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Old Feb 5, 2016 | 3:35 pm
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Originally Posted by JHake10
I once read the US doesn't do traditional transit zones like other countries as the US doesn't have alot of transit traffic like other countries but is the intended destination. Seems to makes sense as it would cost money to build and maintain.
This is pretty much spot on - it really just isn't needed here. Even though yes it would be a convenience for international passengers, the total number of passengers that it would impact in any given year is so small that it simply would make no financial sense whatsoever. You don't design an airport - and yes it really does affect the entire design of the airport, to accommodate 1% of your annual passenger traffic (by volume). Also consider that outside of Denver - I don't recall a large scale construction of an airport in any other metropolitan area in the USA in the modern international travel era - so that means taking an airport like JFK or MIA or LAX and completely redoing it - so if we simply forget all of the customs and security issues and hassles this would present - it makes zero financial sense.
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