Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have different plans, however. The powerful duo are proposing to build a $82 million facility for private and corporate jets at Mineta San Jose International Airport.

According to a news release issued by the airport, Signature Flight Support will be awarded a 50-year lease on the airport’s West Side “to develop and operate a 29-acre, $82 million facility, in which they will manage, most notably, the personal aircraft of the principals at Google, among other clients.”

The issue of where to park your planes is certainly an important one. The combined fleet of Page, Brin, and executive chairman Eric Schmidt is estimated at around 8 jets, not including Google’s corporate fleet. The planes are currently housed at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, which is spitting distance from Google’s headquarters. However, last year Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley made a fuss claiming that this situation wasn’t fair and Google was getting the sweet end of the deal. As Boeings can’t just be locked up on the street or tucked away in a garage, an alternative location was needed.

What’s a billionaire to do?

In this case, the answer is to build your own airport, complete with an executive terminal, hangars, aircraft and car parking, office space, and retail shops. This deal represents a significant boost to the struggling San Jose airport. Mineta recently went through a $1.4 billion renovation and can use the additional revenue. Mayor Chuck Reed is quoted in a Mercury News article as saying he is “excited” because “each of those airplanes is a property tax generator.” Furthermore, the airport will bring in rent and other fees that amount to at least $3 million a year.

A committee comprised of city and airport officials and real estate and airline executives chose Signature Flight Support’s proposal for the project because of the British firm’s financial stability.It cites itself as the world’s largest operator of ‘fixed base’ airports and has private air facilities in 113 locations, including San Francisco, Chicago O’Hare and Boston Logan international airports. Director of aviation Bill Sherry said that the company is committed to ”the private aviation needs of local high-tech companies, most notably the personal aircraft of the principals at Google.”

Google could be the first of many major clients to store their aircraft in San Jose. Executives at international businesses often travel extensively for work and don’t want to drive all the way to San Francisco International Airport, which is about 10 minutes further away from Mountain View than Mineta. Time is money, after all.

Really, it is a win-win situation. Google executives have a safe, friendly, personal place to store their airplanes, without having to interact with regular people or the federal government. For San Jose, the project creates hundreds of new jobs and bolsters its local budget.

Even if building an airport really does work out well for everyone, I am sticking with my initial dreams for my wealthy and powerful future. Unicorn farming.

Routehappy cruised into $1.5 million in seed funding today, for its flight search engine that prioritizes comfort and convenience over cost.

On popular sites like Kayak, Orbitz, and Expedia, flights are listed by cost and fly time. While information on in-flight amenities is available, customers cannot easily factor that into their search parameters.

Routehappy focuses on the overall experiences of each flight. It lets travelers compare journeys by aircraft quality, seat space, entertainment options, Wi-Fi and plug availability, service, food, punctuality and more. The ratings and reviews are based on data collected from more than 90,000 user comments.

Someone looking for a flight from San Francisco to New York can type in his trip details and the technology generates a ranked list. In this case, the user can see that the jetBlue flights receive the highest overall ranking, but Virgin America offers plugs and in-air wi-fi, and United is likely to have the roomiest seats.

Routehappy launched the beta version of its site last March and the mobile version hit the app store just over a month ago. The website is designed as a resource for trip planning, while the iPhone app functions more as a social platform to exchange tips and tricks.

Both applications hold hidden bits of wisdom about airports as well. The data reveals where to find the secret, short security lines, and which terminals have the best food and shopping options (Amsterdam Schiphol apparently, or perhaps travelers are just giddy off the fumes).

CEO Robert Albert formerly worked as the VP of Strategy for Travelocity and the VP of Media for IgoUgo, which became part of Travelocity in 2006. He was inspired to start Routehappy after growing frustrated with the limited resources available to trip planners.

“It’s always bugged me that information about flights is reduced to price and schedule,” he said. “The current travel landscape prevents flyers from making the best possible decisions when they shop and prevents the industry from focusing as much as they should on the product and flyer experience.”

The company aspires to disrupt the flight industry by redefining how fliers make their travel choices and will use this money to continue developing the product. This round was led by High Peaks Venture Partners, Contour Venture Partners, and VoCap Ventures, as well as angel investors.

Routehappy is based in New York City.