Originally Posted by
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Filton? Greenham Common? Manston?
I always thought Greenham Common would have been the perfect location for Heathrow's third runway. 12000ft long, far enough away to have a separate traffic pattern and an upgraded rail link to make it about 30mins away. ( It can take longer than that to get from one terminal to another).
All the Trans-Atlantic traffic could have moved there leaving Heathrow to deal with the rest of the world.