Image AIRMALL logo.png right 200px thumb AirMall USA is a developer and manager of retail, food and beverage concessions at various US airports. Originally owned by BAA USA, then a subsidiary of BAA plc. and now owned by the New york based investment company Prospect Capital Corporation. Its first AirMall at the Pittsburgh International Airport in 1992. Today the company also operates AIRMALLs at Baltimore Washington International Airport and Boston s Logan International Airport , however Pittsburgh remains by far the largest. An AirMall opened at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in the spring of 2009 as well. The stores in the AirMall are known for pricing their merchandise the same as they would at a store in a typical retail setting, compared to the higher prices charged at restaurants and gift shops in other airports. Pittsburgh International Airport Opened along with the new airport in 1992, the AirMall in Pittsburgh is the largest airport shopping complex in the United States. ref http www.baausa.com Content PittsburghInternationalAirport.aspx ref It is located within the airport s airside terminal, mostly in the Center Core area, with some shops and restaurants extending into the concourses. Prior to September 11, 2001 Sept. 11, 2001 , and the opening of The Mall at Robinson , the AIRMALL served as a shopping destination for residents of the western suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh . Because the Airmall is located beyond the security checkpoint, where only ticketed passengers are permitted, and the reduction of the use of Pittsburgh International as a US Airways hub, sales have decreased in recent years. It is possible that sales will rise slightly because of the new PIT Paris route leaving passengers with a little extra time to shop. On April 13, 2007, it was announced that guests staying at the attached airport Hyatt hotel would be able to obtain passes to shop during their stay. ref http www.post gazette.com pg 07103 777778 100.stm Air ... more details
Vertigogo is the title theme for the Four Rooms film soundtrack by Combustible Edison . pquote Do yah dot n duy br ba da dot n duy yah br oo ee dot n duy. opening lines ref http ogami.subpop.com bands combustible comed vert.html The Vertigogo Story ref It was submitted for consideration for an Academy Award but was ultimately disqualified from consideration because of its incomprehensible lyrics lyrical content. The reply by Music Branch Executive Committee chairman stipulated that A special meeting was held recently for members of the Music Branch Executive Committee to view the video clip of your song and the music cue sheet and vocal lead sheet were carefully followed. The following decision was reached The song Vertigogo was declared ineligible in the Original Song category because the lyric was not intelligible ref Ibid. ref . The rejection stood despite the fact that the band submitted a lyric sheet with their best written approximation of the lyrics. Vertigogo reached List of best selling singles in Japan top charts in Japan . Vertigogo has later appeared as backdrop music on the NPR program This American Life . Vertigogo in popular culture Vertigogo was used as the soundtrack in the film Four Rooms . The song was used as background music on two Surf detergent Surf commercials animated by Airside and first broadcasted in 2004. The first one depicting an anthropomorphic sock trying to escape from the washing basket until the lady successfully and finally shoves it into the washing machine . When the lady picks up the empty washing basket, we see another lifelike sock hiding underneath, intent on escaping. The other one which was slightly more popular than the first one depicts a red and flushed European Robin robin who sees a curly haired lady pegging out washing, flies onto the washing line, inhales the fresh scents from the detergent, and exhales, becoming white again and flying away, whistling. These two commercials ended in the catchphrase Optimism Look on ... more details
unreferenced date March 2009 Swept Path Analysis is the calculation and analysis of the movement and path of different parts of a vehicle when that vehicle is undertaking a turning maneuver. At a basic level this includes calculating the path taken by each wheel during the turn and also calculating the space needed by the vehicle body during the turn. Initially this form of calculation was carried out by hand, but in recent years has been computerized. Uses Swept path analysis has a variety of uses. New vehicles For designers and developers of new vehicle types it provides a range of data about how that vehicle will perform without having to resort to building a prototype. The vehicle s intended parameters can be input into the program which will then calculate exactly how that vehicle will perform under a turn situation. Planning Planners, architects and engineers can also benefit from the program as it will provide them with the means to assess possibilities at different site locations, for example whether a particular vehicle is able to safely or actually negotiate a specific corner or entrance where room to manoeuvre is limited. Unusual loads The flexibility of the program also provides the calculation of unusual loads on wheeled transport for example the transportation of large items such as wind farm turbine blades, ship s hulls, aircraft wings or other large objects . Airport design There is also software available which is specially used for airside planning, design and operations. This type of software includes comprehensive aircraft and passenger boarding bridge libraries together with additional features such as servicing points for aircraft, jet blast and safe working area calculation, airport specific vehicles, animation capabilities and the ability to create unusual vehicles from scratch. Car parks Linked to its Swept Path Analysis the program may also include parking tools. This module may integrate seamlessly with the swept path analysis program and ... more details
Central Texas Airport CTA is a planned airport within the proposed Eco Merge Green Corporate Center complex in Bastrop County, Texas Bastrop County , Texas . It is in proximity to the intersection of Farm to Market Road 969 and Farm to Market Road 1704 . ref name newcorpcentr http www.kxan.com dpp news local new corporate center airport announced?CMP 201010 emailshare New corporate center, airport announced . KXAN . Tuesday October 19, 2010. Retrieved on November 5, 2010. ref The airport is intended to house up to 250 aircraft. It is intended as a site to house private and commercial aircraft and supporting services for both kinds. Austin Bergstrom International Airport is located approximately convert 13 mi km from the proposed Central Texas Airport. Two fixed base operators FBOs are located at Austin Bergstrom International Airport, and provide general aviation terminals, hangars, maintenance, and fuel facilities. The instrumented convert 9000 ft m adj on runway adjacent to both FBOs offers excellent airside access. T Hangars at ABIA enhance general aviation facilities and provide extra shelter for 54 general aviation aircraft. With the T hangars and tie downs, the general aviation area now contains space for about 170 small aircraft. Austin Executive Airport, a 585 acre airport, will offer private and corporate pilots an alternative to ABIA and is located just a half mile from Texas 130 tollway in Northeastern Travis County. This airport is approximately convert 16 mi km from the proposed Central Texas Airport that has faced considerable community opposition. The Austin Executive Airport will open sometime in April 2011 with a new convert 6000 ft m adj on runway and taxiway, a convert 22000 sqft m2 adj on terminal, hangars huge and small and an array of other general aviation facilities. References 11 29 2010 Austin American Statesman, statesman.com www.ci.austin.tx.us austinairport generalinfo.htm reflist External links Portalbox Austin Aviation http www.centexa ... more details
Infobox airport name INS Utkrosh nativename image image width IATA ICAO VOPB type Naval Air Station owner operator Indian Navy city served location Port Blair , Andaman & Nicobar Islands , India elevation f 14 elevation m coordinates coord 11 38 28 N 092 43 47 E region IN type airport display inline,title website metric rwy y r1 number 04 22 r1 length m 3290 r1 length f 10795 r1 surface Asphalt r2 number r2 length m r2 length f r2 surface footnotes Source DAFIF INS Utkrosh Airport codes N A VOPB , is an India n naval air station under the joint services Andaman and Nicobar Command of the Indian Armed Forces . It is located near naval base INS Jarawa , on Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands . ref name in nas cite web url http indiannavy.nic.in NavalAvnWebsite NavalAirStations.htm title Naval Air Stations publisher Indian Navy accessdate 2011 08 18 ref It shares airside facilities with Veer Savarkar International Airport which handles civilian traffic. History The airfield at Port Blair was transferred from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation India Directorate General of Civil Aviation to the Indian Navy on 9 March 1984. ref name Warlow cite book title Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy publisher Maritime Books author Warlow, Ben year 2000 pages 146 isbn 978 0 907771 74 6 ref It was initially commissioned as INS Jarawa II . On 11 May 1985, the air station was formally commisioned as INS Utkrosh by then Prime Minister of India , P. V. Narasimha Rao , making it the first naval air station in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. ref name ss h5 cite web url http www.sainiksamachar.nic.in englisharchives 2011 oct16 11 h5.htm title Andaman & Nicobar Command Saga of Synergy publisher Sainik Samachar accessdate 09 January 2012 ref Its location makes it an important strategic station for protecting India s maritime interests in the Bay of Bengal . It also serves as an important facility for undertaking humanitarian operations, such as diaster relief and evacuation of m ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 File Airside CoverArt.jpg right thumb A few Late Night Tales releases. Late Night Tales and its predecessor Another Late Night are the names of two related series of artist curated compilation albums released on Late Night Tales independent record label . The tracks on the albums are selected and Audio mixing recorded music mixed by a diverse selection of DJs, recording artists, and bands, asked by Late Night Tales to create the ultimate late night mix. Many of the albums end with a story track, read by famous British performers including Brian Blessed and Patrick Moore . The 16th album in the series was the first complete spoken word release, performed by David Shrigley , and was released in October 2006. The most recent mix in the series is by Belle and Sebastian , released on 26 March 2012. Albums class wikitable align left width 650 Album information align left Another Late Night Fila Brazillia Artist Fila Brazillia Released 19 February 2001 Cat no ALNCD01 Singles Nature Boy align left Another Late Night Howie B Artist Howie B Released 24 July 2001 Cat no ALNCD02 Singles Under The Boardwalk align left Another Late Night Rae & Christian Artist Rae & Christian Released 1 March 2001 Cat no ALNCD03 Singles Flashlight align left Another Late Night Zero 7 Artist Zero 7 Released 18 February 2002 Cat no ALNCD04 Singles Truth And Rights align left Another Late Night Groove Armada Artist Groove Armada Released 3 June 2002 Cat no ALNCD05 Singles Fly Me To The Moon align left Another Late Night Tommy Guerrero Artist Tommy Guerrero Released 23 September 2002 Cat no ALNCD06 Singles align left Another Late Night Kid Loco Artist Kid Loco Released 10 February 2003 Cat no ALNCD07 Singles Paralysed align left Late Night Tales Nightmares on Wax Artist Nightmares on Wax Released 12 May 2003 Cat no ALNCD08 Singles Brothers On The Slide align left Late Night ... Airside company that produced 7 previous cover art for Late Night Tales and Lemon Jelly ... more details
TOC right This is a list of airport s in Afghanistan , grouped by type and sorted by location. Afghanistan has three major air airport gateways Kabul International Airport , serving the capital political capital , Ghazni International Airport under construction and Kandahar International Airport , serving the south of the country. The three airports were operated in the past under instrument flight rules with day and night operations. Four major domestic airport s with runway airside pavements provide air connection to the major cities. In addition, 16 regional domestic airports are spread over the country serving the smaller, more remote areas. These airports have mainly gravel led airside facilities and operate under visual flight rules . A new international airport in Ghazni province is under construction. The airport, which is scheduled to be completed in 2013, will be built in the Deh Yak district of the province. Read more on http www.pashtunforums.com showthread.php?t 27854 inc transport Airports class wikitable sortable valign baseline style text align left List of cities in Afghanistan City served style text align left Provinces of Afghanistan Province style text align left ICAO airport code ICAO style text align left IATA airport code IATA style text align left Airport name style text align left Runway style text align left Elev. m style font weight bold background CCCCCC International airports valign top Kabul Kabul Province Kabul OAKB KBL Kabul International Airport small 11 29 3500 50 m, Concrete small small 1789 small valign top Fayzabad, Badakhshan Fayzabad Badakhshan Province Badakhshan OAFZ FBD Fayzabad Airport Fayzabad International Airport small 18 36 1691 27 m, Pierced steel plank PSP small small 1171 small valign top Kandahar Kandahar Province Kandahar OAKN KDH Kandahar International Airport small 05 23 3200 45 m, Asphalt small small 1015 small valign top Ghazni Ghazni province Ghazni International Airport Under construction ... more details
Infobox Airport name Lanseria International Airport nativename nativename a nativename r image image width caption IATA HLA ICAO FALA type Private owner operator city served location Johannesburg elevation f 4,517 elevation m 1,372 latd 25 latm 56 lats 19 latNS S longd 027 longm 55 longs 34 longEW E coordinates region ZA GP website http www.lanseria.co.za pushpin map Greater Johannesburg pushpin label HLA pushpin map caption Location in Greater Johannesburg metric elev metric rwy r1 number 06L 24R r1 length f 10,416 r1 length m 2,918 r1 surface Asphalt r2 number 06R 24L r2 length f 5,772 r2 length m 1,760 r2 surface Asphalt stat year stat1 header stat1 data stat2 header stat2 data footnotes File LanseriaAirport LandsideExterior Jan2009.jpg Landside exterior showing main terminal for scheduled flights thumb right File LanseriaAirport AirsideExterior Jan2009.jpg Airside exterior showing passengers exiting the terminal thumb right Lanseria International Airport Airport codes HLA FALA is a privately owned international airport that is situated north of Randburg and Sandton to the north west of Johannesburg , South Africa . The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of the Boeing 757 Boeing 757 300 . History Lanseria Airport started out as a grass strip airfield in 1972, the brainchild of two Pretoria pilots Fanie Haacke and Abe Sher. The land was originally bought by Krugersdorp and Roodepoort Municipality together with the Transvaal Peri Urban Board and contracted to Lanseria Management Company on a 99 year lease since 1972. The airport was officially opened by the Minister of Transport at the time, Hannes Rall, on 16 August 1974. Soon after its opening, Lanseria Airport hosted the Air Africa 75 in 1975 . When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990 he was flown to Johannesburg landing at Lanseria Airport. clear Airlines and destinations File LanseriaAirport KululaAircraft Jan2009.jpg Kulula air Kulula.com aircraft at Lanseria Airport thumb right Airport de ... more details
Infobox Airport name Jodhpur Airport nativename nativename a nativename r image image width caption IATA JDH ICAO VIJO center Location map India width 250 float center caption mark Airplane silhouette.svg marksize 10 label JDH position right lat deg 26 lat min 15 lat sec 04 lat dir N lon deg 73 lon min 02 lon sec 26 lon dir E small Location of airport in India small center type Military Public owner operator Airports Authority of India owner oper city served location Jodhpur elevation f 717 elevation m 219 coordinates coord 26 15 04 N 073 02 56 E type airport website http aai.aero allAirports jodhpur.jsp http aai.aero metric rwy r1 number 05 23 r1 length f 9,005 r1 length m 2,745 r1 surface Concrete Asphalt footnotes Jodhpur Airport airport codes JDH VIJO is an Civil enclave airport in Jodhpur , Rajasthan , India . It shares its airside with the Jodhpur Air Base of the Indian Air Force . History The Jodhpur Flying Club was set up by His Highness Maharajah Umaid Singh in the 1920s at a small airfield near his Chittar Palace in Jodhpur. Through the next 3 decades, the airfield grew in stature, being used as an List of former RAF stations air base for the RAF during World War II. ref cite title The History of the Jodhpur Flying Club url http www.cgpublishing.com Books jodhpur.html publisher CGPublishing accessdate 30 November 2011 ref The air base was later upgraded in 1950 after the formation of Indian Air Force. ref cite news title South Asia s Most Powerful Air Base At Jodhpur url http www.defencenews.in defence news internal.asp?get new&id 734 publisher Defence News date 6 October 2011 accessdate 30 Novemberber 2011 ref Jodhpur was home to the IAF s Air Force Flying College until the 1965 war. ref cite web title Side Show in the South Western Sector url http www.bharat rakshak.com IAF History 1965War Chapter8.html publisher Bharat Rakshak.com accessdate 30 Novemberber 2011 ref Structure File Check in area and Baggage screening.JPG thumb left alt Baggage screening & ... more details
File Dftdc defence fire training and development centre manston.jpg thumb Entrance to the DFTDC. The Defence Fire Training and Development Centre DFTDC , formerly FSCTE Manston is where Britain s Ministry of Defence United Kingdom Ministry of Defence trains its firefighters. It occupies part of a former Royal Air Force base near the village of Manston, Kent Manston in the southeast corner of England. The remainder of the former RAF Manston is now part of Kent International Airport , a civilian airfield. History The USAF returned the Manston base to the RAF in 1959, and a number of training establishments were established there, including the Air Ministry Fire Training School. In 1989 the RAF consolidated the RAF Fire Fighting and Rescue Squadron from RAF Catterick to Manston, forming the RAF Fire Services Central Training Establishment CTE . In 1995, the station was chosen to be the central training facility for all MOD firefighter training operations, and became MOD FSCTE. On 31 March 1999, the remainder of RAF Manston closed, leaving FSCTE as the sole occupant of the previous domestic side of the base. The airside part of the base was signed over to the existing commercial operator to form Kent International Airport. ref cite web title History of RAF Manston publisher RAF Manston History Museum url http www.rafmanston.co.uk history.html accessdate 2007 06 29 ref In April 2007 the Army assumed responsibility for firefighting throughout the British armed forces, with the creation of the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation DFRMO at Andover. This led to the transfer of FSCTE from RAF Strike Command at RAF High Wycombe to Commander Land Forces HQ Land Forces at Wilton now Andover , controlled locally by 2nd Infantry Brigade United Kingdom HQ 2 Brigade at Shorncliffe, Kent Shorncliffe Barracks, Folkestone. Manston Fire Museum Inside the base, the old RAF CTE building is now a museum of firefighting, especially as it relates to the RAF, called the Manston Fire Muse ... more details
Image PIE Runway27.jpg thumb right A view of St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport The Tampa Bay area serves as a major transportation hub for Florida and the Southeastern United States ref http www2.tbo.com content 2008 dec 01 na tampas global future arrives from latin america Tampa s Global Future Arrives from Latin America Tampa Tribune ref with three international airport s, several local airports and a military airfield serving the area. The following airports are located in the eight county area surrounding Tampa Bay , including the major cities of Tampa, Florida Tampa , St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg , and Sarasota, Florida Sarasota , as well as surrounding communities. International airports Image TIA AIRSIDE A 2 2004.JPG thumb A view of Tampa International Airport Tampa International Airport Tampa International Airport TPA airport codes TPA KTPA Located in the western portion of the city, it handled 19,154,957 passengers in 2007, making it the 27th busiest airport by passenger movements ref http www.aci na.org stats stats traffic ACI Airport traffic statistics ref in North America. Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Sarasota Bradenton International Airport SRQ airport codes SRQ KSRQ Located between Bradenton, Florida Bradenton and Sarasota, Florida Sarasota . St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport PIE airport codes PIE KPIE Located in Feather Sound, Florida Feather Sound between St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg and Clearwater, Florida Clearwater . Other airports with scheduled airline service Lakeland Linder Regional Airport airport codes LAL KLAL is in Lakeland, Florida Lakeland . General aviation airports Albert Whitted Airport airport codes SPG KSPG is located near Downtown St. Petersburg Historic District Downtown St. Petersburg . Bartow Municipal Airport airport codes BOW KBOW is in Bartow, Florida Bartow . Clearwater Air Park airport codes CLW KCLW is in Clearwater, ... more details
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other uses Terminal disambiguation Image Heathrow Terminal 5 airside 020.JPG thumb right London Heathrow Terminal 5 Terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport , United Kingdom , which is the world s busiest airport by World s busiest airports by international passenger traffic international passenger traffic ref http geography.about.com od urbaneconomicgeography a busiestairports.htm Busiest Airports The Busiest Airports in the World ref File LAX International checkin.JPG thumb right The Tom Bradley American politician Tom Bradley International Terminal of Los Angeles International Airport , which handles the most origin and destination O&D flights in the world Image Baghdad International Airport October 2003 .jpg thumb right The terminal of Baghdad International Airport , Iraq Image Banjul aeroport.jpg thumb right The terminal of Banjul International Airport , Banjul , The Gambia An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from Fixed wing aircraft aircraft . Within the terminal, passengers purchase tickets, transfer their luggage, and go through security. The buildings that provide access to the airplanes via Gate airport gates are typically called concourses . However, the terms terminal and concourse are sometimes used interchangeably, depending on the configuration of the airport. Smaller airports have one terminal while larger airports have several terminals and or concourses. At small airports, the single terminal building typically serves all of the functions of a terminal and a concourse. Some larger airports have one terminal that is connected to multiple concourses via walkways, sky bridges, or underground tunnels such as Denver International Airport . Some larger airports have more than one terminal, each with one or more concourses such as New York ... International Airport has ferry piers on the airside airport airside to connect with ferry piers ... more details
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Infobox Airport name Bagdogra Airport br Civil Aerodrome Bagdogra nativename nativename a nativename r image Bagdogra International Airport.jpg image width 300 px caption Airside of Bagdogra Airport IATA IXB ICAO VEBD center Location map India West Bengal width 200 float center caption mark Airplane silhouette.svg marksize 10 label IXB position right lat deg 26 lat min 40 lat sec 52 lat dir N lon deg 88 lon min 19 lon sec 43 lon dir E small Location of airport in West Bengal small center type Military Public owner operator Airports Authority of India Indian Armed Forces city served location Siliguri , Paschimbanga , India elevation f 412 elevation m 126 coordinates Coord 26 40 52 N 088 19 43 E type airport website metric elev metric rwy r1 number 18 36 r1 length f 9,035 r1 length m 2,754 r1 surface Concrete Asphalt stat year Apr 10 Mar 11 stat1 header Passenger movements stat1 data 674,167 stat2 header Aircraft movements stat2 data 8,085 stat3 header Cargo tonnage stat3 data 1,114 footnotes Source Airport Authority of India AAI ref name traffic stats1 http www.aai.aero traffic news mar2k11annex3.pdf ref ref name traffic stats2 http www.aai.aero traffic news mar2k11annex2.pdf ref ref name traffic stats3 http www.aai.aero traffic news mar2k11annex4.pdf ref Bagdogra International Airport or Civil Aerodrome Bagdogra Bengali language Bengali Hindi language Hindi Nepali language Nepali airport codes IXB VEBD is a military airport that is open for civilian flights. The airport is located in the town of Bagdogra , about convert 16 km mi abbr on from the city of Siliguri in the Darjeeling district in northern West Bengal , India . The airport is a major stop in the region with flights connecting Kolkata , New Delhi , Mumbai , Bangalore , Chennai and Guwahati . The airport sees thousands of tourists annually, most destined to the hill station towns of Darjeeling , Kurseong , Mirik , and Kalimpong and ... more details
Infobox airport name Tejgaon Airport nativename nativename a nativename r image TejgaonAirport.jpg image width 200 caption Airside view of terminal building IATA ICAO VGTJ center Location map Bangladesh width 200 float center caption mark Airplane silhouette.svg marksize 10 label Tejgaon position right lat deg 23 lat min 46 lat sec 43 lat dir N lon deg 90 lon min 22 lon sec 57 lon dir E small Location of airport in Bangladesh small center type Public Military owner Bangladesh Air Force operator Bangladesh Air Force city served Dhaka location elevation f 24 elevation m 7 coordinates Coord 23 46 43 N 090 22 57 E type airport website metric elev metric rwy r1 number 17 35 r1 length f 9,315 r1 length m 2,839 r1 surface Asphalt footnotes Tejgaon Airport airport codes VGTJ in Dhaka , Bangladesh served as the country s sole international airport prior to the construction of Shahjalal International Airport . Following the transfer of civilian flights to the newly built Shahjalal International Airport in 1981, Tejgaon was taken under the control of the Bangladesh Air Force . Although the airfield s status was upgraded to that of a domestic airport in October 2011, no airlines serve it yet. History The United Kingdom British had built military airstrips at Tejgaon , Dhaka during the Second World War for operating warplanes towards the war fields of Kohima and other Burma Burmese war threats. Tejgaon Airport became the first airport to operate civil aviation in the then East Pakistan and it was also a station of the Pakistan Air Force . A number of other British built military airstrips in Bangladesh territory were also converted into civil airports some during Pakistan period and some after Liberation. A few others were converted to STOL Short Take off and Landing ports some years ago. And some are still left alone. The airstrips not yet converted to any civil airport of any kind are at Feni , Rajendrapur , Pahar Kanchanpur , Chakaria and Rasulpur . Soon after the World War I ... more details
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