{"id":77444,"date":"2021-10-05T13:23:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T18:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=77444"},"modified":"2021-10-05T13:23:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T18:23:27","slug":"these-defunct-airports-are-now-must-visit-tourist-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/these-defunct-airports-are-now-must-visit-tourist-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"These defunct airports are now must-visit tourist attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0All travel is subject to frequently-changing governmental restrictions\u2014please check federal, state, and local advisories before scheduling trips.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a lot of reasons why an airport will find itself closed down and deserted. One<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> big reason may just be it\u2019s outlived its usefulness. For example, it\u2019s possible air traffic may have outgrown the size or placement of that airport and that can mean that airport will be replaced by one that is new, and likely larger. So what happens to an abandoned airport? In some cases, they are reused in fun and interesting ways. Here are 7 that have been reborn and are very much worth visiting!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/the-best-airport-meals-around-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: The best airport meals around the country<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>TWA Hotel: New York City<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_77931\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77931\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TWA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TWA.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TWA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TWA-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TWA-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TWA-453x340.jpg 453w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TWA-632x474.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TWA-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TWA Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 1962 to 2001, the TWA terminal at JFK delighted traveling architecture and design buffs. Howard Hughes, who led TWA at the time, had\u00a0commissioned Eero Saarinen, a celebrated Finnish-American architect, to create\u00a0the mid-century modern masterpiece. However, \u00a0the airline ended operations in 2001, and in 2019, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/New-York-Hotels-TWA-Hotel.h49304196.Hotel-Information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TWA Hotel<\/a>\u00a0was opened in the space. The complex now features TWA museum exhibits, a mid-century cocktail bar crafted out of a plane, the TWA Flight Center, and hotel rooms with views of JFK\u2019s runways.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/New-York-Hotels-TWA-Hotel.h49304196.Hotel-Information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Book the hotel through Orbitz to experience it yourself.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kai Tak Airport: Hong Kong<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_77932\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77932\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kai-Tak-Runway-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kai-Tak-Runway-Park.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kai-Tak-Runway-Park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kai-Tak-Runway-Park-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kai-Tak-Runway-Park-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kai-Tak-Runway-Park-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kai Tak Runway Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kai Tak Airport was Hong Kong\u2019s international airport for more than seven decades and was one of the world\u2019s most famous airports before closing in 1998. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the main airport building was on land, part of the runway was in the sea, making it one of the world\u2019s most difficult airports for pilots to land. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kai Tak sat abandoned for years before a cruise terminal was opened on the site of the runway in 2013. Behind this cruise terminal is also a public park named after the airport, KaiTak Runway Park, including the newly opened and aviation-themed KaiTak Sky Garden. Nods to its previous life as a runway are everywhere, making it a must-see for aviation nerds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Curtiss-Wright Hangar: Columbia, SC<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The time to catch a flight out of the Curtiss-Wright Hangar in Columbia has passed, but it\u2019s still possible to enjoy a &#8220;flight&#8221; because the hangar is now a brewery! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huntergathererbrewery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter-Gatherer Brewery &amp; Alehouse<\/a> at the Hangar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opened in late 2017 and now a hangar once used by people like Jimmy Doolittle and Amelia Earhart offers a great place to sip local brews. The brewery currently includes a taproom, production brewery, event space, kitchen, and an upstairs rooftop deck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Berlin Tempelhof<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tempelhofer-Feld-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tempelhofer-Feld-Park.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tempelhofer-Feld-Park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tempelhofer-Feld-Park-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tempelhofer-Feld-Park-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tempelhofer-Feld-Park-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much like Hong Kong, this airport was famously the &#8220;city airport&#8221; of Berlin. Tempelhof closed in 2008 and has since become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitberlin.de\/en\/tempelhofer-feld-tempelhof-field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tempelhofer Feld Park<\/a>, a public park that occupies more than 355 hectares, and boasts numerous activities like inline skating, flying kites, barbecuing, and dog walking, as well as the Luftgarten beer garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do\u00f1a Ana County Airport: Santa Teresa, NM<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just outside El Paso, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.war-eagles-air-museum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War Eagles Air Museum<\/a> found its home in a former hangar at Do\u00f1a Ana County Airport in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Before becoming a museum, the hangar was actively used to store aircraft. The modern version of the museum houses 36 World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era aircraft along with 49 classic automobiles from all over the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stanley Marketplace: Denver, CO<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aerospace company Stanley Aviation once sat right near the site of the original Denver airport&#8217;s main runway. Today the space is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanleymarketplace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stanley Marketplace<\/a>, a community of vendors and retailers offering food, fitness, retail, a brewery, and more. Its doors open onto a former runway. The largest venue is The Hangar at Stanley, a former airplane hangar and now an events space\u2014feel free to tie the knot here!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Hangar at LBX in Long Beach<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_77934\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77934\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LBX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LBX.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LBX-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LBX-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LBX-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LBX-453x340.jpg 453w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LBX-632x474.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LBX-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hangar at Long Beach Exchange<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created out of a former hangar at Long Beach International Airport, the aptly named\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelongbeachexchange.com\/the-hangar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hangar at the Long Beach Exchange<\/a> (a sprawling shopping and dining complex with a runway vibe)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is now a food hall and home to more than a dozen artisanal food vendors and boutiques. In a nod to its past, the space sports large-scale images of aviation icons like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh on the walls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47693 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OrbitzApp.jpeg\" alt=\"Orbitz, app, iPhone, travel, deals\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OrbitzApp.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OrbitzApp-300x50.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OrbitzApp-400x67.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fasten your seatbelt and get ready for the unexpected. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":77932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2670,4,2748,2688,2689,28,2693,2677,2770,32],"tags":[2221,2667,2228],"class_list":["post-77444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-california","category-china","category-colorado","category-denver","category-europe","category-germany","category-los-angeles","category-new-mexico","category-new-york","tag-flights","tag-food-and-wine","tag-hotels"],"acf":{"api_active":false,"api_title":"","api_excerpt":"","api_featured_image":false,"api_lob":"Hotels"},"posts_api_cpm_point":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>These defunct airports are now must-visit tourist attractions | Orbitz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A hip hotel at JFK, a waterfront park in Hong Kong, and a place to try a mango popsicle dipped in chocolate in Long Beach. 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