London Cranfield
Join Date: Apr 2010
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It's never gone away of course... quite a busy place
facillities are bit rough - you don't seem to be able to buy a Gucci handbag nor drink yourself legless at 07:00 - appalling really
but the cafe is good, cheap and friendly and it's all of 30 yards from the main road to the bottom of the boarding steps........
facillities are bit rough - you don't seem to be able to buy a Gucci handbag nor drink yourself legless at 07:00 - appalling really
but the cafe is good, cheap and friendly and it's all of 30 yards from the main road to the bottom of the boarding steps........
Join Date: Dec 2011
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Since you ask, London (Cranfield) is 5 miles further out from Marble Arch than London (Southend) and 8 miles further out than London (Stansted), but 8 miles closer to the capital than London (Oxford) Airport which is the current winner at 58 miles......
Of course there's really only one London Airport, London (City).
Of course there's really only one London Airport, London (City).
Didn't FR rename BOH "London West" years ago? The winner by a mile. It's 100 mi. or so from London.
Isn't there London-Lydd as well?
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Ryanair have never ever used the term ''London West'' for BOH and do forgive me but I will say it again NEVER!
Lydd International Airport is also known as London Ashford Airport as ridiculous as that sounds.
Lydd International Airport is also known as London Ashford Airport as ridiculous as that sounds.
Canberra97, Lympne Airport (Ashford) was known as London in the grass strip days. Skyways had International 748 flights there before it closed and operations transferred to Lydd.
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Reminds me of the stories of the wartime ferry crews who found themselves in Prestwick and decided to do a 'day-trip' to London. A few of them did manage it in a day!
We can always hope for a return of London Blackbushe?
The plans do hinge upon the de-registration of Common Land, which may happen in early 2019.
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Lydd works well if you know how! Aircraft to taxi via customs in about two minutes then a very reliable twenty minute journey to Ashford station where HS1 train will deliver you to St Pancras station in London in just 35 minutes.Given the lack of hassle both bureaucratic and ATC plus very low costs it’s a real gem for the London market.I base my light aircraft there in spite of living only 30 miles east of London.An excellent facility that deserves much more traffic than it presently gets.Regards Stampe
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As I'm sure your aware Skyways and later on Dan-Air Skyways operated a London to Paris service upto October 1974 with HS748.
The routing was London Victoria Coach Station with a coach to Lympne Airport to connect with the aircraft, a quick flight to Beauvais to connect with another coach to take the passengers into central Paris.
Lympne Airport was never advertised as a London Airport in it's entire history, I think your getting confused with the above information as in the Skyways London to Paris connection.
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I saw just one business jet at the airfield but counted 11 BAE146’s /RJ’s at Cranfield today. Why so many?
Also spotted the Cranfield University 737 used for evacuation trials.
Also spotted the Cranfield University 737 used for evacuation trials.
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