New York is five boroughs, and the one most trips are built around is Manhattan: Times Square, Central Park, Broadway and the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, with a subway that runs all night. Three airports serve it. LaGuardia is in northern Queens about six miles from Manhattan, JFK is on Jamaica Bay in…
The Strip isn’t in Las Vegas at all; it sits just outside the city limits in Paradise and Winchester, and the airport, Harry Reid International, is in Paradise too, which is why the drive from the gate to a Strip hotel is so short. Downtown is the other Las Vegas, the older casinos along Fremont…
Honolulu is on the southeast coast of Oahu. Waikiki, the tourist district, runs between the Ala Wai Canal and the ocean with Diamond Head at its end, and Pearl Harbor is on the island’s western side. The airport sits west of downtown and Waikiki. The airport’s route map doesn’t list a nonstop between Indianapolis and…
Minneapolis sits on both banks of the upper Mississippi at Saint Anthony Falls, the river’s only natural waterfall, and the city has thirteen lakes inside its limits, which is where the City of Lakes name comes from. Saint Paul, the state capital, is next door. The airport is at the southern edge of the city.…
Anchorage sits on a coastal lowland between two tidal inlets, with the Chugach Mountains as its eastern edge and Chugach State Park starting at the city limits. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail runs along Cook Inlet from downtown, and at 61 degrees north the summer days barely end. The airport is a short drive from…
Lihue is the county seat of Kauai and the island’s main airport town, on the southeast coast above Nawiliwili Bay, the island’s port. The airport is on the east side of town, so you’re on the island’s roads within minutes of landing. The airport’s route map doesn’t list a nonstop between Indianapolis and Lihue, and…
Washington is built around the National Mall, with the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial and the Smithsonian museums along it. Reagan National is the airport to aim for: five miles from the city in Arlington, with a Metro station on the Yellow and Blue lines next to the terminal. Dulles is about…
San Diego’s airport is three miles from downtown, which is rare for a city this size. Balboa Park and the zoo, the Gaslamp Quarter, La Jolla and Coronado are the first-visit list, the weather is warm and dry most of the year, and Tijuana is right across the border. The airport’s route map lists a…
