I made a cool discovery that I think is worth sharing with the IFC. I discovered there is a lake right in the middle of the airport. See for yourself!
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That is a water retention pond for runoff during rain storms, helps prevents standing water on taxiways and runways.
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I will love to fishing there
just joking!
I see many airports have water like that in the middle
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I thought the airport was just there as it was a natural thing. I didn’t think it was a man-made construction. Are there any other airports out there which have lakes? If yes, which ones?
What About KMCO 🤔
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Sydney Airport has a lake to the north and east. The one to the north is connected to a river that runs the western perimeter and opens up into a bay.
There’s a lake at Daytona Speedway in Florida as well as another example of why there is a waterway within the boundaries of certain properties. When they were constructing the turns and high banking, they excavated Class A material from inside the track.
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Cough Honolulu and the Coral Runway
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That’s a big lake 👀
DEN has a few of these on the property. The most noticeable are between 17L and 17R.
Does this count?
Heathrow has a couple large reservoirs to its west side around the M25.
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Personally I’ve never even noticed them at airports, sure I’ve seen a couple at airports but they’re more little rivers.
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Fairbanks has a waterway for floats
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