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Here is a read only link to the Aerodrome Database - WhichAerodrome.xlsx. Up to date as of 1/5/2019. Catching up slowly - up to May 2019 now (Mar 2020).

Here are some "rules" for Which Aerodrome. These are based upon the original suggestions from the very first thread, and have a few additions. Also please be patient as when you are active others may be asleep.
  • A historic picture of an aerodrome will be posted. Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist.
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Old 3rd Mar 2020, 07:28
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It's Europe alright ...... quite a destination - the airfield has been there since the 1930's but I'm damned if I can find any early pictures ... - here's another one


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Old 3rd Mar 2020, 10:55
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Couldn't be one of the less bumpy parts of Scandinavia, could it? Sweden?
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Old 3rd Mar 2020, 15:56
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In Latvia...?
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Old 3rd Mar 2020, 18:23
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Vilnius Lithuania?
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Old 3rd Mar 2020, 19:35
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No we're not in Latvia nor Scandinavia - you need to be further west I think.

This is a major, well known destination with a nautical connection - tho it is not on the sea........



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Old 3rd Mar 2020, 19:51
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Is/was it used by a navy ?
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Old 3rd Mar 2020, 21:05
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Originally Posted by dook
Is/was it used by a navy ?
As not near sea:
Is this about the Luxembourg or Swiss Navy?
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 00:17
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Is that runway part of the road that appears to be disappearing over the horizon further away? If so, I think the Swiss adapted some roads to be used as dispersal fighter bases. Can't think what the nautical connection could be, though...
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 00:59
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It's a bit closer to the sea than either Luxembourg or Switzerland - its the place rather than the airport that has a nautical connection. Tourism is big here
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 09:53
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Sorry Dook I missed your question- "Is/was it used by a navy ?" - it was built by some rich enthusiasts, taken over by the military for a while but for many years has been civvie only I believe

I don't believe that any specific naval air units ever used it but I may be wrong - it's hard to discover much about the detail of this place pre mid-50's......... and old photographs are quite scarce

Queries tend to be swamped by Google pages on the nearby city it serves.
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 10:41
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Thank you 56.
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 12:52
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Near west coast of Italy ?
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 12:54
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No I'm afraid not - this place is well connected with established routes to well over 30 other major European cities - but not all the connections are via the airport



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Old 4th Mar 2020, 13:10
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perhaps more useful


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Old 4th Mar 2020, 17:42
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I'm thinking Billund. Nowhere near the sea; a lot of tourism for Legoland; nautical connection as in the Battle of Jutland. But of course this airfield isn't in Scandinavia. Hmmmm.
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 18:13
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Originally Posted by jensdad
I'm thinking Billund. Nowhere near the sea; a lot of tourism for Legoland; nautical connection as in the Battle of Jutland. But of course this airfield isn't in Scandinavia. Hmmmm.
I do not recall Billund to have hills.
And from Google Earth I cannot see a straight fence with trees behind.
So I think I can keep searching.
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 18:39
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Milan Malpensa?

Not in Scandinavia,
West of Latvia and Lithuania
Straight fence with trees,
Multiple Aerodromes around touristic city?

But probably not enough hills?
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 18:52
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Are we, this year - off to sunny Spain?
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Old 4th Mar 2020, 20:59
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I'll have a punt at...... Asturias.
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Scratch that. Further west, Santiago de Compostela.
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