New SLC airport opens September 15th, 2020
Jul 1, 2019, 9:38 pm
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Jul 2, 2019, 2:20 am
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Jul 2, 2019, 6:02 am
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MCI, MSY, SLC, LGA. New building on same land = new terminal but same airport. They can call it what they want, but it’s simply a new terminal.
DEN is a nice example of a ‘new airport’ as we all understand the term.
DEN is a nice example of a ‘new airport’ as we all understand the term.
Jul 2, 2019, 6:07 am
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They are building a new airport literally around the old one, in the same relatively tiny space, with zero service reductions/disruptions. Sure, there's a lot of construction annoyance and traffic and dust, but it's a pretty remarkable feat.
Jul 2, 2019, 6:20 am
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Personally I think a "new airport" implies a "new airfield" in a completely different location, ex. when Denver International Airport replaced Stapleton, that was a new airport. In ATL when the current midfield terminal opened, I don't think it was billed as a "new airport" but just a new terminal, and the old and new terminals had completely different footprints and no facilities or buildings in common.
Of course there are counter-arguments like the perpetually and embarrassingly delayed BER. It overlaps with the current SXF airfield and will even use some of SXF's runway and taxiways, but it's being billed as a "new airport." To make things really confusing, they're talking about keeping SXF open even though it was supposed to be shuttered. I don't how or why they'd be considered two different airports since they'll share an airfield. It should be two different terminals of the same airport, like the situation at BCN.
But to me SLC is just getting a new terminal building.
Of course there are counter-arguments like the perpetually and embarrassingly delayed BER. It overlaps with the current SXF airfield and will even use some of SXF's runway and taxiways, but it's being billed as a "new airport." To make things really confusing, they're talking about keeping SXF open even though it was supposed to be shuttered. I don't how or why they'd be considered two different airports since they'll share an airfield. It should be two different terminals of the same airport, like the situation at BCN.
But to me SLC is just getting a new terminal building.
Jul 2, 2019, 6:23 am
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Jul 2, 2019, 7:08 am
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Jul 2, 2019, 7:45 am
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I would have no trouble saying SLC is a new airport.
My Uncle knocked down my grandparents old house, and built a bigger house in the exact same spot (new foundation entirely). I would say that is a new house even though he didn't change the driveway.
My Uncle knocked down my grandparents old house, and built a bigger house in the exact same spot (new foundation entirely). I would say that is a new house even though he didn't change the driveway.
Jul 2, 2019, 8:05 am
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I think this terminology all started with IND because of what happened at DTW. Detroit was advertised as a new terminal and some people, including me, didn't really understand the scope of what they were doing. IND was always advertised as a new airport.