Bus and rail. Volain shuttle buses link Florence Airport with Florenceâs Santa Maria Novella Railway Station, from which trains operate to destinations throughout Italy and beyond (tel: 199 303 060; www.trenitalia.com). The journey time from the airport to the station is about 20 minutes. Authorised taxis (tel: (055) 4242, 4390 or 4798) can be found outside the terminal. The journey time into the city is about 15 minutes, and fixed rate fares start at â¬20, rising slightly at night and during holiday periods.
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Weight is the force generated by the gravitational attraction of the earth on the airplane. We are more familiar with weight than with the other forces acting on an airplane, because each of us have our own weight which we can measure every morning on the bathroom scale. We know when one thing is heavy and when another thing is light. But weight, the gravitational force, is fundamentally different from the aerodynamic forces, lift and drag. Aerodynamic forces are mechanical forces and the airplane has to be in physical contact with the the air which generates the force.