8-15-2015 KMIA MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (3,300 acres) Miami, FL Four Nearby Instrument Airports: [KOPF] 7 N ; [KTMB] 12 SW ; [KHWO] 13 N ; [KFLL] 18 NE ;(ave. distance: 13 nm) Total Based Aircraft:28 (13 multi-props, 15 jets) Operations … Continue reading
Airline stocks have been tanking lately, in no small part due to strategy shifts by United. In a nutshell, United is trying to design a broad restructuring of its three domestic-focused hubs in Chicago, Denver and Houston. Why? Because this … Continue reading
Three months ago, the ‘Dissecting NextGen’ presentation was made in Des Moines, to help people better understand the impacts of NextGen around Sea-Tac International Airport [KSEA]. Included within that presentation was discussion of ‘Hub Concentration’ and ‘Route Concentration’, as two … Continue reading
Here’s some data to ponder as we start into a new year: a table, showing commercial operations at each of FAA’s OEP-35 airports, from 2007 onward. Focus first on the pink column, three columns from the right edge; the airports are … Continue reading
pg.1: Data & Charts pg.2: Document Archives pg.3: Airport History & Overview updated 10/4/2016 KTNT Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (24,960 acres) Ochopee, FL OPERATIONS: As of 10/27/2014, averaged 40 ops/day(0% local) BASED AIRCRAFT:0(total) single-prop multi-prop jet helicopter military glider, … Continue reading
If there is one U.S. state whose airports are most vulnerable to climate change, it is Florida, where many significant airports are at very low elevation. The busiest Florida airport, KMIA in Miami, is at 9-feet elevation. The state’s fifth-busiest … Continue reading
1ABEAllentown, PA — 108,108 Total Annual Operations (16% Commercial Ops & 55% Local Ops) 2ABIAbilene, TX — 65,409 Total Annual Operations (17% Commercial Ops & 38% Local Ops) 3ABQAlbuquerque, NM — 136,915 Total Annual Operations (62% Commercial Ops & 7% … Continue reading
ASPM stands for Aviation System Performance Metrics. This is a set of 77 airports defined by FAA to assess overall aviation system performance. Included are all 35 OEP airports, plus dozens of lesser commercial hubs and a few of the … Continue reading
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KHWO North Perry Airport (536 acres) Hollywood, FL Four Nearby Instrument Airports: [KOPF] 6 S ; [KOMN] 6 NE ; [KFXE] 12 N ; [KMIA] 13 S ;(ave. distance: 9 nm) Total Based Aircraft: 253 (210 single-props, 33 multi-props) (10 … Continue reading