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« on: November 29, 2009, 10:53:42 PM » |
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I'm at a state univ. that can be reached directly (by plane) from about 4 cities.
But some state univs., I understand, don't have an airport nearby. You have to drive (or take bus or limo) for an hour from an airport to the campus.
I'm curious as to which ones they are.
I think Humboldt State is one? U. of Colorado and/or Colorado State? U. of Oklahoma?
Do tell, O well-traveled Forumites.
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2009, 11:04:05 PM » |
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Are we talking puddle-jumper "airports" or actual airports that accept major airlines on a regular basis?
I'm thinking, for example, of the fact that you would fly into BWI or Washington National for U Maryland - College Park, but not into the local airport.
Likewise, Champaign-Urbana technically has an airport, but who uses it?
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2009, 11:09:56 PM » |
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Off the top of my head Sul Ross State University is the most remote campus from a major airport. It's 3-4 hours drive time one way to either Midland/Odessa or El Paso. However, Amtrack has a station in Alpine about 1/2 mile from campus.
I'm quite sure other campuses may be as remote, but I'm not coming up with any others.
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2009, 11:13:01 PM » |
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And it might depend on whether you mean "flagship" or "branch" campuses. U/Mass, Amherst, for example, has a tiny (Springfield) airport w/in 45 miles and Logan/Boston 90 miles away, and it's technically the system's "main" campus." http://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/Directions_to_Campus/The other four branches are all closer to Logan (U/Mass Boston is in flyover range for its landing strip, in fact) so there's an inversional relationship between air availability and centrality. http://www.massachusetts.edu/institutions/institutions.htmlI suppose you could hitch a kite to the swans on the Amherst lake and see if they'd take off with you, but swans are notoriously bad-tempered, I don't know if I'd try it if I were you... |
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2009, 11:20:56 PM » |
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University of Missouri in Columbia is 1 1/2 hours drive to either Kansas City or St. Louis. University of Arkansas is 2 hours or a little less drive to Tulsa, Little Rock or Springfield. You can catch a puddle jumper from Columbia or Fayetteville, but most people don't.
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2009, 11:23:18 PM » |
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Yes, if we include puddle-jumper airports, the question becomes a bit trickier. For instance, Washington State U's main campus is just a few miles from the Pullman-Moscow airport, which gets puddle-jumpers from Alaska Airlines, but it would be 5 hrs from SEA-Tac or about 1.5 hrs from Spokane.
Branch campuses, too, could be problematic if it weren't for puddle-jumping capabilities. UWisc-Stevens Point and UW-Eau Claire come to mind. UW-Whitewater is about an hour out of Milwaukee or Madison, 2.5 hrs from ORD, with no regional airport to speak of.
Come to think of it, Ohio U in Athens is fairly distant from Columbus, if by distant you mean >1-hr drive.
And, going back to the northwest, UWash can be a long drive from SEA-Tac if the traffic on I-5 is heavy.
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« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2009, 11:25:12 PM » |
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Deep Springs College: 4.5-5 hours from the Vegas airport, 5.5 from Burbank.
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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2009, 11:25:20 PM » |
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Champaign-Urbana's not bad. You get fast connections into O'Hare for travel just about anywhere.
University of Iowa has nothing closer than Cedar Rapids, followed by Des Moines, both of which are dinky.
University of Georgia is a 2+ hour drive from ATL, through scary Deliverance country.
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2009, 11:27:02 PM » |
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Likewise, Champaign-Urbana technically has an airport, but who uses it? I love that airport. You can get a one-stop short-layover flight from Champaign to nearly anywhere in Europe, and only take 15 minutes to park, check in, and get through the security barrier. Iowa: you should have seen the Cedar Rapids airport before the big expansion. - DvF |
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2009, 11:27:29 PM » |
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Champaign-Urbana's not bad. You get fast connections into O'Hare for travel just about anywhere.
University of Iowa has nothing closer than Cedar Rapids, followed by Des Moines, both of which are dinky.
University of Georgia is a 2+ hour drive from ATL, through scary Deliverance country.
U of Iowa is 30 minutes, more or less, from Cedar Rapids, which is a reasonably-sized regional terminal, with many flights (most of them through Chicago). U of Georgia: used to be Deliverance country, Madhatter. Now it's rock-solid suburbs. |
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2009, 11:31:28 PM » |
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Likewise, Champaign-Urbana technically has an airport, but who uses it? I love that airport. You can get a one-stop short-layover flight from Champaign to nearly anywhere in Europe, and only take 15 minutes to park, check in, and get through the security barrier. Except that they cancel flights when it is too windy! I used to make the 2 hr drive to Indy, freaking out the whole time that I got Daylight Savings Time backwards. |
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2009, 11:32:19 PM » |
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Many of the SUNY campuses are distant from major airports (Oswego, Potsdam, Cortland).
Some of the University of Maine campuses are quite far from airports (Farmington, Machias).
Some of the Ohio state university campuses are distant, too (Marion, Miami).
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2009, 11:33:03 PM » |
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Michigan Tech. 5 hours from Green Bay, which I believe is the closest airport.
And IU Bloomington is a really boring hour-plus drive from Indianapolis.
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« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2009, 11:35:05 PM » |
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The U of Idaho in Pullman is a long ways from anywhere with an airport. 90 minute drive to Spokane, WA if the roads are clear.
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« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2009, 11:35:53 PM » |
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Hey, I just flew out of that airport this morning! (Hartford/Springfield, aka BDL.) It's not so tiny. Lots of flights to Delta hubs, and all the major carriers fly out of there (but mostly to hubs). Of course, it's only 15 minutes from the ancestral Biograd homestead; if I had to drive an hour to get there, I'd just use Logan instead. |
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