Barton being adjacent to Manchester still doesn't make it one of the busier GA fields in the UK. In fact, you would find many of those are in areas of smaller populations than Sheffield. So what is your point, since you've realised that there is no point comparing scheduled operations?
Are we to assume that all of those airfields throughout the country are loss leaders because they aren't close to Manchester? I pop into Gamston and Sherburn (amongst others) now and then on XC, as do many others, they aren't tumbleweed setups..
Last edited by pug; 17th Jan 2013 at 09:22.