When Will Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport Finally Open?
The seemingly doomed Brandenburg Airport may finally be ready to open, following a meeting of its management company. The Supervisory Board of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, tasked with overseeing construction of the hugely delayed airport, held a meeting on...
Are Driverless Vehicles The Future At Airports?
In an age where everything from baggage systems to check-in desks is becoming automated. What might come next? it’s like the answer could be driverless vehicles to drive aircraft on the runways. British Airways is already using driverless Vehicles to push their...
Dublin Airport installs automatic visual docking guidance system
The new automatic visual docking guidance system will cut back delays through faster turnarounds. While simultaneously heightening safety, as part of Eurocontrol’s Europe-wide initiative. Dublin airport is installing the new system (AVDGS) on all aircraft contact...
Runway Lights Color & Spacing Explained
If you’ve been to any major airport at night, you may have noticed on the runway there are a lot of different kinds of lights, ranging from flashing white or pulsating yellow to steady red and even blue. And the lights are spaced at defined intervals. Runway...
Ice Runway Registered & Approved by FAA
Looking for a winter adventure in your airplane? how about landing on the sole ice runway charted by the Federal Aviation Agency in the lower 48? Here’s what you need to know… The Airport During the winter months, the Alton Bay Ice Runway and Seaplane Base...
What is the Best Airport in New York to Fly into?
New York is a bustling metropolitan city, with three major airports servicing the area but which airport of them is considered to be the best to fly into? Two are international airports while the third operates primarily short- and medium-haul flights. These airports...
Why Holding Stacks Is So Important to the Busiest Airports?
Let’s begin from the start! The definition of holding (or flying a hold) in aviation field means that some manoeuvres of airplane before the landing. Incoming airplane should generally be stacked when an aircraft that has arrived at their destination however cannot...
This startup wants to help you speed through airport security lines
What is Clear? Not having to wait in long lines at airport security makes all the difference when it comes to quickly navigating your way through the airport. That’s where Clear comes in. Clear is a company that’s using biometric scanning technology to...
One Day, You May Not Have to Take Your Laptop Out at the Airport
TSA security lines might be a little less annoying in the future, the agency will soon test new airport scanners that allow you to keep your liquids and laptop in your carry-on bag during security screening, a benefit currently only available to those who have been...
INFOGRAPHIC: EASY AIRPORT HACKS TO MAKE FLYING SUCK LESS
NO ONE LIKES AIRPORTS. No one likes crappy, expensive food and seats that are specifically designed to keep you from laying down and getting a much-deserved nap. No one likes dealing with airline employees, lines, and haggard, demoralized travelers. But there are ways...
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