Floating airport

[2] The idea of floating airports received fresh attention in 1935 when the famous French aviation pilot and builder Bleriot gave one of his last interviews in which he made the case for installing some mid-Atlantic; he called them Seadromes as a solution to economical trans-Atlantic passenger flights.

The pontoon airfield was noted to have advantages over aircraft carriers in lack of requirement for arresting gear for landings, and these could be executed at shorter time intervals.

Since little of the ocean's surface is currently being used for human activity, growth and alterations in configuration would be relatively easy to achieve with minimal impact to the environment or to local residents who would utilize the airport.

Water taxis or other high speed surface vessels would be a part of an offshore mass transit system that could connect the floating airport to coastal communities and minimize traffic issues.

The pneumatic stabilized platform (PSP) was proposed as a means for constructing a new floating airport for San Diego in the Pacific Ocean, at least three miles off the tip of Point Loma.