At the risk of thread drift...
Germany (26) - RLG, SXF, TXL, LEJ, DRS, CSO, LBC, HAM, BRE, DTM, DUS, PAD, FMO, SCN, ZQW, CGN, NRN, FRA, HHN, FKB, STR, HAJ, FMM, MUC, NUE, ERF
German population - 80 million
German land area - 357,000 sq km
German GDP - $3.23 trillion
England (25) - BHX, BLK, BOH, BRS, DSA, MME, EMA, EXT, HUY, LBA, LPL, LCY, LGW, LHR, LTN, SEN, STN, MAN, MSE, NCL, NQY, NWI, SOU, CBG, GLO
Scotland (6) - ABZ, EDI, GLA, PIK, INV, DND
Wales (2) - CWL, VLY
N Ireland (3) - BFS, BHD, LDY
UK total - 36
UK population - 63 million
UK land area - 244,000 sq km
UK GDP - $2.49 trillion
I'm ignoring airports that are very remote / on small islands, or which have extremely low levels of commercial passenger service (e.g Lydd in Kent)
The UK has almost 38% more airports yet it also has 21% less population, 32% less land area and 23% less GDP
I really believe that DTV is just one of those airports which comes under the "too many airports" category
Spain is not a good example for deciding how many airports to have. Look up Castellon, Ciudad Real, Lleida and other airports to get an idea as to why
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 30th Oct 2013 at 13:47.