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Re:Crisis over The Atlantic: The near crash of Air Transat f... by philjohn on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @05:54AM (#34322969)
Sounds similar to Gibraltar airport, which is both a civilian airstrip, as well as a military one (the military base is opposite the passenger terminal).

If you haven't looked into Gibraltar airport before, it's a fascinating thing - the land it's on is reclaimed using rock dug out from the siege tunnels, there's a level crossing on it as the only route into the town crosses the runway; if a plane is coming into land, or taking off, you have to wait at the barriers. It's also the city airport closest to the city centre it serves at 500m.

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Re:Crisis over The Atlantic: The near crash of Air Transat f... by wkat4242 on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:34PM (#34335029)
The level crossing has been moved underground a few years ago.
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Re:Crisis over The Atlantic: The near crash of Air Transat f... by philjohn on Thursday January 12, 2023 @06:38AM (#34352097)
awww, that's a shame, haven't been for about 6 years, but that was always a favourite part.
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Re:Crisis over The Atlantic: The near crash of Air Transat f... by wkat4242 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @08:13AM (#34352960)
True, it's kinda special aviation history. Like the Kai Tak approach. But I think that for security and traffic reasons (eg foreign debris) it would have had to change eventually.
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