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Could you give me a few examples? A DDG search is proving hopelessly inadequate. It only finds information about new/remodeled terminals, and the proposed Centr
by eesmith 2y ago
Could you give me a few examples? A DDG search is proving hopelessly inadequate. It only finds information about new/remodeled terminals, and the proposed Central Communication Port in Poland, which is greenfield (literally) but hasn't started yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Germany helpfully lists airfields in Germany which don't have regularly scheduled commercial passenger service. The first I picked was Kiel Airport, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Airport , which fits my description of how airports don't benefit from a simple network effect.
It had "27 national and international destinations" back around 1930, then was mixed military and civilian. The first terminal was built in 1965. In 1987, "Lufthansa began offering scheduled flights to Frankfurt, and later to Cologne/Bonn, Munich, Copenhagen, Kaliningrad and Riga." The last commercial scheduled passenger flight was in 2006.
I'm curious if any of the military airports you mention once had passenger service, reflecting how airports used to be more common as technical limitations prevented them from carrying many passengers or going all that far.
- pjmlp 2y agoI am aware of at least three. - Weeze, civilian since 2000 (https://airport-weeze.com/company/history https://airport-weeze.com/company/history) - Frankfurt Haan, since about 2000 as well (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt%E2%80%93Hahn_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt%E2%80%93Hahn_Airport) - Beja, since 2011 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beja_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beja_Airport)
- eesmith 2y agoThanks! I found it humorous that all three were started by the military of another country (UK, US, and West Germany, respectively). I don't think those really support the idea of there being network effect benefits to opening a new airport. The Wikipedia entry for Frankfurt Haan makes it sound like it's been a money loser for at least 15 years, and the one for Beja says "the airport has no scheduled passenger flights".