Standing outside of the food court at BWI, overlooking several bustling gates and occasional planes gliding past on the runway below, I was struck by the magnificence of the airport and all that it represents, both functionally and culturally. Airports capture the broad spectrum of travel and appeal to the subtle, sweeping emotions better than other transportation hubs - the dingy bus terminal or highway rest stop or even the grand train station - can. Each, influenced by factors as varied as size, location, time of day, weather, and season, has a perpetually shifting character distinctly its own. Listen to
this Michael Giacchino piece from the Lost soundtrack while gazing at these concourses, tarmacs, and cabins and try to tell me your imagination doesn't start to fly with possibility.
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| Baltimore-Washington International Airport |
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| National Airport |
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| Bradley International Airport (Hartford, CT) |
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| BWI at dawn |
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| Plane at the gate, BWI |
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| Jorge Chávez Int'l Airport, Domestic Terminal, 2:30 am (Lima, Peru) |
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| Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (Arequipa, Peru) |
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| Disembarking via staircase (Arequipa, Peru) |
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| High above the mountains, en route to Anchorage |
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| Ted Stephens Int'l Airport (Anchorage, AK) |
