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good points, cant disagree with the first point, however regarding the runway-if we need one for traffic reasons then it should be OKed, as for availibility then non weather closures in the 15 years I been at EMA count on fingers of one hand-still operating with a DC8 in the grass at one end! as regards weather then our track record is pretty good-we were open this winter when just about all the other airfields in UK shut for snoclo