Wikivoyage talk:Airport Expedition

Currently, only two airports in Mexico have their own articles: Benito Juarez Mexico City (MEX) and Cancun (CUN). Those are the two busiest, but there are three others that I think have the potential to be (or soon to be) good candidates. All have 2022 passenger traffic over 10 million:

• Guadalajara International Airport
• Tijuana International Airport
• Monterrey International Airport

Guadalajara is the busiest of the 3, but may not be complex enough to warrant its own article (one jumbo terminal with 43 gates isn't necessarily hard to get around).

Tijuana (TIJ) is the most interesting, I think, because it is a rare example of a "bi-national" airport with a specific terminal (CBX) that has both U.S. and Mexico Customs and Immigration services, so travelers can enter the U.S. directly from the airport or can enter Mexico from the U.S. directly through the airport (no need to go through the notoriously crowded San Ysidro checkpoint). Info on how to use these services is unlike most airports (or land border crossings).

Monterrey (MTY) is the least busy of the 3, but the most complex with 3 separate terminals and an ever increasing array of food, lodging, and retail. It is a major hub for Viva Aerobus (and for Magni) which it makes it a very attractive airport for bargain hunters who will travel hours out of their way to save a few bucks on airfare. Mrkstvns (talk) 17:22, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Does Norfolk do connecting flights? I'm not sure, I know they are an operating base for Breeze Airways however. Someonehere12345 (talk) 01:35, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

In terms of whether it qualifies for a Wikivoyage article, a few connecting flights wouldn't matter, because, per w:Norfolk International Airport: "As of 2021, with a passenger count of 1,658,000 people, Norfolk International was ranked as the 65th-busiest airport in the United States and the third-busiest in Virginia in terms of passengers served annually, behind Dulles International Airport and Reagan National Airport, but just ahead of Richmond International." Moreover, it has just one passenger terminal, with two concourses: "Concourse A (gates A1-A11), and Concourse B (gates B16-B30)." It just isn't a very big airport. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:57, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

[edit conflict] It's probably too simple and unimportant to warrant its own article. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 03:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

I would like to make an argument for San Diego International Airport. This airport meets the criteria for an article, and I do not see why it shouldn't have one. Sure, it only has one runway, But according to the 2022 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey report which you can download here (9.4 MB), "2022 Airport Traffic Report" The San Diego International Airport ranks the 25th busiest airport, in the U.S for domestic flights, with 22,005,185 passengers that year. For reference, that is more then the Washington Dulles International Airport, which we have an article on, which ranked 28th, with 21,225,826 passengers. It is also a focus city for Alaska Airlines, which means it does connecting flights. It also has enough wait, buy, and food options to fill out the sections as seen in the draft here User:Someonehere12345/San Diego International Airport. Someonehere12345 (talk) 22:08, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

I tend to agree. At first, I thought it was too small an airport to have an article on, but that's because I flew in there in, I think, 2006, before its expansion. It has way more traffic than I realized. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:15, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Just published the article San Diego International Airport Someonehere12345 (talk) 18:29, 12 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Swept in from the pub

Hey, So I am editing the article for Boston Logan International Airport. I am looking mostly at the food section, How should I list reasturaunts that have multiple locations within the airport? Someonehere12345 (talk) 22:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Someonehere12345: Good question. One approach is to have a main listing with information that applies to all locations, followed by mini listings for each individual location (this is how Tortas Frontera is currently listed in O'Hare International Airport). Another option, for articles where restaurants are split up by terminal or concourse, is to have separate listings for each location (see Grindhouse Killer Burgers in Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport). —Granger (talk · contribs) 22:08, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Is there any reason why walking and/or cycling directions shouldn't be included in airport listings where relevant? This information is often missing from official sources and hard to come by otherwise. And as unorthodox as it sounds, there are several use cases where travellers will find it useful: those bringing a bike on a plane to do a cycle tour at their destination; folks who are staying at a hotel near the airport but find the shuttle is out of service (as often happened at the start of the Covid pandemic), and so forth. RickScott (talk) 16:39, 3 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Walking or cycling directions should be included where they are a serous option. As an example see, Christchurch#By_plane. In Edinburgh#By_plane walking 1.5 miles is suggested as a way of making a saving on the tram fare. AlasdairW (talk) 21:59, 3 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Makes perfect sense; thank you! RickScott (talk) 11:03, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply