682ft AMSL
I'm sure someday the airport will pass 3m passengers in a rolling 12 month period, but it won't be any time soon unless there are a few surprises lined up for winter. Best guess for 2006 is 2.8m; maybe a touch over.
Indeed its a difficult one to call my friend, I hope that LBA does very well for itself this year. I'm sure that we would all be delighted if LBA hit the magical 3M this year. Previous years passenger figures indicate we are edging closer and closer to another milestone.
The past 4 yearly totals have proved a healthy growth in pax numbers.
2002 1,530,019
2003 2,017,609 up by 487,590
2004 2,368,602 up by 350,993
2005 2,609,606 up by 241,004
So if the the figures stabalise around 240,00 then your 2.8 Mil is spot on. But Autumn/Winter 06 has some potential to boost it even more surely?
Additional / Re-instated / New routes call them what you will, such as:
Dusseldorf, Arrecife, Salzburg, Bergamo, Krakow, Taba, Banjul, Las Palmas,
Aberdeen, IOM, Gallway & Cork. Hopefully thes will add more fuel to the fire. Granted some are only short term, and at the back end of the year but I hope it works out well.
682ft AMSL I'm going to stick with my 3 million and if I'm right you owe me a pint and if your 2.8 and a bit is the final figure then It will be me who owes you a pint.....DEAL? If its 2.9 then its a draw and we'll all still be happy.
CHEERS FELLA