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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.
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Old 31st Aug 2018, 10:20
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Dalma, but that's close enough! OH has been declared.
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Old 1st Sep 2018, 10:12
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Nothing to go on here. A clue might well be in order.
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Old 1st Sep 2018, 10:24
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SE Asia...VYETNAM
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Old 1st Sep 2018, 12:44
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It doesn't yet looked disused and I'm wondering if we are in the UK.
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Old 1st Sep 2018, 17:59
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That's Stanley, Falkland Islands. I've actually used 36.

OH if Jenkins agrees with my assessment.
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Old 1st Sep 2018, 21:58
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Try this one. Sorry for the poor quality but taken on a mobile while on the move. You are looking at the Northern (ish) threshhold.
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Old 2nd Sep 2018, 05:33
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A question about Stanley. Does anyone know why 09/27 has such large threshold displacements? Saving maintenance costs?
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Old 2nd Sep 2018, 06:36
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The runway was extended significantly immediately after the 1982 conflict in order to accommodate F4s. This was predominately done use MEXE/PSP metal 'matting'. Once Mount Pleasant was open, there was little/no need to keep the long runway.

36/18 is a tad under 300m short; plenty for an Islander and indeed the Do228 that used to float around. 27/09 is about 1200m.
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Old 2nd Sep 2018, 08:55
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A shot in the dark.

Fair Isle ?
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Old 2nd Sep 2018, 10:32
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Not Fair Isle and not in the UK.
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Old 3rd Sep 2018, 20:30
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Time for a clue I think. This picture is taken from just below the Southern threshold looking roughly East. There are many of these things around here.
What drives them contributes significantly to local tourism.
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Old 4th Sep 2018, 02:57
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Is the tourism related to wind surfing?
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Old 4th Sep 2018, 08:36
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Yes it is.
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Old 4th Sep 2018, 18:54
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South Africa?
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Old 4th Sep 2018, 19:16
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A long way from South Africa
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Old 4th Sep 2018, 21:41
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A different south? South of France?
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Old 4th Sep 2018, 21:49
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Not the South of France but a lot closer. This runway was carved out of the hillside in 1994 but abandoned not long after, following (I am told) a change of local government.

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Old 5th Sep 2018, 06:27
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Broadford in Skye?
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Old 5th Sep 2018, 11:24
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He has already said it's not UK.
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Old 5th Sep 2018, 14:04
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Long long shot.......went to Tenerife once and saw lots of windywurfers.....so, I’m thinking Canaries, looking on G maps it looks like a possible strip at Caleta de Famara on Lanzarote...?
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