Originally Posted by
snn20
The island of Ireland is way too small for 10 airports. Dublin is within 3hrs drive from all parts of the country...in the USA people would drive for way more than that to get to an airport. And anyway this page isn’t for politics, I’m sure there are many others out there that are
Realistically the island needs three airports - BFS, DUB and either ORK/SNN. The island is simply too big to have just one airport, and poor road infrastructure (particularly in the west of the island) means that driving for 3 hours in Ireland is a lot less comfortable than driving for 3 hours on a US highway.
Furthermore, the fact that the island is composed of two sovereign nations means that there will always be at least two airports - one in both Belfast and Dublin.