article thumbnail

Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

Business Facilities

An airport of entry (AOE), usually designated with the word “international”, provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. These services allow the airport to serve as an initial port of entry for foreign visitors arriving in a country. NASHVILLE ASCENDS: A CITY AND AIRPORT FLYING HIGH.

Risk 40
article thumbnail

Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The Norfolk Southern’s Decatur rail yard is one of the nation’s largest, helping support Decatur’s status as one of the leading global trade cities. The Decatur airport provides another important transportation option; with runways of 8,500 feet in length and 150 feet wide the airport is capable of handling large freight carrying aircraft.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2023

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Stephen Brooke Digital Delivery Manager, Burns & McDonnell Kansas City, MO Stephen Brooke is a Digital Delivery Manager at Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City, MO. She is able to see digital solutions beyond features while maintaining a practical approach to the onsite implementation.

article thumbnail

Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

Business Facilities

The Oswego County Airport offers two 5,200-foot paved runways ideal for business, industry and private aviation. Syracuse Hancock International Airport is within minutes of Oswego County. When shipping on land, Interstate 40 runs from North Carolina on the east to California on the west and runs straight through the middle of Arkansas.

article thumbnail

State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Interstate 40 is the major east-west thoroughfare reaching from North Carolina to California that runs through Arkansas. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S.

article thumbnail

LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Texas also is home to six of the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 list, third only after New York and California. In July 2012, XCOR announced the creation of its new Commercial Space Research and Development Center headquarters at the Midland International Airport. And the U.S.

Texas 45
article thumbnail

Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

Business Facilities

Its infrastructure includes 20 interstates and major highways, rail networks, barge traffic on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, six commercial airports and dozens of regional airports. Syracuse Hancock International Airport is within minutes of Oswego County. And there’s a momentum effect.