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No. We do not want San Antonio to become a "city". We like our "town" feel.
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I really wish we had a huge big airport outside the city like all other major cities do with flights going to europe, china........ Sucks having to always fly into DFW or George Bush to go international. Why not make one between here and Austin that's huge and pimped out? That wouldn't be a bad idea. Has SA even ever considered or talked about having such an airport?
No. We do not want San Antonio to become a "city". We like our "town" feel.
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San Antonio City Data Forum
Any clue at how much that would cost, and how much LAND you would need for that?!?
it's called planning ahead.
Something San Antonio and Bexar County officials have never done.
Example...
Loop 1604....2 ing lanes each way???
Stop lights???
No real interchange at 281???
You gotta be kidding me with this .
Isn't the airport going through some major renovation at the moment?
I think the idea was floated about, but once Bergstrom AFB closed, and Austin converted it into their primary airport, that was the end of that.
I always thought we should have followed suit and converted Kelly. The current SAIAP has virtually no room for expansion, shown by them shoe-horning in that third tiny terminal. Kelly had a whole ing empty closed AFB. They have enough space to support the Guard mission, the Lackland mission, the contract maintenance depot and commercial flights. , they used to land the 747/shuttle vehicle there. I think the runways are able to handle about anything, including jumbos.
You are correct sir.
Actually the airport can also handle the 747's. They come in for repairs at Dee Howard.
Yea....a renovation that would be suitable for a city that is 2/3 it's current's size and 10 years ago.
All anyone would ever need to know about San Antonio's business at ude and mentality can be seen from our downtown skyline.
Beige, brown, old, concrete.
Those are metaphores for this city.
Old is self explanitory.
brown and beige represent the plain feel of this city
and concrete is hard and solid as in how san antonio is stuck in its conservative old fashioned ways.
get a rope...find a tree.
grab a beer and washhhhhhh the spurssss gamee
Nothing wrong with that last line.
i'd agree mikey but as many have said before, the spurs success is one of the few bright spots for this otherwise sleepy town.
I would disagree but to each his own. I think SA is unique and special in its own way but that is me being someone born and raised there. Especially when you move to a city that is about 1/3 the size.
Builing a large meta-port between SAT and AUS would have the drawback of a considerably longer travel time getting to/from the city. You'd still need to keep an airport close to the city for commuter traffic ala Love Field and Hobby.
Even if such an airport were to be built, I doubt there would be enough international traffic to justify taking flights away from DFW and IAH.
Having said that, San Antonio will probably need to do something about SAT, because it probably can't support much more traffic than it currently has.
the SAN ANTONIO airport has such an adorable website also...
really world class...
http://www.sanantonio.gov/aviation/
the smiling cartoon airplane and taxi are so darn cute.
really appealing to anyone over 4 years old...
with oil at the price it is, airlines going out of business left and right, and talk about possibly nationalizing the airline industry, I doubt that's on any drawing board right now.
Everything about SA is po dunk. Haven't you asked Charles Barkley?
I mean this in the nicest way, if its so horrible living here, just move.
(AT&T leaves, cites inadequate airport)
With IAH and DFW being major hubs and so close that works against SA. You would have to get a major airline to focus its Latin American traffic here to help and even that would be dicey.
thats exactly what i am talking about.
typical small minded people who say if you dont like how we do it, then leave.
you probably have one of those bumper stickers on your truck that says TEXAS NO VACCANCIES
To be fair...you will get that from someone anywhere you go. I am curious though, and I honestly do not mean this in a mean-spirited way. Is it the city in general or certain parts you don't like and if so, what is keeping you here? Again, not trying to be a ...its tough though with the typed word and I don't think TPark was trying to be a jerk.
I think the consensus is that being the seventh largest city in the nation, many feel that things (like the airport) should be much better than they are and more advanced just like other major cities. , there are lots of cities that aren't even in the top 10 and they are and have been light years ahead of SA.
Very true and I have thought that about the airport for years. I like the idea of a regional airport between Austin and SA and then you could make Bergstrom and SAT like Love Field or Hobby. Just not sure its economically feasible.
I don't have a problem with how this city looks. Beige, brown, concrete gray are how most of the buildings I've seen are built. But having lived in much greener states, even with buildings constructed much the same way, Texas does look very "stark" but I think it has more to do with geography than actual design choices. And a huge airport between us and Austin may be a nice thing for Austinites and San Antonians, but this airport serves many more communities to whom it wouldn't be beneficial. I also don't think a huge new airport here will do anything to boost the major airlines' financial problems. I do have a problem with SA's lack of vision; public transportation (ie a lightrail) is a bigger need than an airport or toll roads at this time. I hope this is realized before someone decides the solution is to pave the entire state. Unfortunately, this entire state is pretty much hunkered down in it's conservativism and good ol boy politics; change is a slow thing but it is happening.
That being said, I love living in Texas and I LOVE San Antonio. I will live here the rest of my life!
Good point....a regional airport south of town might work...the land is certainly there. And the only other airports are in the valley and Corpus. Then again, something like that could kill those airports.
I don't have a problem with how this city looks. Beige, brown, concrete gray are how most of the buildings I've seen are built. But having lived in much greener states, even with buildings constructed much the same way, Texas does look very "stark" but I think it has more to do with geography than actual design choices. And a huge airport between us and Austin may be a nice thing for Austinites and San Antonians, but this airport serves many more communities to whom it wouldn't be beneficial. I also don't think a huge new airport here will do anything to boost the major airlines' financial problems. I do have a problem with SA's lack of vision; public transportation (ie a lightrail) is a bigger need than an airport or toll roads at this time. I hope this is realized before someone decides the solution is to pave the entire state. Unfortunately, this entire state is pretty much hunkered down in it's conservativism and good ol boy politics; change is a slow thing but it is happening.
That being said, I love living in Texas and I LOVE San Antonio. I will live here the rest of my life!
I actually voted for lightrail years back when it was on the ballots and think that if we knew what was going on now with gas and all that, I think there would of been a different outcome perhaps. But who knows.
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