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Most of Montgomery, Prince George's, and Frederick County use Baltimore Washington Airport. That's over 2 million people out of the DC MSA. Have you ever been to DC before?
Uhhh.... you're the OP... How does people coming in just to boast about their cities number of airports, and say nothing else, help with the questions you posed in the slightest??? Your post wasn't, "how many major airports does your metro have?"
International - LAX, Ontario, San Bernardino, Palm Springs, and John Wayne
Others - long beach, palmdale, and Burbank bob hope
Total: 8
Wow, just wow.... Seriously guys, how do people post responses without even reading the OP? Which format do you think is best for example? How does it work in your metro? etc....
I've always been under the impression that if you have more than one airport, it's simply because you are handling a lot of air traffic. New York, Chicago, LA are huge-- two are on the coast where they would be major transfer points for international travel, one is smack dab in the middle of the country, where it is well suited for domestic transfers. DC has Dulles and Reagan because it is handling so much international traffic, being the capital and all...
Other than that, I can't think of a major metro area with two major airports. Dallas-Fort Worth, I guess. I suppose the Bay Area probably has Oakland-Alameda, or something like that? But how many people actually use it? Even major markets like Boston, Philly, and Atlanta only have one....
Minneapolis only had the one, but it was busy...not really at the breaking point where it justified a second airport, though. Rochester, MN, has an international airport, mostly to handle all of those foreign dignitaries and leaders coming to get treated at Mayo. There was some talk about connecting MSP and Rochester via zip rail-- probably the rationale being that (especially for domestic flights), you could alleviate some of the traffic in MSP if people had an easy option to get to Rochester. Nobody from Minneapolis really flies out of Rochester right now, although certainly people from Rochester need to fly out of MSP, and occasionally smaller carriers will fly into Rochester only, and then people will commute up to the Cities...
International - LAX, Ontario, San Bernardino, Palm Springs, and John Wayne
Others - long beach, palmdale, and Burbank bob hope
Total: 8
9 if you count San Diego. Otherwise, San Diego is another example of a major metro with only one airport.
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I've always been under the impression that if you have more than one airport, it's simply because you are handling a lot of air traffic. New York, Chicago, LA are huge-- two are on the coast where they would be major transfer points for international travel, one is smack dab in the middle of the country, where it is well suited for domestic transfers. DC has Dulles and Reagan because it is handling so much international traffic, being the capital and all...
Other than that, I can't think of a major metro area with two major airports. Dallas-Fort Worth, I guess. I suppose the Bay Area probably has Oakland-Alameda, or something like that? But how many people actually use it? Even major markets like Boston, Philly, and Atlanta only have one....
Minneapolis only had the one, but it was busy...not really at the breaking point where it justified a second airport, though. Rochester, MN, has an international airport, mostly to handle all of those foreign dignitaries and leaders coming to get treated at Mayo. There was some talk about connecting MSP and Rochester via zip rail-- probably the rationale being that (especially for domestic flights), you could alleviate some of the traffic in MSP if people had an easy option to get to Rochester. Nobody from Minneapolis really flies out of Rochester right now, although certainly people from Rochester need to fly out of MSP, and occasionally smaller carriers will fly into Rochester only, and then people will commute up to the Cities...
The Seattle-Tacoma metro area is another one with only one airport.
Other than that, I can't think of a major metro area with two major airports. Dallas-Fort Worth, I guess. I suppose the Bay Area probably has Oakland-Alameda, or something like that? But how many people actually use it?
The Bay Area has 3; SF, Oakland, and San Jose.
Lots of people use all three, I believe Oakland is the busiest after SF. I live in the East Bay and most people I know fly in and out of Oakland. If it's international or longer distance then there is a good chance they'll fly out of SFO. It's a pain to get to SFO from the East Bay because you have to drive through SF. BART makes access easier but that can take a while depending on where you're going.
Which model is best for a region as a whole? Is one better than the other? Which is more convient for the entire region? Does one have an advantage over the other? Some regions get along great with one major airport like Denver, Philly, and Atlanta. Other regions get alone great with three airports like NYC and DC. Still other regions have one major international airport and maybe a smaller airport also. Does one format have an advantage over the other? Thoughts?
Multiple airports may tax resources and may make transferring more difficult, but I think the benefits outweigh those disadvantages.
1. Increased competition may result in lower prices
2. Spread may result in less cluttered airports
3. Less clutter may result in shorter lines and wait times
4. Having one in different areas of the metro means that people don't have to drive clear across town to get to the airports.
In Houston there is Intercontinental (IAH) about 15 miles north of Downtown and Hobby (HOU) about 7 Miles south of Downtown. If you live in The Woodlands, for Example, IAH is about 10 miles away while HOU is about 35 miles away. If you live in Pearland, Hobby is less than 10 miles away while IAH is over 30Miles away. Having multiple airports offer closer options.
Uhhh.... you're the OP... How does people coming in just to boast about their cities number of airports, and say nothing else, help with the questions you posed in the slightest??? Your post wasn't, "how many major airports does your metro have?"
My point to him was people use the airport closest to their home. In the case of his post he was obviously unaware that most people in the Maryland side DC suburbs use Baltimore Washington international Airport. People on the Virginia side of DC suburbs use Washington Dulles International Airport. And people in DC proper mainly use washington Reagan international Airport. The real question is, how would the region function if DC just had one airport? How much farther would people need to travel?
Yeah with that could say BWI, EWR, JFK, LGD, ACY, ABE, PHL National etc. and travel far shorter than tha LA list traversed.
LA does have a few that I have actually personally used - though LAX is still the most common
for SF I never personally used any but SFO but know people that use OAK
Now with Virgin Amrican and directs to LAX and SFO from PHL dont think I will use any other airports in either
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