I think we are not.

One across in a crossword puzzle.

No, not England.

...and for the surrealists amongst us, the visitors from the Emerald Isle do not come from the Emerald Isle.

You mean they are itinerant - merely passing through the emerald isle on their way to some further destination ??

Almost precisely the opposite.

Okaaaay.

Russia ?

Enough.

Are we in northern Europe ?

At last! Yes, Northern Europe.

France was mentioned and then not ?

That's to say, Europe. You'd have to define 'Northern' for me, though instinctively I say yes.

Non. Ce n'est pas la France.

Net, ne rossiya.

Is it a new airport - say, in the last five years or so ?

No, it will shortly celebrate its centenary.

I was talking about my use of the word 'visitor'. The visitors I mentioned are not people. I've a feeling that people are over-thinking that clue.

Birds,geese,swans,etc??

Ah! Are the "visitors" Ryanair?

Well that took about five hours longer than I expected it to!

OK, so we have narrowed it down to somewhere close to one of the several hundred Ryanair destinations...……………………….. might take a while …………………….

In fact, one of several hundred Ryanair destinations not served from Ireland.

I'm sure this will help everyone.

Bye.

http://i65.tinypic.com/dztnrd.jpg

So perhaps Padua?

No, not Padua

I wouldn't have said that Padua was Northern Europe...

Agreed, the balcony was drawing my thoughts. 100 years, how about Danzig?

The Balcony was 'spotter's balcony', where they talk about aeroplanes as 'visitors'...

Not Danzig, I'm afraid.

You wouldn't want an engine failure off either end here, in an SEP, but that doesn't bother many of the users, nor did it bother some of the noted alumni of the aeroclub.

Are we somewhere along the Rhine ?

Ingolstadt to punt it out there.

Rhein? Nein.

Punt it back in, if you would...

Das is gut.

For the surrealists again:

This aerodrome isn't in the Titanic, nor is it in the Golgafrincham B-Ark, nor the Bistromath, but you might say it's in something of their kind, the name of which Douglas Adams would have delighted in.

Switzerland.

Szczecin has undergone recent upgrading works ie construction of a parallel taxiway and it is a Ryanair destination in pine forest with chimneys nearby, BUT I don't think it's 100 years old being an ex Warsaw Pact airfield.

Good shot but there's three tall chimneys visible from the apron there. Two only in the above pic - unless Dame Photoshoppen has been at work...

Which on this thread would be a crime punishable by death by de-icer.

PM for Aux.

How about Austria - Magrathea being an unlikely candidate.