Talk:Langley Park, Western Australia
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"Langley Park makes Perth the only city in the world where aircraft can land in the central business district." What, no other city in the entire world includes a space large enough to land a microlite, or a helicopter? -- ALoan (Talk) 18:27, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm not exactly sure what this means. have been to Rio de Janiero, and I can attest there is an airport (Santos Dumont Airport) right by the central business district, although I don't know if it is *IN* the district itself. I mean, I was sitting in a skyscraper watching folks walk by on the tarmac. Its not a dirt landing strip either.
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There is also an airport in the London (UK) CBD. It is called "London City Airport" and commuter flights come & go all day.
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Just adding to my anonymous edit above, see http://www.londoncityairport.com/
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Kansas City, MO has long had an airport extremely close: The Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.
- There are other similar airports. Reykjavik City Airport (not Keflavik) is basically next to, if not inside the center city of Reykjavik, though the city center is likely somewhat more diminutive than Perth's. Similarly, any number of cities have parks that are large enough to land a very small plane in, even if it would be thoroughly unadvisable to do so and would probably cause a significant amount of alarm. --DMG413 00:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
San Diego International Airport is within sight of the city's business district.
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Santos Dumont Airport is right in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is more than a landing field. It is a fully operational airport, operating round-the-clock flights to São Paulo and Belo Horizonte. Furthermore, it has a small Air Force Station.
[edit] "only city..." claim
The claim is supported by a reference, but it seems to by rather more tourism hype than fact. Please hold discussions in this talk page not in the article itself! Are the Perth people able to refine the uniqueness claim by making the scope narrower? --Scott Davis Talk 01:33, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
- I watered down the statement (as I tried to yesterday but was reverted). Of the other places I've looked at (via google images) Langley is still the closest to a CBD (my POV of course). Stuff I removed:
- (Meigs Field in Chicago, USA could have potentially qualified for this definition; however, that facility was recently removed from service). Toronto, Canada's Toronto City Centre Airport has daily Dash-8 commuter flights from an island a short ferry ride from the business district, and several cities have seaplane services to the CBD. (Edmonton, Alberta Canada's Edmonton City Centre Airport is also located within the heart of the city.http://www.edmontonairports.com).
- --Commander Keane 09:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
