Southern California Magplane Airport Connections
Southern
California Airport Airside to Airside Connecting Times
Airport
connections represent an important intermodal connection opportunity
for The Magplane. While the capacity of the existing Southern California
Region Commercial Airport System is approximately 100 million annual
passengers, it is projected that this system will experience a passenger
capacity shortfall of one-third by 2020. To meet this rising demand,
airport facilities will have to be expanded. In Southern California,
where fierce local public opposition is preventing the expansion
of Los Angeles International Airport and the relocation of flights
to adjacent airports such as John Wayne International or El Toro,
The Magplane system enables airport planners to convert distant
military bases to civilian use.
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Magplane
can link the following airports into a single airport network allowing
passengers to interconnect to other airports without clearing security,
if necessary. In this fashion, The Magplane would become an extension
of the taxiways. At 400 km, Los Angeles International Airport connecting
passengers would be able to connect to adjoining airports within
a half hour or less, roughly the time it takes for the 15th aircraft
waiting in line for a congested runway to take off. The strategic
location of underutilized March Air Force Base and Palmdale Airport
to congested Los Angeles International Airport, San Diego Lindbergh
Field, and John Wayne International make available alternative airport
options that would be environmentally, economically, and politically,
more sustainable. Similar airport capacity problems are occurring
across the country.
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