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Floating Airport
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FloatPort, the defining PSP concept of Float Incorporated, was first introduced
in 1993. This transportation hub provides an international airport as well as a
terminal for commuter and maritime traffic.
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- The Pneumatically Stabilized Platform was originally designed as a means for constructing
a new airport for San Diego in the Pacific Ocean, 3 miles off the tip of Point Loma.
Known as "FloatPort"
- It would make San Diego the only deep water shipping port on the west coast and
provide the world with its first land, air and sea inter modal transport center.
- Connected by a tunnel to the western terminus of Interstate 8, one of the city's
main collector freeways, FloatPort would be as convenient as San Diego's Lindbergh
Field is now.
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FloatPort
The Floating Airport and Mega Shipping Port concept for San Diego
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By almost every standard by which airports are evaluated, FloatPort would be an
improvement over most of our nation's airports.
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- Takeoffs and landings would all be over water affecting no populated areas, thereby
virtually eliminating noise pollution and substantially reducing aircraft accident
risks. The airport could operate 24 hours per day without impact on populated areas.
- Unlike land based airports, growth and alterations in configuration would be relatively
easy to achieve.
- FloatPort could be the hub of an offshore mass transit system that would utilize
high speed surface vessels to connect all the coastal communities. Such a system
would provide a new form of mass transit with a minimal infrastructure investment.
- Unlike a land based airport, the floating airport is surrounded by ocean which is
easier to patrol. This will greatly reduce the risk of terrorist attack by shoulder
fired missle.
- With its multiple functions -- airport, shipping port and inter nodal transportation
port -- FloatPort could be one of the few vital infrastructure projects that could
produce enough revenues to pay for itself.
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