What Now Closed Airports Did You Fly Out of Before They Were Closed
Jul 2, 2019, 10:08 pm
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Given the closings in the last 6 months of both ETH and SDV airports in Eilat and Tel Aviv, I thought I'd start a thread about this. How many closed airports have you flown out of?
In my case it's ETH,SDV, DEN (Stapleton), the old AUS
On non-commercial flights, Carmel Valley, CA and Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ
In my case it's ETH,SDV, DEN (Stapleton), the old AUS
On non-commercial flights, Carmel Valley, CA and Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ
Jul 2, 2019, 11:05 pm
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Flyertalk members have so much experience that if an airport closed, someone must have used it before.
Big airports that have closed include Munich/Riem, Hong Kong/Kai Tak, Denver Stapleton, etc.
Anyone use Greater Southwest International / Amon Carter very close to DFW? Templehof? Gaza? Goteborg Save? Fornebu (Oslo)? old Quito?
I visited Save but used Landvetter Airport
Big airports that have closed include Munich/Riem, Hong Kong/Kai Tak, Denver Stapleton, etc.
Anyone use Greater Southwest International / Amon Carter very close to DFW? Templehof? Gaza? Goteborg Save? Fornebu (Oslo)? old Quito?
I visited Save but used Landvetter Airport
Jul 2, 2019, 11:22 pm
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DEN (Stapleton)
UCA (Flew in and out of there in the 1970's, when Allegheny's LGA-ITH service made a stop at UCA.)
PLB (There are apparently some planes still based there, but the airport is closed to "itinerant aircraft." Service is now provided by PBG.)
UCA (Flew in and out of there in the 1970's, when Allegheny's LGA-ITH service made a stop at UCA.)
PLB (There are apparently some planes still based there, but the airport is closed to "itinerant aircraft." Service is now provided by PBG.)
Jul 3, 2019, 1:47 am
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Jul 3, 2019, 3:07 am
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Yes, as DMK
Still has many commercial flights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mu...tional_Airport
Still has many commercial flights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mu...tional_Airport
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Since the opening of the new airport, it has become a regional commuter flight hub and the de facto low-cost airline hub. In 2015, it became the world's largest low cost carrier airport.
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Since the opening of the new airport, it has become a regional commuter flight hub and the de facto low-cost airline hub. In 2015, it became the world's largest low cost carrier airport.
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Jul 3, 2019, 4:24 am
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Oh man,
CGX Chgo Meigs. Used to fly in rather than drive to work
Templehof/Berlin
Reim/Munich
Stapleton/Denver
Probably +50 more if you count non commercial airports. I’d have to dig out some old log books.
CGX Chgo Meigs. Used to fly in rather than drive to work
Templehof/Berlin
Reim/Munich
Stapleton/Denver
Probably +50 more if you count non commercial airports. I’d have to dig out some old log books.
Jul 3, 2019, 4:34 am
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Jul 3, 2019, 4:55 am
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Manston airport in Kent, England, which had the longest runway in England apparently and featured in the Battle of Britain. Can't remember the code, think it was MSN.
Jul 3, 2019, 5:45 am
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I am among the many who flew out of the old DEN (Stapleton) and have flown out of the new one.
In the years before the move from Stapleton, there was loads of pubiicity about the new airport, which for at least two years we were told was going to have the code DHX. Whatever happened to that?
In the years before the move from Stapleton, there was loads of pubiicity about the new airport, which for at least two years we were told was going to have the code DHX. Whatever happened to that?
Jul 3, 2019, 5:58 am
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DEN - Flew out from Stapleton, returned to the new airport a few days later the night it opened. The pilot got lost getting to the gate!
HKG - Loved the approach through the city as we landed. Missed it!
YMX - Montreal Mirabel (thanks Admiral Ackbar, I almost forgot about that) - although it still operates for cargo operations. That I don't missed, it was in the middle of nowhere, which was it downfall.
HKG - Loved the approach through the city as we landed. Missed it!
YMX - Montreal Mirabel (thanks Admiral Ackbar, I almost forgot about that) - although it still operates for cargo operations. That I don't missed, it was in the middle of nowhere, which was it downfall.