Interestingly, PANYNJ or its predecessor took care to change the airport code to align with the new name both for Kennedy and LaGuardia. Of course they have not done so for Newark, so it remains EWR and ATC folks can still call it "Sewer" privately
When people say they get lost in airports I wonder if they get lost everywhere. That said I've found American airports to be among the most tedious to navigate if you're looking for anything besides gates and baggage carousels. I prefer 2D maps that show everything all at once, but American airports focus on clumsy 3D maps that only show detail when you zoom in on some random area. But why would you zoom at that spot unless the map gave you a hint to do so? It's a irrational solution looking for an irrational problem. I've always heard "Newark" and "National," presumably because they're the simplest and easiest names to remember and use in mixed company. I would consider the people who take the time and effort to rename airports to be the staunchly political types while those who keep using the old name are doing what comes naturally.
Sounds familiar...
Yes but I was only marginally aware of the existence of Newark that far back
The “North Terminal” was the only terminal from 1953 until the new ones were built, and served all the airlines flying out of Newark. It replaced the original 1935 terminal which has been preserved…
True, no one who lives in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area uses either of the “additional” names regardless of political affiliation. That’s how we tell who the tourists are.…
I remember flying PeopleExpress into the North Terminal. The flight from BWI was only $19, cheaper than Amtrak at the time. Pretty weird flight, too. It took 45 minutes in the air, and basically was a parabolic trajectory, where we switched from climbing to descending somewhere over Philadelphia. I think the seat belt signs were on the whole flight.
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The contract is for the period 2022-2065 as stated in the article. At least all of the cost overruns will be covered predominantly by the ticket tax collected at the airport and not from somewhere else. Newark actually collects figuratively speaking billions in such tax.And how many Decades will it take, along with Billions in Cost Overruns, before this Project is Completed?
So add another 15 minutes to get from the terminal to the train station.
Last time I flew into Newark, for some reason the AirTrain wasn't running direct to the station, and it was required to get off at the last stop before the station and transfer to another AirTrain vehicle which was shuttling between that stop and the station. IIRC, I waited around 20 minutes for the shuttle to arrive. Of course the destination signs were all messed up, so a staff member was shouting "No, not this one" until the shuttle finally arrived. Not a happy experience.
It looks like an oblique aerial photo on a day with a few clouds. Pretty typical for views of the airports in the northeastern US as you're flying in.
I see clouds, not smoke.
I agree. I just see cloud. But at the end of the day it is just a rendering. It is not like it is a photo of any reality. The base may be some photo though.
