Or build a snowzone in place of one of the hangers, indoor ski slope etc. Most surfers and sailors also love skiing and there are plenty of the former down here. Gives the tourists somewhere to go when its too wet for the beach and creates jobs. I Will make the first investment just needs the remaining millions to build it.

bravoromeosierra - love the picture!

Cornish Guardian has this article - is this just speculation on aircraft types likely to be using Newquay?
Newquay Cornwall News | Eurofighters thunder back to Newquay sky sparking local concerns

I'm still trying to figure out why, during all these defence cuts, Culdrose needs to resurface it's runways .... the only fixed wing aircraft the Navy/FAA operate are those of the historic flight!!!

Don't forget the Hawks and Jetstreams Phileas!

Phileas Fogg have you actually been down to Helston recently ?

cornishsimon,

Actually not for many a year, my (late) uncle & aunty, for many a year, ran the 'Old Chapel' cream teas etc. establishment in the village of Helford, a property of which Google reveals the sh1t is currently hitting the fan, but I haven't been that way for many a year.

well Phileas as a very frequent visitor to the area, not the base, they get hell of a lot of fixed wing movements on the runway each day, lots and lots of touch and goes etc.

its a very busy airfield

Culdrose will presumably get somewhat less fixed wing movements from next month when the Jetstreams retire with just 4 King Airs to replace them and seemingly still some doubt where they are to be based. Agree with your comments overall about the base.

Easyjet?
 

Does anyone know what an easyjet was doing at Newquay yesterday afternoon? It landed and took off at least twice (as far as I could discern from quite a distance).

pilot training perhaps.

Newquay needs more movements and revenue. In the days when the RAF operated RAF ST. Mawgan it was not that unusual to find US military transports arriving for fuel - I recall seeing three C-9 of the USN there one day. T'other side of the water St. Johns gets similar traffic I believe, much east-west traffic uses Shannon and Prestwick.

Is there scope for Newquay to develop this sort of traffic? I'm sure if this is just a damned silly idea - this being pprune - someone will shoot me down in flames PDQ !

The shorter great circle distance across the Atlantic is to the north although, depending on upper winds, routing out around Shannon is sometimes more optimum.

I recall, when I was routing a heavy freighter Luxembourg to northern USA, Brest came in to the considerations but St. Mawgan is well off most beaten paths and even with a 9000' runway it will, on occasions, not be long enough for what may be required.

Does anyone here have an idea on the size of the council subsidy to Newquay airport?

This was posted earlier this year and is probably as close as you will get.
http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airpo...ml#post6234396

Flew in from Bristol on pilot training.

A number of airlines use Newquay for training

Training sorties normally incur zero Eurocontol charges and 25% landing/navigation charges, if they're transitting from BRS to NQY, rather than CWL, EXT, BOH then I'd guess NQY are offering a significantly better than 25% landing/navigation charge deal!

iv no idea about the fees but the previous poster was correct.

its very common to see EZY & BE conducting training flights into NQY. when BA recently introduced the E190/170 for LCY ops the first of the flight crews did training flights with BE on BE aircraft using NQY for touch and goes.

they use it for the same reason that the MOD are back using NQY, large airfield with quiet airspace = ideal for this

cs

Extremely quiet airspace :)

BA did their training with Finnair not Flybe, in HEL.