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the airport's back alleys, where planes crawl slow so they can later fly fast.
means paved routes connecting runways, gates, and hangars, letting aircraft move under their own power without ever taking off.
from named for taxiing, aviation slang since the 1910s for an aircraft moving on the ground like a taxicab crawling to its destination.
speed limitplanes taxi around 20-30 mph, not more
lit upblue edge lights guide pilots through total darkness
named like streetsletters mark them, alpha, bravo, charlie
longest networkdenver airport has over 20 miles of them
for instance
heathrow's spur — tight junction pilots once nicknamed for its awkward turn
o'hare's outer loop — chicago's sprawling perimeter taxiway easing gridlock among 900 daily flights