Originally Posted by
chaps1954
They have STN/LTN One thing of interest is airports near the coast often struggle as their catchment area is half the size i:e Blackpool, Cardiff, Teesside, Humberside, Southend,
Bournemouth to name a few. I know that their are more reasons.
Depends how you are defining ‘struggle’. They are all pretty much doing well at what they do, because they weren’t built to be big airports. Problems with SEN acknowledged, but BOH seems to be doing ok. NCL and ABZ are pretty coastal.
Interestingly you neglected to mention the elephant in the room, the one which was built inland with a theoretical catchment area of 6 million people within a 60 minute drive, that has just closed after struggling for 17 years.
LPL being near the coast is likely to be busier than LBA by around 3 million passengers next year if nothing changes. LBA is nowhere near the coast.