Guide to the Milwaukee Airport
Mar 21, 2011, 9:10 am
#226
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,412
What I meant was I'm glad to see that MKE is adding another public observation lot for aircraft spotting.
Most airports try to obstruct people from watching planes land. It sounds like MKE is actually encouraging people to watch aircraft movement.
As an aviation enthusiast, I'm glad to hear a second area is in the works! I, too, hope they have a radio frequency to listen to the tower.
Mar 21, 2011, 9:46 am
#227
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,653
LOL...I thought maybe you'd had a bad experience with those Redbox machines or something and were glad to see it gone. I'm relatively indifferent to them, myself.
If I had to guess, it comes down to $$ if and/or where a Redbox machine ends up.
+1. I'm a little surprised they're going to the effort of creating a new, additional place. But I'm happily surprised!
If I had to guess, it comes down to $$ if and/or where a Redbox machine ends up.
What I meant was I'm glad to see that MKE is adding another public observation lot for aircraft spotting.
Most airports try to obstruct people from watching planes land. It sounds like MKE is actually encouraging people to watch aircraft movement.
As an aviation enthusiast, I'm glad to hear a second area is in the works! I, too, hope they have a radio frequency to listen to the tower.
Most airports try to obstruct people from watching planes land. It sounds like MKE is actually encouraging people to watch aircraft movement.
As an aviation enthusiast, I'm glad to hear a second area is in the works! I, too, hope they have a radio frequency to listen to the tower.
Mar 21, 2011, 12:05 pm
#228
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Chicago
Posts: 344
Really interesting location for an observation lot would be on Whitnall, on top of the hill behind the other lot, this is definitely the best view of planes landing. That damn fence isn't great to look through.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=4...01929&t=h&z=16
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=4...01929&t=h&z=16
Mar 21, 2011, 4:45 pm
#229
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: MKE
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Mar 22, 2011, 3:24 pm
#230
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Mar 23, 2011, 3:14 pm
#231
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Mar 29, 2011, 7:23 pm
#232
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: America's Dairyland
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Went inside the terminal to pick up an arriving family member today. I got there plenty early because of the parking problem (seems to have cleared up somewhat--there were plenty of spaces in the hourly, overflow lots looked full). Anyway, without going through security, there is really no way to see any of the "tarmac action" from inside the terminal. I suppose this is true of most airports now, but the best view I found was looking out of the south windows on the hallway to the C concourse.
Apr 6, 2011, 12:57 pm
#234
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Apr 7, 2011, 7:02 am
#235
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MKE deemed to be second most competitively-priced large airport in U.S....
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...ares/?src=tptw
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...ares/?src=tptw
Apr 7, 2011, 8:56 pm
#236
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MKE deemed to be second most competitively-priced large airport in U.S....
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...ares/?src=tptw
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...ares/?src=tptw
Apr 7, 2011, 9:32 pm
#237
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,653
Sounds like a chapel is in the works for MKE.
http://www.jsonline.com/features/rel...119357944.html
To me, an airport chapel screams 1962. Back to the days when frightened travelers might stop for a quick prayer to wind up the courage to fly. Or when every flight was met by throngs of passengers' family and friends, and a chapel stood by waiting to comfort those family and friends when a flight didn't make it.
Obviously the accident rate is not zero, and there are still nervous flyers. But an airport chapel seems to harken back to a time when flying was much more exotic and dangerous.
http://www.jsonline.com/features/rel...119357944.html
To me, an airport chapel screams 1962. Back to the days when frightened travelers might stop for a quick prayer to wind up the courage to fly. Or when every flight was met by throngs of passengers' family and friends, and a chapel stood by waiting to comfort those family and friends when a flight didn't make it.
Obviously the accident rate is not zero, and there are still nervous flyers. But an airport chapel seems to harken back to a time when flying was much more exotic and dangerous.
Last edited by knope2001; Apr 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Apr 7, 2011, 9:38 pm
#238
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,653
Quite remarkable to think of MKE serving more passengers than CVG and catching MEM. I was looking at a DL timetable from around 10 years ago and they had around 185 mainline and 305 RJ's. Times change.
Apr 8, 2011, 6:24 am
#240
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,412
Sounds like a chapel is in the works for MKE.
http://www.jsonline.com/features/rel...119357944.html
To me, an airport chapel screams 1962. Back to the days when frightened travelers might stop for a quick prayer to wind up the courage to fly. Or when every flight was met by throngs of passengers' family and friends, and a chapel stood by waiting to comfort those family and friends when a flight didn't make it.
Obviously the accident rate is not zero, and there are still nervous flyers. But an airport chapel seems to harken back to a time when flying was much more exotic and dangerous.
http://www.jsonline.com/features/rel...119357944.html
To me, an airport chapel screams 1962. Back to the days when frightened travelers might stop for a quick prayer to wind up the courage to fly. Or when every flight was met by throngs of passengers' family and friends, and a chapel stood by waiting to comfort those family and friends when a flight didn't make it.
Obviously the accident rate is not zero, and there are still nervous flyers. But an airport chapel seems to harken back to a time when flying was much more exotic and dangerous.
It's hidden in the upstairs area of the airside terminal, near the US Airways Club.