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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nautical Miles[edit]

Are nautical miles really necessay when giving a distance to get to the airport from the city, (not flying), I'm going to remove them, but if they are really necessary when talking about driving to an airport, then please feel free to change it back, but give a good reason please. Thanks Limbo-Messiah (talk) 16:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I use them is because they can be sourced and partly due to the last item at Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Which system to use. Airports are a bit odd in that the relevant documentation, Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) and the aerodrome charts, use a mixture of measurements. Typically airports outside of Canada and the US (who use feet) use metres for the runway length as opposed to feet. Heights at airports throughout most of the world are given in feet, even in metric countries. Distances from the community are always given in nautical miles, though I have seem some that also include the distance in kilometres. One problem is that the AIP very rarely gives a reference point. They are ususally in the format "X NM from town". I have seen one that said something like "X NM from town (dock in harbour)" but it's not common to get anything that clear. Here are some examples aerodrome chart and AIP for Notodden, NOrway and the AIP for Auckland, New Zealand. I used those two because they are linkable unlike the Irish AIP. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 23:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Former Aer Arann / Nex Aviation Routes[edit]

The summer 2008 seasonal routes operated by Nex Aviation for Aer Arann (namely Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Faro and Malaga, operating via Waterford) don't seem to be operating this year. There is certainly no mention of these routes on the airport website. An IP user has been re-adding these route but I have removed them for this reason and asked him/her to disucss the issue here and provide any sources. SempreVolando (talk) 14:24, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BAe 146[edit]

The airport's website shows a photo of a jet airliner. I think this is a British Aerospace 146, which can operate from short runways. Was this used for the longer-distance services to Faro and Málaga, which would take a long time in a turboprop? Verbcatcher (talk) 03:11, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]