Originally Posted by
LGS6753
Those airports on the coast that do prosper are likely to be close to a major conurbation, or serving an otherwise-isolated region: SEN (London/Essex), LEQ, NQY (isolated but hardly prospering), SOU (affluent Hampshire), NCL (Tyneside/NE). BRS (affluent westcountry), CWL (Cardiff/valleys), EXT (affluent Devon/isolated), GLA (Strathclyde).
However, I reiterate that it is noticeable that a significant proportion of the airports that have closed (in Britain) are coastal.
Coventry's problem isn't being close to the coast, it's being close to Birmingham!!!
SOU doesn't merely serve Hampshire, SOU's success, despite all it's restrictions, comes from having an airport rail station with direct services from/to London, as far as, in particular, the Channel Islands are concerned SOU is another London airport!
How about Cambridge, nowhere near the coast and passenger services have failed dismally ... Pretty much ditto for London/Oxford also.
And as for why 'Leeds East' isn't prospering ... Now that's quite a story
