With 2,100 flights a day, this airport is a city that never sleeps.

Focuses on the nation's largest operating airport and the world's second-busiest, the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. How the airport successfully transports 50 million passengers annually; Emergence as one of the nation's most important air transit hubs; Atmosphere in the tower; AIRTRANS,...

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Publicado en:	Smithsonian Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 34 - 46
Autores principales:	Stuller, Jay, Davidson, Cameron
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Smithsonian Magazine Apr93
Materias:	Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Texas Dallas (Tex.) United States
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Sumario:	Focuses on the nation's largest operating airport and the world's second-busiest, the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. How the airport successfully transports 50 million passengers annually; Emergence as one of the nation's most important air transit hubs; Atmosphere in the tower; AIRTRANS, one of the nation's first fully automated transit systems; Response to bomb threats; Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers; Airport Assistance Center; More.