World airports nearest to downtown?
Mar 14, 2019, 7:47 am
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Mar 14, 2019, 8:15 am
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Couple of Chinese airports spring in mind:
Xiamen airport is right on the small island of Xiamen city itself.
Wenzhou Longwan is basically next to Longwan
Taipeh Songshan is in the city centre
Macao is so close to some casino's, you could gamble till checkin
Xiamen airport is right on the small island of Xiamen city itself.
Wenzhou Longwan is basically next to Longwan
Taipeh Songshan is in the city centre
Macao is so close to some casino's, you could gamble till checkin
Mar 14, 2019, 8:23 am
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Plenty of airports have pedestrian access, especially those that have hotels or public transit relatively close by. Not necessarily the same way that cars enter and exit the properties, but remember, in many countries the people who work in the airports have to get there as well, and many of them may not have cars. For example, you can walk into at least a couple of the terminals at London Heathrow (done it several times), Manchester, Sydney, Glasgow, multiple airports in the Caribbean, to name a few I have been to in the past few years.
Mar 14, 2019, 8:25 am
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IEV - the older/smaller airport at Zhuliany is still used for flights abroad and it's pretty close to downtown Kiev by the standards used in this thread.
As for ones already mentioned, I think LCY has most of the characteristics of a real urban airport, taken the routes offered etc. DCA is quite close, but it's just domestic, unlike LCY with connections to elsewhere in Europe (not mentioning the bleeding obvious lil' G-EUNA and its endeavors, because it's outside the scope of my point).
As for ones already mentioned, I think LCY has most of the characteristics of a real urban airport, taken the routes offered etc. DCA is quite close, but it's just domestic, unlike LCY with connections to elsewhere in Europe (not mentioning the bleeding obvious lil' G-EUNA and its endeavors, because it's outside the scope of my point).
Mar 14, 2019, 8:33 am
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Not sure if it has been said yet, but HNL isn't terribly far from downtown and Chinatown Honolulu. Its walkable but a rather unpleasant walk*. I'd used to bicycle to the airport from Waikiki for fun when I lived there.
*(outside the tourist areas, HNL's built environment is incredibly pedestrian unfriendly -- poor crosswalk access, few sidewalks and if there they are in disrepair).
*(outside the tourist areas, HNL's built environment is incredibly pedestrian unfriendly -- poor crosswalk access, few sidewalks and if there they are in disrepair).
Mar 14, 2019, 10:21 am
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I had originally written about how San Juan, PR was still a domestic destination but I forgot that there are flights to the Bahamas (with pre-clearance facilities) from DCA.
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Mar 14, 2019, 2:06 pm
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not unlike LAX — I walk to/from light rail (or parking at various hotels) pretty much every trip
Mar 14, 2019, 3:43 pm
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AUA (Aruba) is pretty close to Oranjestad - there's a new walking/cycle path with those outdoor gym stations along it that links the airport and the town but like others mentioned here is probably a bit warm to do dragging a suitcase!
Mar 14, 2019, 5:15 pm
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Pensacola's airport never got busy enough to force a relocation to a more remote greenfield site so it's got a pretty nice residential area to the east of it and Cordova Mall and Pensacola State College to the west of it. It you forgot something the Best Buy vending machine doesn't stock, you're about 2000 feet from airport entrance to the big box version of Best Buy, and the whole area is reasonably walkable if you can dodge the usual idiot Florida drivers.
Mar 15, 2019, 8:56 am
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Mar 15, 2019, 7:55 pm
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I agree DCA is probably the closest.
I think BOS is pretty darn convienent. Less than 10 minutes by cab or a scenic boat ride. PHX is pretty close too.
Sorry, MSP, but I gotta disagree with you on MSP. I do not consider Bloomington to be downtown.
I would rather jump in the East River and swim to Bridgeport than walk from Midtown to LGA, but YMMV.
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Geneva airport is pretty darn close to it's City Center, less than 3 miles IIRC.
And, what about lovely Burke Lakefront Airport in good ole CLE? You can definitely walk from there to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Downtown and the Flats.
You can definitely walk from Virgin Gorda's airport to downtown, but I wouldn't exactly call Spanish Town 'Downtown'!....same goes for Bonaire's airport.
I think BOS is pretty darn convienent. Less than 10 minutes by cab or a scenic boat ride. PHX is pretty close too.
Sorry, MSP, but I gotta disagree with you on MSP. I do not consider Bloomington to be downtown.
I would rather jump in the East River and swim to Bridgeport than walk from Midtown to LGA, but YMMV.
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Geneva airport is pretty darn close to it's City Center, less than 3 miles IIRC.
And, what about lovely Burke Lakefront Airport in good ole CLE? You can definitely walk from there to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Downtown and the Flats.
You can definitely walk from Virgin Gorda's airport to downtown, but I wouldn't exactly call Spanish Town 'Downtown'!....same goes for Bonaire's airport.
Mar 18, 2019, 10:32 am
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That would be a rather scenic afternoon stroll...