By: Philip Greenspun's Weblog » China building 66 airports in the next five years; Californians work to close a busy airport

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:17:21 +0000

[…] “China To Build 66 New Airports Over The Next Five Years” describes the Chinese commitment to expanding commercial aviation infrastructure. “China Embraces General Aviation” talks about an additional 300 airports being built for business jets and piston-powered airplanes (this complements Chinese purchases of manufacturers of personal aircraft and components for those aircraft, e.g., Cirrus and Continental). Meanwhile, Californians are working to shut down the Santa Monica airport despite Federal government orders to keep it open (based on the fact that Federal tax dollars were used to pave the current runways and taxiways). The Airnav page for KSMO says that the to-be-closed airport handles 452 operations per day or 165,000 per year. […]

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By: Philip Greenspun's Weblog » China building 66 airports in the next five years; Californians work to close a busy airport

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