Originally Posted by
Donkey497
I hate to be pedantic, but the refinery and the airport co-existed for quite a few years and where the runways are built on, it's by houses, a shopping centre and small offices/workshops - none of the plant actually impinges on the runways..... I'm sitting only a hundred yards, give or take, from one of the original hangars.
I can remember seeing some hangers and other airport infrastructure while being up on the refinery in 1969. I can't now remember where it was located but it was not too far away.