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Its "Wayports" not wayport. Go to the Wayports website at www.wayports.com or google the word Wayports to understand the concept. Wayports is a long-term 30-40 year nationwide system and is the air equivalent of the Interstate Highway System. Only 2 new large hub airports have been built at Denver and Dallas in the last 50 years and both replaced existing airports. No supplemental airports like Wayports have ever been built. During the last 50 years billions have been spent on Interstate Highways with millions spent every year to off-load and relieve surface congestion on local roads and highways. Orlando International was developed from an abandoned military base and is the equivalent of Denver and Dallas. OIA has a massive reservoir of capacity for passengers, cargo, USPS and express mail and next generation large aircraft like the A380 and B747-400. It is the only large hub airport on the East Coast with massive long-term capacity. OIA is a spoke in the hub and spoke system and is directly impacted when the hubs that have up to 80% connections like Charlotte and Cincnatti and Atlanta with 75% get bogged down. This is one of the reasons the hub system needs to be fixed. You have hit on the problem and it needs to be discussed nationwide and not just in Orlando.