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Chicago Meigs now on OurAirports

Posted on July 28, 2007 by David Megginson

By loud request, I’ve added Chicago Meigs, closed a few years ago by Mayor Daley, to OurAirports. As a special honour to the mayor, I’ve also arranged for Meigs to appear when you type “Daley” into the site search box … Continue reading →

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OurAirports takes off

Posted on July 18, 2007 by David Megginson

It’s not exactly crazy, but enough people have signed up for OurAirports that I’ve had to do a large amount of emergency coding to keep the site running at an acceptable speed — it’s hosted on a shared cluster (Mosso), … Continue reading →

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Make a web map of the airports you've visited

Posted on July 17, 2007 by David Megginson

I’ve written a web site called OurAirports that lets you make a map of the airports you’ve visited (either as a pilot or as a passenger, your choice). Here’s my personal map — note that you can share your maps … Continue reading →

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Three problem airports

Posted on June 1, 2007 by David Megginson

Some of you (like Paul Tomblin, who manages navaid.com) have probably already run into this problem, but it turns out that there are at least three airports in the world that cannot safely be assigned to any country, at least … Continue reading →

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What makes an airport 'important'?

Posted on May 25, 2007 by David Megginson

If you were building a mapping application that could show only (say) 20 airports on the screen at once at any given zoom level, how would you decide which airports are most important, using only publicly-available data sets? Here are … Continue reading →

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The good, the bad, and the (plane) weird

Posted on April 29, 2007 by David Megginson

A bunch of us agreed to post on the same topic yesterday, writing about one good part of flying, one bad part, and one weird part (unfortunately, I’m running a day late). Here are some of the other blogs with … Continue reading →

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Wednesday afternoon, 1:36 pm, Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier Airport

Posted on March 16, 2007 by David Megginson

On the way home from Teterboro Airport after a March break family trip to New York City, after 2.6 flying hours mostly in IMC with light to moderate turbulence. My older daughter in the copilot seat whipped out her camera … Continue reading →

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Brantford airport petition

Posted on February 20, 2007 by David Megginson

The city of Brantford, Ontario, about 50 nautical miles west-southwest of Toronto, is running a review to determine the consequences of closing Brantford Airport (CYFD), and Brant Aero would like you to sign an online petition of support for the … Continue reading →

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Winter flying around the Great Lakes

Posted on December 18, 2006 by David Megginson

There is one really, really, REALLY important rule about winter flying near the Great Lakes: Remember which way the wind’s blowing. Even if there are blue skies everywhere else, a cold wind will often pull streamers of lake effect weather … Continue reading →

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Changes at Toronto City Centre Airport

Posted on December 11, 2006 by David Megginson

Update: I’ve just received a PDF of the new apron layout from the airport manager. A few weeks ago, I had a coffee with Flyin Dutchman, a local professional pilot here in Ottawa (Dutchman flies a Pilatus PC-12 all over … Continue reading →

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