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Both tinkler and stobart are getting fed up with it,they really do want to expand it and there has been rumour of ryanair and aer arran looking at possible routes so who knows they may just turn it into a haulage depot and consolidate all the local but spread out locations?
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I was transitting to the north of Scotland from East Anglia a few months ago and phoned Carlisle for PPR.
The really nice guy suggested that my life would be easier and my wallet would be heavier if I actually went via Kirkbride.
I did.
In fact I had such a good experience that I routed via Kirkbride on the way home too!
Stik
The really nice guy suggested that my life would be easier and my wallet would be heavier if I actually went via Kirkbride.
I did.
In fact I had such a good experience that I routed via Kirkbride on the way home too!
Stik
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I really don't know what the fuss is about. The licencing of aerodromes and provision of all these exciting services is a strange British disease.
Gold plating and gold plating everything again is a strangely British thing.
The pilots of course, are generally too gentlemanly to give a dang about it.
Any public-use airport here has a minimum standard. If there's an accident the local fire department comes out and deals with it.
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I seem to recall the most interesting thing about Carlisle was the State Owned Brewery and cheap ale
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Carlisle and the Council still live in the stone age,
Also which large city has a rail link that doesn't go under or over all of the major arterials...but crosses them? Thus bringing the whole city to a standstill again every time a train enters or leaves the city which in the morning and evening is obviously quite a few commuter trains, never mind the goods trains. The mind boggles.
Still one of the nicest places to live in England though.
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Flew into Carlisle a couple of weeks back. Must have some of the most expensive Avgas in the country at £2.05 plus VAT per litre.
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Carlisle and the Council still live in the stone age
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All things aside Carlisle is a lovely airfield in a great location, not to mention the high quality runway it provides and there is a lot of it too. I would recommend it any day. The whole development saga will go on for some time until the right amount of cash is laid on the table so let's enjoy Carlisle while we can. 
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Must have some of the most expensive Avgas in the country at £2.05 plus VAT per litre.
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Must have some of the most expensive Avgas in the country at £2.05 plus VAT per litre.
'Do Kirkbride have Avgas? Anyone know how much; it's certainly more remote than Carlisle from a road transport point of view'
Kirkbride does have avgas: £2.00/litre and a landing fee of £10 to include tea and bickkies!
The last time I was at Carlisle it cost £32.40 landing fee (C182) and because it was the weekend the airfield was notamed as A/G with navaids unavailable.
I was the only aircraft on the apron and the only customer in the cafe on a glorious sunny day - I had the impression that it is only a matter of time before Stobart turn the site into industrial units - they certainly don't encourage GA visitors with their pricing structure.
Kirkbride does have avgas: £2.00/litre and a landing fee of £10 to include tea and bickkies!
The last time I was at Carlisle it cost £32.40 landing fee (C182) and because it was the weekend the airfield was notamed as A/G with navaids unavailable.
I was the only aircraft on the apron and the only customer in the cafe on a glorious sunny day - I had the impression that it is only a matter of time before Stobart turn the site into industrial units - they certainly don't encourage GA visitors with their pricing structure.
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the high quality runway it provides and there is a lot of it too
Have you actually been there this century? Okay, the main's a mile or so long and the N-S about half that, but it's a patchwork quilt of temporary botch-ups, waiting for the big development spend. It has other problems with the surface breaking up, can quite easily get prop. damage if you're not careful, also has a pretty restrictive weight limit for transport flights.
IAIP AD 2-EGNC-1 - 2 12 Remarks: All runways have a public transport weight limit of 12500 kg.
