will bring 4,000 additional aircraft to London's airports. Find out what it takes to keep Heathrow running smoothly on a normal day.
January 2007 |
By Michael Milstein
The Day Nobody Flew
September 11, 2001 wasn't the first time U.S. air traffic was grounded.
November 2006 |
By Roger A. Mola
Landing in Baghdad
At the world's most dangerous airport, it's best to get down quickly.
November 2006 |
By Allan T. Duffin
The People and Planes of Van Sant
Bucks County aviation fans found an ingenious way to preserve their grass-strip airport: They made it a county park
November 2005 |
By John Fleischman
People and Planes of Creve Coeur
In the department of flood recovery, Noah and his ark got nuthin' on the folks at this little airport-except that many of the aircraft they saved are ones, not twos, of a kind.
July 2005 |
By Linda Shiner
The People and Planes of Anoka County
Denizens of a small Minnesota airport: bombers, ones-of-a-kind, T-6s, Cubs, a 1938 Stinson SR10 once owned by the governor of Pennsylvania, and a veritable hive of homebuilders.
May 2005 |
By Carl Posey
The Annotated Airport
A guide to the meaning of the myriad signs, lines, circles, arrows, numbers, letters, and lights on the airport grounds.
March 2005 |
By Patricia Trenner
The People and Planes of Flabob
This California airport is hallowed ground for homebuilders and Hollywood stunt pilots alike.
November 2004 |
By Marshall Lumsden
