Airports from above

June 20, 2014 1:42 PM

Holding Pattern is a Tumblr of some images of airports from Google maps.
posted by carter (8 comments total)

Related article on WIRED: The Hidden Beauty of Airport Runways, and How to Decipher Them, including a bit about the "designer" of the blog, Lauren O'Neill.
posted by filthy light thief at 1:47 PM on June 20, 2014 [3 favorites]

My god I travel too much. I've landed at all of them. Every single one. Yeeesh. Time to retire.
posted by chasles at 2:11 PM on June 20, 2014

I've always thought airports were fascinating. This is very cool.
posted by Room 641-A at 2:12 PM on June 20, 2014

Weird how the planes all look like toys.
posted by Atom Eyes at 2:15 PM on June 20, 2014

Super awesome.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 2:17 PM on June 20, 2014

Related: RUNWAY SERIES T-shirts.
posted by mykescipark at 2:19 PM on June 20, 2014 [5 favorites]

ahhh this is pretty awesome!
posted by rebent at 8:33 PM on June 20, 2014

Planes are really big.
posted by NoraReed at 1:23 AM on June 22, 2014