Given its location, George Bush Intercontinental in Houston should be an attractive airport for cargo companies flying goods to and from Latin America. Until recently, though, it didn't have the infrastructure or logistics partners to accommodate the volume of...
It's hard to think of parking construction as "green," but careful planning made it happen at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, WI. Primary components of the project even achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification by the...
International passengers flying out of Newark Liberty International Airport have a bit more control at their fingertips ever since the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey installed self-service check-in kiosks in Terminal B. The Port Authority footed the...
Earlier this year, Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport fixed a problem that had been brewing for years. One of its most critical runways, 9-27, reopened after crews repaired premature crazing - closely spaced top-down cracking, tearing, corrugation and...
Roughly five times per year, crews work from midnight to 5 a.m. removing rubber deposits from the two main runways at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York. They work through the night until the break of dawn because that's the only time the airport slows...
Orlando International When Orlando International Airport recently converted office space into baggage handling space, the judicious use of technology saved time and money during the changeover. The building renovation was part of a $79.5 million baggage handling...
The difference was clear for Tom Pudish. The airport manager at the Greater Binghamton Airport near the New York-Pennsylvania border had a chance to look at LED runway lights and signs next to traditional incandescent fixtures before outfitting the airport's...
Passengers at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport now have a little more eye candy to help keep them entertained and informed. That's because advertising concessionaire Corey Airport Services has converted most of the airport's static...
In the most diplomatic terms, passengers at Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in southwest Oregon had "limited amenities." A vending machine was the only post-security option for food, and coffee came from a communal pot run on the honor system. Before the...
Fresno Yosemite International Airport What began as a small idea to imp rove the rental car facility at Fresno Yosemite International Airport has blossomed into a much larger project that's expected to save the California airport millions of dollars...
When the main runway at Lone Star Executive Airport in Conroe, TX, started to face frequent drainage issues and distress that required constant patching and replacement, officials there turned to a technique more popular on roadways than runways. Working with...
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is not a quiet aircraft. The strategic airlifter hauls oversized cargo across intercontinental distances at a cruising speed of .77 Mach. It's big, strong and loud. That could have presented noise problems at the new Tennessee Air National...
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) has a lot of changes planned, and the first big project is complete and already being used by the flying public. It's tough to miss. The new seven-story parking garage opened in August, ahead of a revision to the airport's master...
The largest airport in Wisconsin, Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), is in the process of converting its shuttles for staff and passengers from diesel-powered Ford cutaways to a similar fleet of compressed natural gas-powered buses. The idea to...
There's still a lot airport security officials can't talk about. But in Green Bay, WI, they're happy to discuss their baggage scanning equipment. Five scanners - CT-80s, by Reveal Imaging Technologies - have made the experience at Austin Straubel International Airport...
During a time when air carriers are cutting service, a recently completed runway project at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport is helping keep commercial flights at the California airport. The two-stage project — an 800-foot runway extension in 2007 and...
The Killeen-Fort Hood (TX) Regional Airport is trying to do something about that. In July, the three-airline airport opened two “crystal bridges” – passenger bridges manufactured with glass-paneled sidewalls instead of the usual steel walls.
Want to know exactly where a burned out runway light is, how often service vehicles exceed speed limits or exactly where the airport fleet was during an incident a month ago? The management at El Paso (TX) International Airport wanted that data and more; so it turned...
The largest Air National Guard project in history is all but complete at Memphis International Airport. And the scope is staggering. At stake was the relocation of the Tennessee Air National Guard's 164th Airlift Wing from its former home at the north end of the...
Travelers heading through Terminal 2 at Oakland International Airport to catch a Southwest Airlines flight have a lot to admire. The waiting areas offer views of San Francisco Bay. Stunning artwork from Oakland artist Hung Liu is on display. New concessions feature a...
A brand new terminal isn't all Oakland International Airport and Turner Construction Company have been working on. Accompanying the green concourse expansion and renovation was a massive roadway, parking and curbside improvement project outside - at the cost of $190...
