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Recent Examples of jetportConstruction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 The call to the tower gave federal agents enough time to race to the jetport to meet the pilot.—Charles Rabin, Sun Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2022 People who were at the jetport between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday might have been exposed, the agency said.—CBS News, 22 Sep. 2020 Somewhere in the jetport controvert, Nixon took a liking to Reed and appointed him assistant secretary of the Interior.—Alex Harris, miamiherald, 11 July 2018 In addition to recruiting new space hardware companies like rocket manufacturer Blue Origin, the city is trying to certify its jetport as a landing spot for Sierra Nevada's mini-space shuttle Dream Chaser.—Lee Roop, AL.com, 6 July 2017
Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
The stress of getting to your airport gate on time, coupled with the excitement of getting to your destination, can cause even the most seasoned of travelers to fumble at security checkpoints.
This bill targets sightseeing tours and luxury commuter flights operating out of the Downtown Manhattan and E. 34th St. heliports, which are owned by the city and operated under contracts with the EDC.
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Keith Powers,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
The Bell 206 helicopter took off from a heliport in downtown Manhattan the afternoon of April 10 for an aerial tour of the city, said Jennifer Homendy, chair of the NTSB.
On Thursday, June 13th, Clooney landed at a private airfield in the Los Angeles area.
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Jake Tapper,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
Airlines have been proactively altering their schedules, partly by canceling some flights in and out of Newark, to address the current limitations at the airfield.
Doha will invest $10 billion in a U.S. military facility and purchase $42 billion in weapons from the U.S., Trump said Thursday during a speech at a U.S. military air base in Qatar.
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Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
On May 10, Pakistan issued a notice for Rahim Yar Khan air base saying that the runway was not operational.
Its population — estimated at 18 in 2019 — consists only of Norwegian military personnel who operate its military aerodrome and meteorological station.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
The aim is to commercialize both piloted and autonomous civilian aircraft and the $1.4 billion will be spent creating a city-wide infrastructure for flying vehicles, with over 100 take-off and landing points in Guangzhou, a large general aviation aerodrome and a fleet of airborne taxis.
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