On Nov 22, 8:57 am, C J Campbell
wrote:
On 2007-11-21 17:13:27 -0800, Jay Honeck said:



People always say that one GA airport closes every week, yet no new GA
airports are opened. I was wondering, how literal is that second part?
Is the total number of new GA airport openings really zero? How long
has it been like that? If one were to identify the "newest" public use
GA airport, what year did it open? Sometimes in the 1970s? 1980s?

It's somewhat hyperbole, but mostly true.

Oh, sure, sometimes we hear about a new regional airport opening
somewhere, but invariably (it seems) they close two nearby airports in
order to justify its construction.

Luckily, America still has an amazing number of airports -- every town
over 30K people seems to have one. Thankfully, in the overall scheme
of a city budget, their operating expenses are usually neglible, so
they remain open for us to use.

Bellevue, WA is well over 100,000 people and it does not have an
airport, although the remains of Bellevue's old airport can still be
seen at an office complex. The next town, Issaquah, had its airport
closed years ago. No trace of it remains. The next town to the south,
Renton, is in danger of losing its airport. Redmond and Kirkland do not
have airports. There is still a tiny airport at Fall City. Basically,
there is no airport of any kind, general aviation or otherwise, for a
huge area east of Seattle. Millions of people live there, but no
airport. There used to be half a dozen or more airports in that area.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Maybe because "flat" land is rare and expensive there ?? Best and
highest use paradigm at work. Isn't Boeing field available to country
clubbers ?? I did see a lot of sea planes around, people adapt to
reality..JG