Isnt that Fort Lauderdale? Like why not expand there?
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Llamasxy12 hr ago
+29
Maybe because that is Broward county and not Miami-Dade.
Why would the Miami-Dade government want an airport in Broward county, they wouldn't profit from it at all.
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Iohet10 hr ago
+8
Governments have a love-hate relationship with airports because most voters want them nowhere near their houses
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DAVENP0RT9 hr ago
+19
I want to have an airport less than 20 minutes away, but I never want to see or hear airplanes taking off and landing. Accommodate me!
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psychicsword7 hr ago
+1
Honestly I have pretty close to that with Boston Logan airport. There are places on the flight path that you can hear the planes but Boston proper typically has it really good.
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MajesticBread91478 hr ago
-2
Airports aren't super loud honestly.
I live just one transit stop away from my nearest airport, and I never hear planes.
Hell, Newark, Laguardia, Midway, and DCA are all immediately adjacent or surrounded by residential neighborhoods.
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Ojntoast8 hr ago
+1
And those neighborhoods have extremely loud planes over head.
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MajesticBread91479 hr ago
+1
Small/hobby airports I can understand because prop planes use leaded fuel.
But I've seen many people prefer proximity to the nearest airport (or a direct transit line there) because it's a huge convenience feature since a lot of people travel frequently for work.
When looking for a place to live one time I even heard one person advertise that the property was "walking distance to XXX international airport"
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boost_deuce13 hr ago
+30
Miami seems like a large cargo hub too from central and South America as well as the Caribbean.
With FLL so close, adding a third airport seems crazy
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MajesticBread91478 hr ago
+6
Yes, but I honestly thought they just drop their cargo to be picked up in the Everglades at night without landing to save time?
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seeasea9 hr ago
+2
And PBI is not too far, either
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sleeplessinreno9 hr ago
+2
Yeah 3 major airports within 60 milers of each other is pretty wild when you think about it. Most metro areas are lucky to have one.
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drstoneybaloneyphd8 hr ago
+1
Just one more runway bro, please
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Travelerdude11 hr ago
+14
On the one hand, Miami International airport is one of the worst airports I’ve ever had the displeasure of passing through. On the other hand, why???
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obalovatyk8 hr ago
+1
So they can have two shit quality airports.
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Eco_guru8 hr ago
+1
Miami is nowhere near as bad as the ridiculous monstrosity of Denver Airport. What a ridiculous airport.
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zergling-13 hr ago
+111
I was in Miami 2 months ago. Was amazed at all the infrastructure projects going on -- considering its all going to be underwater in 40 years
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ShadowbanRevival12 hr ago
-152
what a ridiculous comment
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cire118410 hr ago
+44
What a ridiculous comment
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UselessInsight10 hr ago
+16
What’s ridiculous about it?
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Reditate11 hr ago
+9
How many airports does South Florida need?
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cire118410 hr ago
+4
More for the drug smuggling
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MajesticBread91478 hr ago
+4
I mean, per capita they have more people with their *own* planes than most places given that you mostly hear about extremely rich people moving there to avoid the taxes from places that enabled them to become extremely wealthy in the first place.
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Sreg3212 hr ago
+19
Trump Pedo International? Was this the one in the news awhile ago they were talking about?
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ContessaChaos11 hr ago
+8
That was Palm Beach, they've already rebranded it.
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whk199213 hr ago
+19
At this rate of pointless wars, half the country don’t want to spend a dime on traveling so why bother expanding.
I’d be surprised if there’s not another airline going out of business soon.
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Commercial-Host-72513 hr ago
-102
Off topic. The discussion here is the airport expansion, not national travel trends.
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ohnohelpwhereamI12 hr ago
+34
I, too, would like to mock you.
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whk199212 hr ago
+46
Lmfao airport expansion isn’t tied to demand? Try harder pa.
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Buckets-O-Yarr12 hr ago
+13
Off topic. Rules lawyering is prohibited. No discussing any tangential topics either, such as "Nuh uh!", "No you are!", and certainly not "I'm telling mom!"
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KulaanDoDinok13 hr ago
+20
Bad bot. They’re clearly related.
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ZonaDesertRat12 hr ago
+6
The topic here is whatever anyone wants to make it. Welcome to 'Merica.
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obalovatyk8 hr ago
+1
The current one needs work. It looks like it hasn’t been renovated since it was opened.
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