St. Mawgan will close as military base next year (sorry, can't remember the exact date). Announced this week that cash is available from regional, UK and European funds, which will allow Cornwall CC, to install required equipment and services and run it as a civilian airport.
Hope this does happen, as the nearest airports are Plymouth (which is restricted by runway length) and Exeter. If you live far west or mid Cornwall both of these are at least one-and-half hours plus away.
With the growth of no-frills flights the tourist industry has benefited considerably. Ryan Air (good or bad?) are running quite a number of flights each week; as are BA and Flybe, I believed, but not so many.
It still doesn't keep the nutter tourist, who can't reverse, travels too fast on the country lanes, and endevours to avoid the tail backs blocking every village while they're reading the map in the middle of the road. The sat navs a waste of time, as it give the route but doesn't take into account there may be a hair pin bend or 5 ft wide bridge on route.
Sorry ranted off subject!±
