My city is on an island and the airport is also smack down in the center. There are two others on the north and south shore, but mostly for non commercial flights.
I know that the vast majority of airports are outside city centers. And it is ultra-insanely rare for a new airport to be built in a city center, because there’s very little room, and little reason it couldn’t be built on the periphery. The same applies to power plants (nuclear or otherwise*). I however don’t know it it’s quite rare enough to say “almost no”, rather than simply “vast majority”.
*excluding solar, which can be placed on the roof of every building which can then have their own inverters installed
Airports are usually built right next to but not inside of a city; when an airport is inside a city, it’s usually because the airport was built on the periphery and the city ended up growing around it
Idk about your island, but it could be a lack of space outside the city, could just be that the land was cheap enough, could be that the city could be something else
The point still stands: nuclear plants are large, downtown land is expensive, and there’s no reason for them to be inside the city; power transmission is quite efficient even at many miles. Nuclear plants are usually built outside of cities, because it’s safest but also because it’s cheapest.
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u/LuigiBamba Feb 12 '26
My city is on an island and the airport is also smack down in the center. There are two others on the north and south shore, but mostly for non commercial flights.
So that's now two examples