What Is Awesome » Air http://whatisawesome.com A collection of the fascinating, entertaining, technological, humorous, and inspiring Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:28:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Gibraltar Airport http://whatisawesome.com/2009/07/13/gibraltar-airport/ http://whatisawesome.com/2009/07/13/gibraltar-airport/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:43:15 +0000 Ian http://whatisawesome.com/?p=738 Gibraltar is an interesting place. You probably know it for its location, right at the mouth of the Mediterranean, just south of Spain. And although it borders Spain on the north, it’s actually a British territory. In fact, every September 10th since 1967, the people of Gibraltar celebrate the rejection of Spanish sovereignty by releasing 30,000 red and white balloons – about one per person -  into the air,

If you’re from out of town, you’ll in all likelihood get to Gibraltar by plane, landing at Gibraltar Airport. From the air, it looks quite standard:

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A view of the other half of the runway shows something else:

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At first glance, it doesn’t look like there is anything particularly remarkable. Let’s take another look at the airport at another time of day though:

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“Is…. is that traffic?” you might ask yourself. And you’d be right! Gibraltar Airport is a drive-through airport, literally. The airport is actually right in the city center of Gibraltar and the street which runs across the runway, Winston Churchill Avenue, is closed every time a plane lands or takes off. Check it out:

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