No good touring GE with this one.

I wonder how many airports there are in Italia !

Should I eliminate Sicilia and Sardinia ?

Lots of airports - and the y all look very similar ;)

This one is not on an island of any size...

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....20daff75b9.jpg


Off line for a while - work calls.....................

I can see nothing to help in the photograph so I'll check out and wait to see if we get a clue.

I sense we are coastal.

What makes you think that ?

I enlarged the far horizon thinking it's water but it isn't.

Auxtank is correct - not far from the sea - not one of the oldest airfields in Italy built after WW1


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....1f2ec6be85.jpg

Most airports on the Italian coast are in the south but there are still lots of them.

Bari ?

Or maybe St. Anna or Reggio Calabria.

It isn't Brindisi because that has the sea at either end of the runway.

I don't think it was ever a military base per se though the military have used it..............

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b30dd1ae9a.jpg

I'll shoot for Lamezia then.

Well I could be picky as its Lamezia Terre Sant' Euphemia but you've got it . It is used by the 2nd Helicopter Regiment but don't think it's a military base. One of the unsung heroes of bucket & spade airlines - built in the mid-60's from scratch - TBH I've never heard anyone say they've used it but it's seriously busy

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....697c162214.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....98cfa632cf.jpg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....6cfcd20d69.jpg

Cheers.

I have had far too many up lately so it's time to offer a chance to someone else.

Therefore OH.

Surely not another GE.

THIS IS THE "OLD" RUNWAY
 

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ed38a2c25a.jpg

Middle East?

PS Dook - nothing wrong with GE ..................... or Forgotten Airfields........ ;)

Asturias,

PM for you.

I think dook's Middle East is a red herring.

I say Oz.

But I didn't suggest Middle East at all. :ooh:

It was Asturias.

Apologies dook. "My bad" - as they say.

p.s: It's very quiet around here - have there some momentous goings-on in the Kingdom that I don't know about?

Not Australia.

Dook normally has a good opening geographical gambit but he was beaten to the post (excuse the pun) - ME is the region.

MJG

Israel maybe ?

The tower looks like the one at Erbil, Iraq, but I'm not holding any hopes.

certainly NOT Israel.

Did you miss my post above your last one ?

"CERTAINLY not Israel" eh?

So someone VERY anti-Israel.... I think that takes us to the Land of the Two Holy Places?

Riyadh?

I'm intrigued why you think that.

Where is the "old" runway ?

There is no greenery at Riyadh - I know because I flew from Riyadh for five years.

Also check out the tower.

No idea - on my edition of GE the whole place is blanked out.......... and the tower looks like a subsidiary one maybe for ground control

I've been through the place but never thought to look at the details.....

In my version of GE the image is loud and clear.

Have you thought of downloading the latest version?

I still think it's Erbil.

Here's my GE image of King Khalid.


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....1bb1f178d8.jpg

Dook - your post must have crossed mine. Apologies.

Yes it is Erbil. The new runway is 90,m x 5000 m. I posted it some time ago.

The next clue was going to be the taxiway excursion ruts from a FedEx 727.

Thank you mg.

This type of challenge is unusual for me.


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....26875de2ca.jpg

Can't be in the UK; you're allowed to park outside the terminal :)

Looks a bit more of a `monsoony` area....India,further East..?

Maybe Caribbean?

Certainly not a monsoon area or de Caribbean.

Based on the style of the building/tower and the bikes in front: Germany?

Not Germany either, but it is in Europe.

Netherlands??

No - further north.

Norway?....................