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Recent Examples of jetportThe airstrip was intended in the 1960s for a massive jetport that, with its access corridors east and west, would have trashed Florida’s greatest natural resource, the Everglades.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2026 Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025 Somewhere in the jetport controvert, Nixon took a liking to Reed and appointed him assistant secretary of the Interior.—
Alex Harris,
miamiherald,
11 July 2018
Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority CEO Doug Kreulen said Parton’s life exemplified the values the airport seeks to nurture.
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Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Aug. 2026
Mutinous soldiers in Niger attacked the airport and the presidency in the capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, triggering hours of sustained gunfire and explosions and briefly knocking state television and radio off air.
The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.
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Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
19 June 2026
An example of an inherently objectionable use might be a heliport in a heavily residential municipality.
Other projects include a White House granite helipad, a new ballroom, renovations at the Kennedy Center and an overhauled Reflecting Pool near the Lincoln Memorial.
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2026
Trump gestured to new sod that had been laid around the helipad.
The airport is a strategic hub that hosts a key military air base, known as Base 101, as well as the headquarters of Russia’s Africa Corps in the country.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Aug. 2026
In response, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Thursday there was no Turkish military delegation at the Syrian air base before or during Israel’s attack.
The former often requires irregular cargo like radar systems, missile launchers, helicopters, engineering gear, bridge-laying equipment, etc, delivered to areas with no existing aerodromes.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 July 2026
Jean-Christophe Verhaegen / AFP via Getty Images The aircraft, registered in Germany, crashed in a grassy area near the runway of the Nancy-Essey aerodrome, close to a residential area and two roads, an AFP journalist reported.