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Not a fan of DFW's terminal setup and roads. All that space and that tangle of off-ramps and on-ramps and bridges is the best they could do? Satellite shot: ht
by strictnein 11y ago
Not a fan of DFW's terminal setup and roads. All that space and that tangle of off-ramps and on-ramps and bridges is the best they could do?
Satellite shot:
https://goo.gl/peXr25 https://goo.gl/peXr25
- vonmoltke 11y agoI think one of the key problems with the overall layout was the desire to run a toll road that connects TX-183 to the northern highways through the airport, and to use this road as the two entrances. They still could have designed the individual terminal layouts better though, as the road and garage layout of Terminal D shows.
- mturmon 11y agoHmm, this multi-terminal, spread-out, "park right by the gate" design reminded me of Kansas City International airport. Turns out this was a trend in airport design in the early 1970s - KCI opened in 1972 and DFW in 1973. TWA, among others, pushed this design.
- germanier 11y agoInterestingly they used a similar approach at Berlin Tegel airport, with the current terminal building opened in 1975 (which is supposed to be closed down after the airport featured here is ready).