Daley defended his actions by claiming that the airport was abandoned, in spite of the fact that the Chicago Fire Department had several helicopters based on the field at the time, in addition to the dozens of private aircraft left stranded.

Among tourists, Nice is the second most popular French city after Paris, a fact which, combined with the difficulties of land travel at long distance ( partly because of the Alps ), allows it to have the second busiest airport in France in terms of passenger numbers ( close to 10, 000, 000 passengers in 2005 ).

Recent remarks by Abu Daoud, the alleged mastermind of the Munich kidnappings, deny that any of the Palestinians assassinated by Mossad had any relation to the Munich operation, this despite the fact that the list includes two of the three surviving members of the kidnap squad arrested at the airport.

The low number of passenger flights contrasts with the fact that it has established itself as a cargo airport, being the fourth largest airport with freight transport in Spain.

In fact, the airport takes up about 19 % of the municipality's area.

Many cities who retain historical names in their airport codes despite the fact that their official name is now different.

In fact, it was once the largest airport in Colombia.

Compiling a wind rose is in fact one of the preliminary steps taken in constructing airport runways ..

While the specific tarmac pavement is not common in some countries today, many people use the word to refer to generic paved areas at airports, especially the airport ramp or " apron ", near the terminals despite the fact that many of these areas are in fact often made of concrete.

One Canada Square penetrated the permitted projection height of the flight obstruction area of the airport approach district to London City Airport, but this was extended to a height of above kerb level in consideration of the fact that One Canada Square was on the external zone of the airport approach.

Nevertheless, Don Mueang continues to be used for charter flights as well as the domestic carriers despite the fact the higher landing fees of the new airport are now being applied to Don Mueang as well.

The high elevation of the airport, extremely high summer temperatures and the fact that it was designed for the Boeing 747 necessitated the extreme length of the main runway.

Since then, security at the airport relies on a number of fundamentals, including a heavy focus on what Raphael Ron, former director of security at Ben Gurion, terms the " human factor ", which may be generalized as " the inescapable fact that terrorist attacks are carried out by people who can be found and stopped by an effective security methodology.

While initially there was great concern regarding Delta's bankruptcy filing's effect on the financial stability of the airport, especially if Delta were to have reduced local operations, in fact Delta has since announced new service out of SRQ, which included expanded service to Atlanta, and new service to New York's LaGuardia Airport, and Boston's Logan International Airport.

In the early 1990s, the airport's name was changed to " Jackson International Airport ," to reflect the fact that it has the facilities to serve international flights, even though the airport does not currently do so.

This fact meant that the island airport became used mainly for general civil aviation and lost money on its operations.

" Although it was widely reported the Air France plane landed in a heavily wooded area, the area is in fact is fairly wide open, due to airport maintenance of both sides of the ravine.

The airport had limited area for expansion ( in fact, Fairfax Airport directly across the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas was actually bigger area wise before it closed ).

The location of Old Airport Road bears witness to the fact that Geylang, under the British administration, was thought to be outside the limits of the city proper and, therefore, suitable for the siting of Singapore's first commercial airport.

In fact the station had fallen out of use following the opening of the nearby Tinsley Green / Gatwick airport station ( described below ).

In fact, one important aspect of their very religion is the annihilation of men ''.

In fact it has caused us to give serious thought to moving our residence south, because it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to sit calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of people that the only way to deal with Southerners who oppose integration is to send in troops and shoot the bastards down.

The fact is due mainly to international wars, both hot and cold.

While the pattern is uneven, some having gained more than others, nationalism has in fact served the Western peoples well.

In point of fact, this is a beige box with a bright red door, about one and a half feet square and hung from the wall about six feet from the door to Wisman's right.

The fact is that the Southern Confederacy differed from the earlier one almost as much as the Federal Constitution did.

To my knowledge, Lincoln remains the only Head of State and Commander-in-Chief who, while fighting a fearful war whose issue was in doubt, proved man enough to say this publicly -- to give his foe the benefit of the fact that in all human truth there is some error, and in all our error, some truth.

In fact the accumulation of the hardware of destruction is day by day increasing our fear of each other.

The new fact the initiates of this cult have to learn is that they must move toward simplicity.

The magic circle is, in fact, a symbol of and preparation for the metaphysical orgasm ''.

Operating as a one man police force in fact if not in name, he is at once more independent and more dedicated than the police themselves.

`` I may possibly be a greater risk than is the normal person of my age '', the President had said on February 29th of the election year, ignoring the fact that no one of his age had ever lived out another term.

In the incessant struggle with recalcitrant political fact he learns to focus the essence of a problem in the significant detail, and to articulate the distinctions which clarify the detail as significant, with what is sometimes astounding rapidity.

we accord it its place there, and in Lawrence's treatment we are given the innocent fantasy of a child, in fact, the form in which oedipal love is expressed in childhood.

There is probably some significance in the fact that two of the best incest stories I have encountered in recent years are burlesques of the incest myth.

How much they esteemed him is shown by the fact that their underground committee selected him as one of the few who would be helped to escape.

That is not to deny that he has been aware of traditions, of course, that he is steeped in them, in fact, or that he has dealt with them, in his books.

There is evidence to suggest, in fact, that many authors of the humorous sketches were prompted to write them -- or to make them as indelicate as they are -- by way of protesting against the artificial refinements which had come to dominate the polite letters of the South.

It seems quite obvious that all the really difficult tasks of human beings arise from the fact that man is not one, but many.

If our sincerity is granted, and it is granted, the discrepancy can only be explained by the fact that we have come to believe hearsay and legend about ourselves in preference to an understanding gained by earnest self-examination.

Perhaps the mere fact that by plucking on the nerves nature can awaken in the most ordinary of us, temporarily anyway, the sleeping poet, and in poets can discover their immortality, is the most remarkable of all the remarkable phenomena to which we can attest??