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Sadly, for all its regular users and the staff who run the day to day operation (having to suffer often poor management direction) a site sell off for non aviation development, bearing in mind its potential value, is always an option if the owners want a quick return on their investment.
Eastleigh Borough Council have always promoted a strategic gap from Southampton, which the airport has always provided. With the current economic climate, the income generated for them by non aviation development might be too much to resist. Remember, all but the last few hundred metres of the runway is in the Borough.