Metro : a new concept in airport design

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to design an airport which can best serve and be served by the Indianapolis area, Airports are currently being planned ten and twenty years in advance and are still out of date by the time they are ready for service. Due to dwindling surpluses of land, rising costs, over crowded airspace, and other factors, it has become necessary to improve, and improve the utilization of, existing airfields as the prime method o meeting future airport needs.Given the location of Indianapolis and the excellant system of highways available, the city has truly become the "Crossroads of America". This area is already one of the nations largest freight distribution centers and has proven a profitable area for industrial development both large and small. With this idea in mind, i propose an airport facility which would specialize in the areas of "Corporate Jets" and "Air Cargo" operations. In other words this airport would catter to the business person and the type plane a corporation might own and operate.