"Gridlock"
Watching lines waiting in line at the Frankfurt airport on the way to working our flight back home, arriving by road from the crew layover in Mainz after weekday morning stop-and-go traffic over Frankfurt’s autobahn crossing near the airport, Europe's busiest traffic junction
To all who visit and view, and – especially – express support and satisfaction: you are much appreciated!
Im Frankfurter Flughafen, Terminal 2
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Album – Frankfurt a.M., Germany – 2018JUL05 – Airport:
I begin – and end – each FRA layover in the Frankfurt am Main airport, located by the River Main, an important right- (east-) bank tributary of the Rhine; it is the longest river lying entirely in Germany. Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg are the largest cities along the Main River, which discharges into the Rhine at Mainz. The name "Main" (from the Latin Moenus or Menus) is unrelated to the name of the city Mainz (Latin: Moguntiacum).
Today, Frankfurt Airport is the third largest in Europe for passenger traffic and the largest for cargo.
Frankfurt prides itself on accessibility and on the green and sustainable aspects of its extensive public transport network.
By road, the city is easily reachable: Frankfurt’s autobahn crossing next to the airport is Europe's busiest traffic junction.
In 1948, Soviets blocked transport and electricity to West Berlin, leaving millions of Germans and Allied soldiers without access to food, medication, heating material, and energy. This attempted takeover of the West Berlin sector – at the time, an island in the middle of Soviet-occupied Germany – became one of the early events of the rising tensions of the Cold War.
As a solution, the Allies came up with the idea of the Berlin Airlift.
In record time, just 90 days, the French Forces built the Berlin Tempelhof airport, the landing airport for the airlift, providing West Berlin with over 2 million tons of goods from June 24, 1948 through September 30, 1949, including 23 tons of candy for local children.
I look for the Air Bridge monument every time I am here. (Want to go? It is easily reached by foot from Terminal 2 of Frankfurt Airport, a walk of about 1 mile).
In 2022, FRA, Germany's busiest airport and global aviation hub, expects its 3 Terminals will handle 80-85 million passengers.
The best of 1173 photos on this layover are in a 6-album set:
• North Atlantic – 2018JUL03-04 – Noctilucent Clouds
• Mainz, Germany – 2018JUL04 – Three Bridges Tour
• Gustavsburg, Germany – 2018JUL04 – Three Bridges Tour
• Kostheim, Germany – 2018JUL04 – Three Bridges Tour
• Kastel, Germany – 2018JUL04 – Three Bridges Tour
• Frankfurt a.M., Germany – 2018JUL05 – Airport
Hope you enjoy the 17% of 29 photos I took here this day!
"Gridlock"
Watching lines waiting in line at the Frankfurt airport on the way to working our flight back home, arriving by road from the crew layover in Mainz after weekday morning stop-and-go traffic over Frankfurt’s autobahn crossing near the airport, Europe's busiest traffic junction
To all who visit and view, and – especially – express support and satisfaction: you are much appreciated!
Im Frankfurter Flughafen, Terminal 2
_____________________________________________
Album – Frankfurt a.M., Germany – 2018JUL05 – Airport:
I begin – and end – each FRA layover in the Frankfurt am Main airport, located by the River Main, an important right- (east-) bank tributary of the Rhine; it is the longest river lying entirely in Germany. Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg are the largest cities along the Main River, which discharges into the Rhine at Mainz. The name "Main" (from the Latin Moenus or Menus) is unrelated to the name of the city Mainz (Latin: Moguntiacum).
Today, Frankfurt Airport is the third largest in Europe for passenger traffic and the largest for cargo.
Frankfurt prides itself on accessibility and on the green and sustainable aspects of its extensive public transport network.
By road, the city is easily reachable: Frankfurt’s autobahn crossing next to the airport is Europe's busiest traffic junction.
In 1948, Soviets blocked transport and electricity to West Berlin, leaving millions of Germans and Allied soldiers without access to food, medication, heating material, and energy. This attempted takeover of the West Berlin sector – at the time, an island in the middle of Soviet-occupied Germany – became one of the early events of the rising tensions of the Cold War.
As a solution, the Allies came up with the idea of the Berlin Airlift.
In record time, just 90 days, the French Forces built the Berlin Tempelhof airport, the landing airport for the airlift, providing West Berlin with over 2 million tons of goods from June 24, 1948 through September 30, 1949, including 23 tons of candy for local children.
I look for the Air Bridge monument every time I am here. (Want to go? It is easily reached by foot from Terminal 2 of Frankfurt Airport, a walk of about 1 mile).
In 2022, FRA, Germany's busiest airport and global aviation hub, expects its 3 Terminals will handle 80-85 million passengers.
The best of 1173 photos on this layover are in a 6-album set:
• North Atlantic – 2018JUL03-04 – Noctilucent Clouds
• Mainz, Germany – 2018JUL04 – Three Bridges Tour
• Gustavsburg, Germany – 2018JUL04 – Three Bridges Tour
• Kostheim, Germany – 2018JUL04 – Three Bridges Tour
• Kastel, Germany – 2018JUL04 – Three Bridges Tour
• Frankfurt a.M., Germany – 2018JUL05 – Airport
Hope you enjoy the 17% of 29 photos I took here this day!