Silent, zero emission and VTOL character of the liquid air powered plane allows a revolutionary airport design. The airport I propose will be a combination of a stadium and the wind concentrator I had proposed earlier. It will be a rectangular structure with concave tall walls. The concave walls will concentrate the wind towards the bottom wind turbines and the air liquefiers. Depending on the wind direction, related side of the building will generate power and liquefied air.
The VTOL design of the planes will allow multiple planes to land and take off from a small space. There will be dedicated landing places for each plane. This will allow automatic deployment of plane boarding tunnels and liquid air pumping mechanisms. Airport's fuel (liquid air) productions capability and autonomous servicing will reduce its operational cost and labor dependency. The liquid air requires the water inside the air to be removed. The water extracted from the air will be used in the airport facilities, reducing external water supply.
The thrusters of the plane emit ambient temperature air. Due to lack of combustion the thrusters will work very silent. These two features allow the airport to be placed close to the city center. VTOL requires a very small landing space. Therefore, a stadium sized empty space is enough for these airports to be build. This makes it very advantageous for short distance flights where accessing the airport takes more time than the flight itself. The airport will also have a fast-boarding procedure. I will discuss it on my next article.
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