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== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
=== Ashden Municipal Airport === | === Ashden Municipal Airport === | ||
Ashden Municipal Airport (IATA: '''AMA''') is an international airport located on the outskirts of Ashden Municipality. The airport primarily serves Ashden Township as well as the surrounding area and is the largest commercial air freight airport in Northern Arcerion. It is considered one of the most active airports in the [[Geography of Arcerion|Arcer Heartland]] outside of Presdale International Airport. | Ashden Municipal Airport (IATA: '''AMA''') is an international airport located on the outskirts of Ashden Municipality. The airport primarily serves Ashden Township as well as the surrounding area and is the largest commercial air freight airport in Northern Arcerion. It is considered one of the most active airports in the [[Geography of Arcerion|Arcer Heartland]] outside of Presdale International Airport. | ||
The airport opened in 1957 as the Northumbraeland Airfield to service [[Arcer Air Force|Arcerion Air Force]] helicopters assisting with tactical airlift, and would later be greatly expanded during the [[Arcer Bush Wars|Fourth Bush War]] as a centre for casualty evacuation aircraft and the launching of fighter bomber sorties to service the Operation Teflon area of operations. | The airport opened in 1957 as the Northumbraeland Airfield to service [[Arcer Air Force|Arcerion Air Force]] helicopters assisting with tactical airlift, and would later be greatly expanded during the [[Arcer Bush Wars|Fourth Bush War]] as a centre for casualty evacuation aircraft and the launching of fighter bomber sorties to service the Operation Teflon area of operations. | ||
[[File:Ashden Airport.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Passengers on a private jet aircraft disembark at Ashden Municipal Airport, 2021. ]] | [[File:Ashden Airport.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Passengers on a private jet aircraft disembark at Ashden Municipal Airport, 2021. ]] | ||
In the 1980s with the vast increase in private wealth investment and the expansion of ski and winter sport activities Ashden opened an additional runway and private air terminal, which no regularly services the most private jet aircraft compared to any other regional non-capital airport in [[Crona|South Crona]]. | In the 1980s with the vast increase in private wealth investment and the expansion of ski and winter sport activities Ashden opened an additional runway and private air terminal, which no regularly services the most private jet aircraft compared to any other regional non-capital airport in [[Crona|South Crona]]. | ||
Ashden includes a pair of 3,050 m x 61 m asphalt runways, enough to handle large cargo operations from transcontinental air freight coming from [[Levantia]] or [[Sarpedon]]. | Ashden includes a pair of 3,050 m x 61 m asphalt runways, enough to handle large cargo operations from transcontinental air freight coming from [[Levantia]] or [[Sarpedon]]. | ||
=== Ashden Garrison === | === Ashden Garrison === | ||
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The garrison also serves as the satellite facility for the Arcerion Mountain Warfare School, with a small cadre of staff from the Royal Easthampton Borders (REB) remaining in Ashden to practice skiing (cross-country, downhill) and alpine infantry operations, owing to the towns significant and excellent ski hills. | The garrison also serves as the satellite facility for the Arcerion Mountain Warfare School, with a small cadre of staff from the Royal Easthampton Borders (REB) remaining in Ashden to practice skiing (cross-country, downhill) and alpine infantry operations, owing to the towns significant and excellent ski hills. | ||
== Winter Sport == | == Winter Sport == | ||
Ashden has a variety of winter spot facilities that make it the most popular destination in South Crona for skiing, especially for members of Ixnay's elite. The most popular destinations are a pair of ski resorts, the Northumbraeland Ski Resort and the Royal Ashden Ski Resort. Between both resorts there is over eight hundred acres of skiable area, with a top elevation of over 3,500 m, and a total of ninety-six ski runs. | [[File:Ashden ski lift 2.png|thumb|A gondola moves over a skier at the Royal Ashden Ski Resort, Northlea Governorate. ]] | ||
Ashden has a variety of winter spot facilities that make it the most popular destination in South Crona for skiing, especially for members of Ixnay's elite. The most popular destinations are a pair of ski resorts, the Northumbraeland Ski Resort and the Royal Ashden Ski Resort. Between both resorts there is over eight hundred acres of skiable area, with a top elevation of over 3,500 m, and a total of ninety-six ski runs. | |||
Ashden also has eleven chair lifts, with a dedicated pair of gondola-style lifts that bring skiers to the Royal Ashden, situated ontop of the mountains, both of which run continuously, 24 hours a day, year-round. | Ashden also has eleven chair lifts, with a dedicated pair of gondola-style lifts that bring skiers to the Royal Ashden, situated ontop of the mountains, both of which run continuously, 24 hours a day, year-round. | ||
On average Ashden sees upwards of 760 cm of snow per year, meaning that the requirement for snowmaking is less than 30% of the total acreage. | On average Ashden sees upwards of 760 cm of snow per year, meaning that the requirement for snowmaking is less than 30% of the total acreage. | ||
A number of professional Arcer Olympians and others from Ixnay use Ashden as a winter training facility for the [[Istroyan Games|Istroyan Winter Games]]. | A number of professional Arcer Olympians and others from Ixnay use Ashden as a winter training facility for the [[Istroyan Games|Istroyan Winter Games]]. | ||
== Real Estate Market == | == Real Estate Market == | ||
The housing market in Ashden is expensive and above the average cost of living in Arcerion. It is also home to the single highest concentration of high net-worth individuals in Crona, making Ashden the premiere destination for many millionaires and billionaires to vacation at. The market regularly sees homes listed for millions of Arcer Pounds, with a single-family home in the suburbs often costing £1.400,000. Many individuals choose Ashden as a smaller resort location than many other major cities or destinations in Crona or Ixnay due to its quiet nature and the privacy it affords. | |||
Real Estate in Ashden is extremely restricted due to the nature of the surrounding lands, held either by the [[Government of Arcerion|federal government of Arcerion]], ranch and cattle raising land, or farmsteads protected by the [[Farmstead and Land Use Act of 1868]]. Global realtors have often seen the town as the most expensive Cronan munipality for real estate outside of some downtown cores such as in [[Alstin (City)|Alstin]] or [[Kurst Capital Region|Kurst]]. | |||
Lack of affordable housing has often been cited as partially the reason for the town's small growth in population since its founding, as the expensive nature of the land has meant that it attracts very few members of the lower or middle class. Efforts have been made by the Arcer government to introduce federally-subsidized homes however the Northlea Governorate regularly restricts changes or establishment of newer sources of housing due to the vast amount of private wealth and investment that is funneled into the municipality on an annual basis. | |||
== Sister Cities == | == Sister Cities == | ||
[[Category:Arcerion]] | [[Category:Arcerion]] | ||