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TUGMASTER wrote:You CANNOT walk to The LHR central area anymore.
Albert12 wrote:You CANNOT walk to The LHR central area anymore
Yflyer wrote:LAX can be accessed on foot, which is kind of ironic considering how car-centric Los Angeles is. There are sidewalks on both sides of Sky Way, and stairs that take you from the overpass down to Sepulveda Blvd. I've walked that route to In-N-Out Burger and back during a long layover.lugie wrote:In general I would say that US airports may be harder to reach on foot simply because the pedestrian infrastructure can be lacking in general. I've tried to do it at RDU coming in from the north along the single-carriageway access route and though I eventually pulled it off I would not do it again nor recommend it.
Yeah, we should probably define "can be accessed on foot" as having some sort of pedestrian infrastructure. Technically you *can* walk along the side of the road to pretty much any airport, there's no law saying you can't as far as I know, but at most US airports (like RDU in your example) it's not really safe to do so due to the lack of infrastructure for pedestrians.
stlgph wrote:Possible, but a total pain in the ass to get to LGA by foot and probably not something someone would voluntarily. But an option when everything was under construction and traffic was backed up down the GCP for miles - it was obvious to take the backroads through Queens out to the hotels by LGA and then get out and walk over
Or head over to the Trade Fair on 21 Ave and hoof it over to the Marine Terminal.
mattyfitzg wrote:Mentioned above a few times, but I’d like to reiterate how scenic the walk to London City is, Canary Wharf, the o2 arena and the shard are just a number of attractions in the backdrop.
bohica wrote:SFO. In the early 90's I used to live in San Bruno, CA just across the freeway from SFO. I used to walk down San Bruno Ave over the freeway to the long term parking lot next to United airlines MX base. From there I would get on the long term parking bus and ride it to work at the terminal. This was before the International terminal and the people mover was built. I haven't been to SFO in a long time so I don't know if walking would be feasible today.
LGAviation wrote:As mentioned before, SYD Domestic is accessible by foot. The route is actually somewhat popular for people wanting to save the airport station fee which adds roughly $ 10 to your otherwise $ 4 ticket if you get off at Mascot. I have definitely also walked from Cairns airport into town which is not the most recommendable walk and I don't think intended for pedestrian access.
entdoc wrote:ISP and HPN
BubbleFrog wrote:HAM, DXB, DND and EDI I've done; LCY should be possible, no?
DLHAM wrote:BubbleFrog wrote:HAM, DXB, DND and EDI I've done; LCY should be possible, no?
While HAM is located within the city its far from Downtown or from any places most people would head to. But if your Destination is close to the airport you can walk easily, or go by bike.
BubbleFrog wrote:DLHAM wrote:BubbleFrog wrote:HAM, DXB, DND and EDI I've done; LCY should be possible, no?
While HAM is located within the city its far from Downtown or from any places most people would head to. But if your Destination is close to the airport you can walk easily, or go by bike.
Yeah, I lived not too far from it (northerly Langenhorn). Actually used to have quite a few Sunday walks round there. From Downtown it's a fair distance (although quite bikeable), agreed.
passengerpigeon wrote:HKG certainly does have pedestrian access. Airport Trail is a paved, red-coloured footpath that can is accessible from Tung Chung and passes by Cathay City, east of the end of Runway 25L, Gatehouse 2, before terminating at the airport Ground Transportation Centre adjacent Terminal 1. Though I can understand why someone might think to walk along the main road as the trail isn't signposted from the terminal and you'd need to walk through the Ground Transportation Centre and past Gatehouse 2 before the first signage and red pavement begins.HKG supposedly doesn't have pedestrian access... but that didn't stop one foolhardy soul from casually walking down the hard shoulder of the elevated airport highway the last time I was there.
blockski wrote:You can walk to DCA right now; there is a project in the works to dramatically improve the pedestrian connections to the airport.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ ... _small.pdf
ClipperGoodwill wrote:MCO is only accessible by car, bus and soon rail. I have see a few intrepid people attempt to walk to the hotels just North of the airport. Brave souls!
The new South Terminal is supposed to have a bike trail that leads to the South Entrance and Lake Nona, but I have never seen any concrete plans for it.
phatfarmlines wrote:blockski wrote:You can walk to DCA right now; there is a project in the works to dramatically improve the pedestrian connections to the airport.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ ... _small.pdf
Recognizing I am responding 7 months after the post was created, it seems DCA is the only major airport in the US that actively supports walking to the airport.
spacecadet wrote:You can technically get in to JFK on foot but I don't think there's a way to reach the passenger terminals anymore without taking the AirTrain. You can definitely reach the cargo areas, US customs, etc. just on foot. But the closest you can get to the passenger terminals is about 1/4 mile away on the North Service Road, where the sidewalk (temporarily) ends after the road merges with the Van Wyck. Interestingly, it starts up again near T1, so if they just built like 1/8 a mile of sidewalk, you could walk all the way in. But the problem is then you'd be walking that 1/8 of a mile on an expressway. I don't think it's even legal to build a sidewalk there.
The passenger terminals are several miles from the airport entrance anyway, so I doubt many people would want to do it. But I'm sure you used to be able to.
You *can* walk down Lefferts Blvd. or the cargo service road to one of the AirTrain stations and take it one stop to the terminals. Technically those stations are on airport grounds, so you are "accessing the airport" on foot, and in fact this is one of multiple ways to do that. But I don't know of a way to directly walk off the street into one of the passenger terminals.