Palm Springs International Airport
Palm Springs International Airport, formerly Palm Springs Municipal Airport, is an airport two miles east of downtown Palm Springs, California, United States. The airport covers 940 acres and has two runways. The facility operates year-round, with most flights occurring in the fall, winter, and spring.
Palm Springs International Airport
Palm Springs International Airport Tower (2021)
Courtyard
The Sonny Bono Concourse, with Bono's bust to the right of the escalator
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a human-made surface or a natural surface. Runways, taxiways and ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac", though very few runways are built using tarmac. Takeoff and landing areas defined on the surface of water for seaplanes are generally referred to as waterways. Runway lengths are now commonly given in meters worldwide, except in North America where feet are commonly used.
Runway 13R at Palm Springs International Airport
Runway 34 at Nagoya Airfield
An MD-11 at one end of a runway
Triangular runway pattern at Armitage Field, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake