I will start it off with this: Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney, Australia)

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Tommy-Yeung/P1100884.jpg

The former Kai Tak airport in HK was close to Central

http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Hong%20Kong%20Kai%20Tak%20Compressed/Kai%20Tak-1999/Kai%20Tak%20aerial.jpg

Fukuoka Airport
Fukuoka can't build a skyscraper because of this.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4439/7930it2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Barcelona El Prat Airport is 5 km. away from Plaça Europa Business District and 10 km. away from Diagonal Business District.
;)

The old airport (replaced in April 2003) in Bintulu, a coastal town in Sarawak, Malaysia was only a doorstep away from town and this fact was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the town sited nearest to an airport. One can literally step out of the plane and walk right into the main street.
When I travelled there frequently about a decade ago, I would check-in an hour before my flight and then take a three-minute walk back to my hotel for a rest. I only checked out of the hotel fifteen minutes before my flight. :)

Gibraltar airport is in the town centre, the runway crosses a road and cars must stop when airplanes are taking off or landing!
:eek:

Isnt Las Vegas Airport close to the strip? In the UK I guess Belfast or London City airports would be the closest, maybe Dundee too.

Isnt Las Vegas Airport close to the strip? In the UK I guess Belfast or London City airports would be the closest, maybe Dundee too.

Yep.

I guess you could consider Minneapolis-Saint Paul International to be close to the CBD. It's not that long of a drive if you know which roads to take, especially from Minneapolis.

Barcelona El Prat Airport is 5 km. away from Plaça Europa Business District and 10 km. away from Diagonal Business District.
;)

But still there is rather plenty of space for massive expansions.

Hamburg's Airport is ca. 8km away from the city centre, but there is no space left for big expansions, because the airport is embedded in the built-up northern neighbourhoods of Hamburg.

Pisa Airport is just 1km away from the central station. The built-up area of Pisa borders the airport.

Porto International Airport is located 11km from city centre. not to close... but not to far, too.

Austin's old Robert Mueller Airport was very close to downtown. Now the former air force base Bergstrom serves as our airport. The old airport was probably less than 4 miles from downtown.

Dubai's airport is VERY close to downtown, I remember seeing the skyline when the plane landed...

Boston's Logan Internation is very close. Seperated by the harbor, it is still only a very short distance from Downtown.

Taipei Sungshan Airport, Taipei's Domestic Airport

http://us.airliners.net/photos/photos/5/7/9/0880975.jpg

Photo by Sam Chui, Airliners.net

Madrid airport is about 8 km from its business district. New York's airport I am not sure, are probably on the order of 20 km-30 km from Manhattan, although La Guardia airport is substantially closer than JFK and Newark.

Isnt Las Vegas Airport close to the strip? In the UK I guess Belfast or London City airports would be the closest, maybe Dundee too.

Yes The Mc. Carran Airport (LV) is very close to The Strip but it's still a distance from Downtown Las Vegas.

The London city airport is close in fact very close to The Millennium Dome.

Saigon's Tan Son Nhat Int'l locates only 3 miles from the city center, so every hotel there would say they have the best location to airport and town.

San Diego International Airport (Linderberg Airport)

London City Airport is 10 miles / 16km from Central London (Charing Cross), although it is closer to 'The City' and much closer to Canary Wharf, and technically is in Inner London itself with an 0207 phone dialling code.

Madrid Barajas Airport
http://eu.airliners.net/photos/middle/0/3/8/0755830.jpg
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8294/madridbarajasairport1vw4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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Madrid Torrejon Airport
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5468/madridtorrejonairportqb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://eu.airliners.net/photos/middle/2/4/8/1046842.jpg

Madrid Cuatro Vientos Airport
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5858/cuatrovientosairport1bi8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Madrid Getafe Airport
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7425/madridgetafeairportsf5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A Coruña Alvedro Airport
http://eu.airliners.net/photos/middle/9/5/3/0803359.jpg

Santander Parayas Airport
http://eu.airliners.net/photos/middle/6/4/4/0900446.jpg

Barcelona El Prat Airport
http://eu.airliners.net/photos/middle/5/2/6/0835625.jpg

^^It is forbidden to link photos from www.airliners.net
:|
Read the rules, please!
;)

Louisville's International Airport is only about 8 miles from the CBD
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=40220&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=38.175592,-85.723228&spn=0.068958,0.21698&t=k&om=1
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=40220&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=13&ll=38.233461,-85.743313&spn=0.068903,0.21698&t=k&iwloc=A

Photo from www.airliners.net

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8262/kkairport2wwwairlinersnetbl4.jpg

Kota Kinabalu International Airport (Sabah, Malaysia) is very near to CBD.

Cheers

London City Airport is 10 miles / 16km from Central London (Charing Cross), although it is closer to 'The City' and much closer to Canary Wharf, and technically is in Inner London itself with an 0207 phone dialling code.

There is no such thing as an 0207 dialling code!

Tijuana International Airport (TIJ), it is like 7 km from downtown. But SAN, it closer to Downtown than TIJ, but when you are arriving to SAN you can have a beautiful view of San Diego skyline and Coronado Island, too.

So as mentioned before SAN (San Diego International Airport) is about 2 miles northwest of Downtown San Diego. It is so close that when you fly into the airport you are actually going over the downtown community of Little Italy.

Heres a view from the left side of the plane coming in over downtown:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/SDfan12/airshotdt.jpg

Heres a view of the airport in the foreground and downtown in the background:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/SDfan12/IMG_0428copy.jpg

Unfortunetly this view comes at a price. As in, the FAA mandated 500 foot height limit on all structures, including ground to sea level.

That mean that if you're 30 feet above sea level, you're height limit is 470 feet...So that just makes us skyscraper fans in San Diego a bit upset...

and the fucking president shot down all hopes of an international airport at miramar with the signing of the no commercial jets over miramar bill

why cant the buildings way over towards the coronado bridge and down by petco be taller than 500 feet (like where the harbor club twins are)? those cant possibly interfere with flight paths or whatever the reasons for the 500 foot buildings are

Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila is very close to Makati, Manila's CBD... Makati is 5 mins away from the airport and this airport is surrounded by residential areas

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/BenL26/30602737.jpg

London City Airport and Canary Wharf (now far more densely built up).

If I know an airport that in close to the downtown area, it is the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila is very close to Makati, Manila's CBD... Makati is 5 mins away from the airport and this airport is surrounded by residential areas

5 mins as the crow flies!

By road, the average journey time is 20 to 30 mins. More if there's heavy traffic, which is not infrequent.

There is no such thing as an 0207 dialling code!

:yes: Yes there is.

Polonia International Airport, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Will moved to New Kuala Namu International Airport (Underconstruction)...

http://labz.saranasukses.co.id/gallery/images/get_thumbs_on_fly.php?imgid=630&nw=563&nh=273&fullsize=1

Adelaide Airport is just a few KMs away from the CBD:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/AdelaideAirportSkyline.jpg

La Aurora Intl. airport in Guatemala City is very close to the downtown area. There are already plans for a new airport, but it won't see the day before a decade... There has been expansion this year, even though the airport is almost at its full capacity.


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Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6376/53256019aeroportosantosav8.jpg

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1584/rioporto1migel2.jpg

Runway to downtown is perhaps no more than 1 KM (0.6 MILES) but the terminal to downtown is half that distance

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/f/FAB2.jpg.10229.jpg

Landing from Sugar Loaf

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/s/SDUTAMFK100.jpg.87233.jpg

Isnt Las Vegas Airport close to the strip? In the UK I guess Belfast or London City airports would be the closest, maybe Dundee too.

yeah, its just a minute from the strip!

Philadelphia International,two pics taked by me :)

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2392/philly1ap4.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9913/philly2bq1.jpg

Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila is very close to Makati, Manila's CBD... Makati is 5 mins away from the airport and this airport is surrounded by residential areas

FIVE MINUTES AWAY?!?! It takes an hour to get to Makati from NAIA with the traffic!!!!!

Toronto Island Airport.....



http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7397/toh2006139cm0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)






KGB

Naia Complex plus the Makati Custer.
http://www.geocities.com/manila_naia/naia_aerial.jpg

Naia Complex plus the Makati Custer.
http://www.geocities.com/manila_naia/naia_aerial.jpg

5 mins. c'mon. It takes you at least 15-20 mins without traffic.

For now, it's close but once you move your airport in Clark sometime in the future, that will change.

Its really 5 minutes or even less........as the crow flies! ;) :lol:

Geneva's airport is 6 minutes from the city centre by train.

Naples airport (NAP) is in the city:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/aeroportonapoli.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/gatea1/aeroport2.jpg

Rotterdam Airport (netherlands) is also quite close to the center of the City. About 5 km.

Here is al Link to a very good pic taken a few months ago when a Qantas 747 visitet Rotterdam for a Charter flight.

http://www1.airliners.net/open.file?id=1071009&size=L&width=1024&height=780&sok=JURER%20%20%28ZNGPU%20%28nvepensg%2Cnveyvar%2Ccynpr%2Ccubgb_qngr%2Cpbhagel%2Cerznex%2Ccubgbtencure%2Crznvy%2Clrne%2Cert%2Cnvepensg_trarevp%2Cpa%2Cpbqr%29%20NTNVAFG%20%28%27%2B%22ebggreqnz%22%27%20VA%20OBBYRNA%20ZBQR%29%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20ivrjf%20QRFP&photo_nr=10

I hope you people don't mind opening a link first before seeing the pic.:)

medan's polonia international airport isn't near to its downtown.. but it's LOCATED in the downtown!

Brisbane Airport is 15km from the CBD.

http://eu.airliners.net/photos/photos/7/9/6/1091697.jpg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/us-ca/usca34926.jpeg

You see that little blob on the left? That's downtown San Jose. The airport's so close to downtown that buildings are less than 300ft. The airplanes fly right over downtown.

What about Congonhas Airport at Sao Paulo, Brazil

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r241/ray_alessandro/congonhasaerea.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r241/ray_alessandro/congonhasaerea1.jpg

Mexico City's Airport

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r241/ray_alessandro/MexicoAerea2.jpg

Quito's Airport

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r241/ray_alessandro/Quito.jpg

and Simon Bolivar Intl. Airport at Maiquetia, Venezuela

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r241/ray_alessandro/Maiquetiaaerea.jpg

WHAT ABOUT AEROPARQUE, ONE OF BUENOS AIRES AIRPORTS...IT IS RIGHT IN THE MIDLE OF THE CITY...TEN MIN FROM TEHE CENTER

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/333/aep1rl1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

PLUNA, URUGUAYAN AIRLINE, IS THE ONLY FORIGN AIRLINE THAT OPERATES IN THAT AIRPORT, THAT SERVED MOST DOMESTIC DESTINATION PLUS TWO INTERNATIONALS, MONTEVIDEO AND PUNTA DEL ESTE IN URUGUAY
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/774/myaviationnetphotoid008na2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8118/aep3jm9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Berlin-Tempelhof,4 km from city centre!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Lage_der_Flugh%C3%A4fen_in_Berlin.png

http://www.flughafen-berlin-tempelhof.de/gal/Flughafen%20Tempelhof%20Bernd%20Kramer%20ICAT.jpg

No, the area code is 020, the 7 part is part of the 7XXX-series of exchanges

San Diego's Lindberg Field is really close. If you are about to land there you can see San Diego's downtown area about half a mile from you, one of the closest and exciting landings ever, except maybe the old Kai Tak

Mexico City Airport


http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5661/dibujoyu1.jpg

the Airports in mexico are far from downtown, ecept in the mexico city.

CATANIA Fontanarossa, Italy (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=372250): very very close to the city centre.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/fontanarossa/parigi/CIMG0914.jpg (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=372250)

http://i18.tinypic.com/43nbuh2.jpg (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=372250)

I think one of the closest is Macau International. They had to build an island just for it :P

the Airports in mexico are far from downtown, ecept in the mexico city.

...and Tijuana(TIJ), don't forget it.

I never noticed just how close London City is to Excel and Canary Wharf

My house in Luanda is about 300m from the airport

^^ You won, my house is like 1000m from TIJ.

Rio de Janeiro's domestic airport (Santos Dumont) is in the city center (about 500m)

Dubai's airport is slap bang in the middle of the city, in fact i used to live in an aprtment building along the creek there, and it was hardly even a 10 minute drive from my place.

The former Stapleton International Airport in Denver had a relatively short distance to the CBD (4 to 5 miles).

New York Laguardia airport(lga) is only 5.5 miles form midtown manhattan. The city views are amazing upon approach.
View from lga takeoff
http://www.visitingdc.com/images/laguardia-airport-address.jpg
Lga is the airpot labeled #2 on the map
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/5/51/300px-Airports_New_York_City_Map_Julius_Schorzman.png
view of lga form rockefeller center
http://www.wirednewyork.com/guide/airports/lga_ge_s.jpg

the carrasco international airport, in montevideo, the uruguayan capital city:

it's being build, and it would be finished in 2009:

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1350/aeropproyecto2ff2wy7.jpg

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7905/aeropproyecto3ps3tl0.jpg

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Like a few people have said before me - the approach into San Diego International is amazing! You get so, so close to the buildings it is unbelievable. And even though there is a height restriction, the skyline is really impressive to fly over.

It's my favourite approach to any airport I've ever been to.

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Yeah, London is 020 - I can't believe some of you guys who live there got that wrong!

I think DXB is very close in proximity to the city's centre. Look it up on Google Maps and you'll see it right in the middle of a dense area.

Reagan National Airport

Its very close to the US Federal Buildings in Washington DC such as the White House, The Capitol, Supreme Court, etc. You have a very good close view of The Pentagon when you land. But the airway is highly protected, getting a permit is very hard and you will be shut down if you enter illegally.

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6962/reaganmapsh3.th.gif (http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=reaganmapsh3.gif)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/8715/reaganlandinglv0.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=reaganlandinglv0.jpg)

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http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/7827/reaganinsidepn7.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=reaganinsidepn7.jpg)

Manila International Airport is very near the Central Business District, virtually prohibiting its expansion since its also right in the middle of industrial and residential areas.

For those airports located right in or near the historic city centre, it makes me wonder what used to be there before the airport was built

Amsterdam can't build high skyscrapers because of Schiphol Airport;

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5274/googleearth2xi5.jpg

Amsterdam can't build high skyscrapers because of Schiphol Airport;



Rotterdam has both :cheers:

Rotterdam airport is about 7 km from the city centre.

Click here to open photo (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1071009&WxsIERv=Obrvat%20747-438&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Dnagnf&QtODMg=Ebggreqnz%20%28-%20Mrfgvraubira%29%20%28EGZ%20%2F%20RUEQ%29&ERDLTkt=Argureynaqf&ktODMp=Whar%205%2C%202006&BP=0&WNEb25u=Znegva%20Obfpuuhvmra%20-%20NveGrnzVzntrf&xsIERvdWdsY=IU-BWO&MgTUQtODMgKE=N%20qhgpu%20fperrare%20orttrq%20sbe%20n%20aba%20fgnaqneq%20fubg%20bs%20guvf%20DS%20747%20ivfvgvat%20Ebggreqnz.%20Uvf%20jvfu%2C%20zl%20pbzznaq.&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=8477&NEb25uZWxs=2006-07-06%2021%3A49%3A35&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=24373%2F746&static=yes&width=1024&height=780&sok=JURER%20%20%28nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Dnagnf%25%27%20NAQ%20nveyvar%20ABG%20YVXR%20%27%25DnagnfYvax%25%27%20BE%20nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Wncna%20Nveyvarf%20-%20WNY%20%28Dnagnf%29%25%27%20BE%20nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Nhfgenyvna%20Nve%20Rkcerff%20%28Dnagnf%29%25%27%29%20NAQ%20%28ZNGPU%20%28nvepensg%2Cnveyvar%2Ccynpr%2Ccubgb_qngr%2Cpbhagel%2Cerznex%2Ccubgbtencure%2Crznvy%2Clrne%2Cert%2Cnvepensg_trarevp%2Cpa%2Cpbqr%29%20NTNVAFG%20%28%27%2B%22ebggreqnz%22%27%20VA%20OBBYRNA%20ZBQR%29%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=3&prev_id=1081882&next_id=1066995)

Tallinn airport:
http://www.taevapiltnik.ee/static/body/pildid/pilt_972.jpg

Mexico City Airport


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Rotterdam has both :cheers:

Rotterdam airport is about 7 km from the city centre.

Click here to open photo (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1071009&WxsIERv=Obrvat%20747-438&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Dnagnf&QtODMg=Ebggreqnz%20%28-%20Mrfgvraubira%29%20%28EGZ%20%2F%20RUEQ%29&ERDLTkt=Argureynaqf&ktODMp=Whar%205%2C%202006&BP=0&WNEb25u=Znegva%20Obfpuuhvmra%20-%20NveGrnzVzntrf&xsIERvdWdsY=IU-BWO&MgTUQtODMgKE=N%20qhgpu%20fperrare%20orttrq%20sbe%20n%20aba%20fgnaqneq%20fubg%20bs%20guvf%20DS%20747%20ivfvgvat%20Ebggreqnz.%20Uvf%20jvfu%2C%20zl%20pbzznaq.&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=8477&NEb25uZWxs=2006-07-06%2021%3A49%3A35&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=24373%2F746&static=yes&width=1024&height=780&sok=JURER%20%20%28nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Dnagnf%25%27%20NAQ%20nveyvar%20ABG%20YVXR%20%27%25DnagnfYvax%25%27%20BE%20nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Wncna%20Nveyvarf%20-%20WNY%20%28Dnagnf%29%25%27%20BE%20nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Nhfgenyvna%20Nve%20Rkcerff%20%28Dnagnf%29%25%27%29%20NAQ%20%28ZNGPU%20%28nvepensg%2Cnveyvar%2Ccynpr%2Ccubgb_qngr%2Cpbhagel%2Cerznex%2Ccubgbtencure%2Crznvy%2Clrne%2Cert%2Cnvepensg_trarevp%2Cpa%2Cpbqr%29%20NTNVAFG%20%28%27%2B%22ebggreqnz%22%27%20VA%20OBBYRNA%20ZBQR%29%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=3&prev_id=1081882&next_id=1066995)

That's a cool foto!!

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5728/rotterdamci9.jpg

London City Airport is very close to the centre, here's a picture on final approach. LCY has the steepest approach angle of any airport in the world (5.5 degrees instead of the normal 3 degrees).

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/553/lcyac9.jpg

Heathrow Airport is about 15 miles (24km) west of the centre, but here's a picture anyway. The skyline is visible on the horizon to the left of the picture.

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7422/lhrgy7.jpg

Boston: less than 3 km from the terminal building to the CBD.

http://www.massachusetts-map.org/boston-636.jpg

I'm surprised Washington National is still open after 9/11. Any aircraft approaching is less than a minute from the White House. They may indeed be shot down but a lot of people will die on the ground as a consequence.