unused uk airports/airfields

[ZOOKER]

At the present time, R/W 05R/23L at EGCC is an underused resource

[pwalhx]

At the present time, R/W 05R/23L at EGCC is an underused resource

Which means unlike some other airports it has the ability to expand

[stab3.5up]

From the very detailed list i note the majority are raf or ex raf. are any of these in a position to accept civil operations.

i suppose i have to ask what operators would use these more niche for want of a better phrase airports as manx2 appear to be carving quite a msrket for themselves in this area

[racedo]

if you are going to talk about areas being covered by shopping centres

Heathrow !!!!!

Used to be an airport there apparently...

[ZOOKER]

Why not simply attatch air-bridges and a runway to Bluewater?

[LGS6753]

Lydd
Shoreham
Manston
Bembridge
Sandown
St Just
Lyneham
Swansea
Haverfordwest
Pembrey
St Athan
Cambridge
Carlisle
Brize Norton
Fairford
Kemble
Coventry
Plymouth
etc

Sorry for any duplication.

[ZOOKER]

Barrow-In-Furness.
Did have a scheduled service to EGCC in the late 1980s with BN2s operated by , well, 'Air Furness', naturally.

[MerchantVenturer]

Bristol Filton - sadly recently closed - once had OLT service to Toulouse

Not closed yet - due to be at the end of this year though the aviation-related industries at the site will continue.

So far as I know bmiRegional still operates regular flights to Toulouse and Broughton.

[cornishsimon]

Bristol Filton - sadly recently closed - once had OLT service to Toulouse

Not closed yet - due to be at the end of this year though the aviation-related industries at the site will continue.

So far as I know bmiRegional still operates regular flights to Toulouse and Broughton

Correct.

I would also add NQY to the under used section

cs

[Phileas Fogg]

South Marston

[mustrum_ridcully]

Phileas I think the Honda factory might get in the way

Sticking to that part of the world though, RAF/RNAY Wroughton (Science Museum Swindon).

[840]

For the list for Ireland, you can add Galway and Sligo nowadays

[sunday8pm]

Good list, RAF Honington is in Suffolk not Norfolk though. Who would want to run a scheduled service from there to anywhere else I'm not quite sure.

[Phileas Fogg]

Besides South Marston there could also be Colerne, Hullavington etc. Have some fond memories of sitting in the Hullavington tower ..... never mind Keevil ... but that's another story

[yates]

I am not intetested in the economic pros and cons of establishing air services really just what airports etc are out there that COULD.

Chicken and egg situation - an airport which does not have a sufficient catchment area in the immediate vicinity will never be able to support any air service unless it is a "public service requirement" such as those operating to and from the Scottish Islands to the Mainland and similar services in Ireland.
Then you've got to consider the local competition from local rail services - it's often said that if the First Class Rail fare to any destination you want to serve, is cheaper than the minimum fare you can afford to charge, don't even think about it.
Many, if not all, of the airports mentioned would never support regular air services, mainly because they don't have the catchment area, but also because no one could justify investing in the requisite infrastructure.

Sorry to deflate your boat, but it was very intersesting to see all the places mentioned which once had the potential but, for one reason or another, someone missed the opportunity.

[Tower Ranger]

West Freugh

[stab3.5up]

So i guess here wot we are saying is that regards airports, we are were we are and we are unlikly too see and additional airports being used anytime soon.

[Mikhail Sharpowicz]

Woodbridge
Bentwaters

[ZOOKER]

Manby, Strubby, Wymeswold, Crosland Moor, Stretton, Salmesbury, Ashbourne. Tollerton, Langar, Rearsby, Hucknall, Bruntingthorpe, Leicester East, Bitteswell. Loughborough, Darley Moor.