The painted airport at Mexico City
Last Update: July 11, 2017 / 00:28:50 GMT/Zulu time
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The new airport was painted onto the surface of the dry lake exactly where the new airport has been planned to, even the runways have been painted in their planned positions including full markings.
This move prompts Pilot Associations around the globe to warn their members of possible confusion of old real airport and new "fake" airport. They state that from the air it is not recognizeable that this is just a painting and could be confused with a real airport.
GeoEye-1 Satellite Images of Apr 19th 2017 show the beginnings of the easterly "runway".
On Jul 7th 2017 another aerial photo shows, both painted runways now feature large crosses indicating the runways are closed/not operative.
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