Conference noted::bicycle

    
    
      This may seem like a funny question John but,
    
      Why would you want to ride your bike to an Airport?  Especially a
      major Metropoliton Airport.
    
      Just in Keeping with the spirit of the note.
    
       OCH - Y - Worcester Ma. Airport -- Very easy to get to by bike
    					  (If you don't mind a good climb.)
    
      John C.  (Who can't wait to build up his brand new Lemond!)
    

>    	BOS - N - Boston Logan -- I wouldn't try it, at least

    I've done it a couple times. 
    They didn't even charge me for parking.

    It's useful for catching flights that require you to
    be there before the T is running in the morning.

    There is a BABC pamphlet that describes the route.
    Basically, you cross the Mystic river on Rt99, and thread your
    way through Everett and Chelsea to East Boston.  The tricky part
    is getting around the Airport Loop.

    You could also take the T if you go to the trouble of
    getting a bike pass.

That leaves these in the N or ? column:
    	CGD - ? - Paris, Charles de Gaulle
        JFK - N - New York, John F. Kennedy
        LGA - ? - New York, La Guardia
    	LGW - ? - London Gatwick
    	ORY - ? - Paris Orly
    	    - ? - Tokyo Narita - suspect No

>      Why would you want to ride your bike to an Airport?  Especially a
>      major Metropoliton Airport.

    To catch a flight.   (is this a trick question?)

    How else do you start a tour?

    -Jeff

	ATL - N - Atlanta -- Possible perhaps
	CHI - N - Chicago
	FTL - Y - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
	IND - Y - Indianapolis - Not very practical, but doable.
	LAX - Y - Los Angeles - Depending a little on where you start.
	ONT - Y - Ontario, CA
	SFO - N - San Francisco
	SNA - Y - Orange County, CA
	TPA - N - Tampa - Only access is via controlled access highway 1*








Comments:
	1	Access to long-term parking via surface streets is
		possible, then you could possibly ride the shuttle.

>	SFO - N - San Francisco

    I've done SFO.

    To get into SFO from the south we took El Camino Real.
    And then took a bridge across to an airport access road that
    traces the perimeter.  I think the bridge was Burlingame, but I
    can't remember if that's the name of the road or the district.

    BTW, San Diego is easy.  Cleveland Hopkins and PGH Pittsburgh
    probably are not too bad.

    -Jeff

    re .1
    
    I don't know where OCH is, but it isn't in Worcester MA - that's ORH. 
    The hill is long, but not bad (though I've never climbed it loaded).
    
    An additional airport - (sorry, I don't know the TLA)
    
    Ft Wayne, Indiana (Baer Field) - Yes

    GVO-Y - Geneva.  Getting back is `exciting' but OK.
    MRS-Y - Marseille. Come in from Fos or Aix, Not Marseille...
    LGW-? - I've always done it by train.  Easily the best way from London
    	    (victoria) Lots of guards vans available (odd for BR...)
    EDI-Y - Edinburgh.  Local knowledge essential to reduce the amount of
    	    travelling onm busy dual carriageways.
    ???-Y-  London Stanstead.  This is miles from anywere so easy bike
    	    access

    SJO-Y - San Jose (CA).  I've never done it but should be dead easy.

    MHT - Manchester, NH is quite easy on bike. Easier than car this
    weekend as the air show is scheduled.
    
    John

    
    	There's always Prestwick Airport. Quite easy by bike being well
    away from Glasgow. Well away from anywhere, actually. Only problem is,
    you'd struggle to find any planes there...
    
    Graham.
    

	ASD Y (Amsterdam airport); seperate bike lanes almost into the
	departure area.

	One reason to know is: you might take your bike along on a flight
						Jan

    
    Of course Jan has hit upon the big reason why the list (aside
    from just curiosity value).  Yes, you might be flying out of
    the airport, and taking your bike (not leaving it in long-term
    parking  ;-)).  More to the point, you might be starting a bike-tour
    at the other end ... if you've boxed rather than encased or bagged
    your bike, you can just bike away from the airport with your panniers
    and start your tour.  I did this in Munich one time, and ended a tour
    in Portland OR another time.  Oh, yes, Portland is an easy airport to
    bike into (forgot the 3-letter code).
    
    Now, as to biking to the airport to pick some one up from an arriving
    flight, I guess that wouldn't be a likely scenario ... ummm, except
    in the Netherlands, where the bikes are sturdy enough, and the people
    bike-oriented enough to do just that.  :-)

    -john
    

    I've seen riders ride to and from Kennedy and Charles DeGaul so
    I believe it can be done.
    
    ed

    I've ridden  into  Shannon  airport  in Ireland with no trouble at
    all. Also Missoula Montana , and Santa Barbara, California.

--David

For the very reasons mentioned in .13 I rode to the Montreal International
Airport and more recently to the Reno NV airport.   I would imagine that
most of the smaller airports are accessable by bike.
-Larry

More on the Y side:

Ottawa - YOW (very easy and nice ride)
Riyadh - RUH (possible if you don't mind the heat...)
Calgary - YYC (no probs)
Beijing - BEJ (of course, most locals have no choice).
Kai Tek - HKG (only if you are suicidal)


I'll think of more later...

Eric

I cycled with my brother to Geneva airport two hours ago. No problems, there's
a quiet route there from the French side. We took the pedals off the bike and
turned the handlebars round. At check-in, the attendant produced a gigantic
plastic bag, put the bike in it and asked us to take the bike to desk 35,
Special Baggage, where they took it without comment. Brother should be taking 
off right about now...


Rod

    Hope he had as much fun in Geneva as I did...

    Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Madrid, Spain are all
    pretty easy, although I had to ride on an expressway to get to the
    Vancouver airport as I recall.
    
    Patrick

    All the major airports in Australia are accessible by bike.

re .18

I'm warped I know, but I have this great vision of Rod and his brother cycling
down this quiet road from the French side with no pedals and their handlebars
turned back to front - perhaps I have been on holiday too long..........

    Maybe it would be better as another topic, but how about rental cars
    that can accomodate either an unboxed bike (most any), a boxed bike, or
    a bike in a hard shipping case?  For the U.S. we should limit it to
    cars available from Avis or Budget.

Here is the scorecard so far.  To be really useful, I should include
the correct approach path for bicycle for those airports
where it's non-obvious.

No known access:
    ATL - Atlanta
    CHI - Chicago
    TPA - Tampa (possible shuttle?)

Unknown:
    JFK -  New York
    LGA -  New York, La Guardia
    CGD -  Paris, Charles de Gaulle
    ORY -  Paris Orly
    ??? -  Tokyo Narita

Can be done, but involves highways or shuttle busses:
    Vancouver, British Columbia;
    BOS - Boston Logan
    LGW - London (best done by train)

Yes:
    LHR - London-Heathrow
    MUC - Munich
    NCE - Nice
    SNA - Orange County, CA
    CLT - Charlotte, NC
    ORH - Worcester, MA
    FTL - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    IND - Indianapolis
    LAX - Los Angeles
    ONT - Ontario, CA
    SFO - San Francisco
    SDO? - San Diego
    PGH - Pittsburgh, PA
    YOW - Ottawa
    RUH - Riyadh
    YYC - Calgary
    BEJ - Beijing
    ??? - Ft Wayne, Indiana (Baer Field)
    GVO - Geneva
    MRS - Marseille
    EDI - Edinburgh
    ??? - Burlington VT
    ??? - London Stanstead
    SJO - San Jose (CA)
    MHT - Manchester, NH
    ASD - Amsterdam  (seperate bike lanes almost into the departure area.)
    ??? - Portland OR
    ??? - ???-Shannon  Ireland
    ??? - Missoula Montana
    ??? - Santa Barbara, California
    ??? - Montreal
    ??? - Reno NV
    ??? - Edmonton, Alberta
    ??? - Madrid, Spain
    All major airports in Australia.

RE: .24

>No known access:
>    ATL - Atlanta
>    CHI - Chicago
>    TPA - Tampa (possible shuttle?)

	Chicago-Ohare is "ORD"; it was, actually, the first major airport that
	came to mind when John brought up inaccessability! Even _before_ BOS!

	How about MSP (Minneapolis/St. Paul)? I've been through there a million
	times, and I _know_ you can get to certain periphery hangers from the
	various back roads, but I _don't_ think you can get to the Main 
	Terminal! 

	It's a pain to get there from St. Paul since the most direct bridges
	are controlled access. However, the _most_ direct bridge that I can
	remember --- the one that goes under Fort Snelling --- _might_ have
	a sidewalk...

	Later!

	John
	

    ZRH - Zurich - no problem to get there by bike. 
    
    There is also a train station in the airport - and you can take the 
    bike on the train to/from Zurich City or (anywhere else).
    
    Felix.

    Paris:
    
    CDG & Orly
    
    CDG is further from Paris, & to the north, about 25k.
    Orly is south of Paris, about 10k
    
    	Both _can_ be done, but you ae essentially travelling along very
    busy urban roads; there are some dual carriage-way stretches where
    nevertheless cycling is allowed... at your own risk!

    PIT - Pittsburgh, PA is definitely bike-accessible - get yourself to
    the Sewickly bridge and follow the signs towards the airport...  Though
    the road looks like it has "exits", it is not limited-access (i.e. it
    also has stoplights and sidewalks the whole way), and as you get toward
    the airport the road gets hillier, more stoplight-ridden, and busier.
    
    Just don't take Parkway West out of the triangle...:-)
                                               
    	-Bill

    Bill - good to see your note.
    
    Biking to the airport in Pitt will definitely test your endurance. That
    has some monster hills - both in incline and in distance. I'm not sure
    that I can do it without resting....
    
    cheers,
     -rich

    Since I'm going to be there soon, does anyone know about Turin
    and Venice airports ?
    
    ---Alan

    
>>    and Venice airports ?
    
	Just bring your oars. You were expecting this, weren't you?
    
    Graham.

They are both in Italy, just in case you think the people have funny accents 
for Scots.....

			;>)

    Colorado Springs Airport (SE part of city) is bicycleable.  Over the 
    weekend I rode there from NW city limits to purchase some tickets and 
    redeem frequent flyer miles.  Great time, thanks to a trail that runs 
    north/south the entire length of city (next to Fountain Creek), has *no* 
    traffic lights, and runs under most intersecting roads.