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I'm sure nobody will try to drive to an Airport to which they are unable to buy tickets.

• bena 4y ago
  Yeah, I'm trying to come up with a scenario in which someone will be harmed by this. It's not like there's an airport and the sign is pointing to the wrong one. I don't arbitrarily visit airports. The worst thing I can think of is to tell someone that I'd be landing at the Llandegley airport and that I need a ride. Then they ride out to a field and I'm not there. But that's just plain old lying. I can say I'd be landing at Heathrow and the effect is the same. Even worse because Heathrow is an actual airport and they'd probably spend a bit looking for me. At least with Llandegley, the bit is up as soon as they pull into the field.
  • tlb 4y ago
    You can spend many hours at Heathrow waiting for someone to show up. And that's if they are arriving on a flight. FWIW, the UK is full of disused airports. Like if you search Google Maps for the nearest airport thinking "I'll have my jet pick me up there" it's probably now an industrial park built on top of a crumbling WWII airstrip. They built a lot of airstrips during the war, so the Luftwaffe couldn't bomb them all.
    • Gordonjcp 4y ago
      A chunk of the M8 motorway just west of Glasgow runs along what used to be the runway of the old Renfrew Airport. It was only open for 12 years and sat derelict after closing in 1966 for about another ten years. A bit of a shame really because it really was a stunning building. https://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/renfrew-airport https://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/renfrew-airport