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According to the Italian Wikipedia article, Pontecagnano is a joint military-civilian airport with scheduled airline service to Milan Malpensa (MXP), Catania (CTA), Verona (VRN), Barcelona (BCN), Bucharest (BBU), and Munich (MUC). It also hosts a fair bit of bizjet traffic, as well as the long-established Aeroclub di Salerno, which includes a flying school:

http://www.aeroclub.sa.it/

Gran Canaria Airport was the destination of Spanair Flight 5022, the flight that crashed right after takeoff from Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD) on August 20, 2008:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022

On August 20, 2008, an MD-82 jet crashed immediately after takeoff from runway 36L and caught fire, killing at least 153 of the 172 people on board. It was bound for Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022

Thanks for the update, Marcela. The Ryanair web site is not yet listing Beja as a destination, but as soon as they add it, we can change the airport's status to show scheduled airline service.

I know that the airport has already been opened.

Some English compagnies want to fly and some are already offering tickets to Beja airport.

Ryan air has already shown big interest to Beja airport.

But thats all I know yet.

General information:

Airport Code: LPBJ

Latitude: 38.070000

Longitude: -7.930000

Runway Length: 11319

Runway Elevation: 636

Base Aerea No. 11

Local Phone: 351-218-428060

Who has more information about Beja aeroporto?

Kind regards,

Marcela K. from amsterdam

This airport has two ICAO codes: LEVS as a military airport, and LECU as a civilian airport.

only for skydiving: contact gojump.de

This airport has scheduled service from Twin Otters that land on the beach.

Beautiful place filled with friendly skydivers through the summer months.

There was an airfield here from 1917 until the 1980s. It's still an active (non-flying) airbase belonging to the RAF and used by the U.S.

I visited Birr Ireland in summer of 2005. I was looking on the Internet for a flying club in Ireland for the possiblity of 'stick time' in the various countries that my wife and I visited. The Birr Aero Club was having a fly-in during our vacation so we researched the Birr area, discovering that Birr was a wonderfull base of operations for exploring central Ireland.

Since we had visited the Oshkosh AirVenture fly-in a few weeks earlier, we thought another, much smaller, fly-in was a wonderful idea. There were two small rows of campers (caravans) that looked a little bit like Oshkosh. The Aero Club was doing 'donation flights' so that I was able to view and photograph Birr from the air.

One of the attractions is the Parsons Estate. The Parsons family have been engineers and scientists for literal centuries. One of them invented the steam turbine about 100 years ago -- the heart of modern power plants and steam ships. Another Parsons built an enourmous telescope that is on display; in fact many of the family have been inovators in optics and photography.

Lapraka, also known as Tirana Aerodrome, is the former airport of Albania's capital. It used to house an air force regiment with Y-5s, operating from the old runway, and later, from the grass runway. Currently, Lapraka only houses the helicopters of the Albanian government

I visited Schiphol for the second time in 2006. It was simple, fast, and well-organized, with virtually no waiting time for customs. Easy and inexpensive to get into Amsterdam (or to other parts of Holland) by rail. Coming from North America, you're far better connecting here than Heathrow for visiting the continent.

I often visit this airport, and I always feel comfortable, since everything is well-organised. There has been a period that to passing security check-in took long cueing, but that also seems to be resolved by now.

For the identifier, I'm sticking with Wikipedia and using LEPA as the primary one. The Wikipedia article also mentions that Son San Joan Airport is the previous name. I have the other code and the older name in keywords, so that they'll still show up for searches.

The DAFIF record for this airport shows both ids. I assume it's one for the civil part and one for the military part. It also has "Palma De Mallorca" and "Son San Juan" shown as names.

So which one are you going with?

Thanks for the corrections, bru25l. We actually had two copies of this airport in the database, one under LESJ and one under LEPA. I removed the old copy and updated the proper one to show that it's a major airport.

Shown on map as a light airfield however the parallel runways and major terminal complex show that it is a major internatioanl airport with many millions of passengers transitting each year. The third busiest airport in Spain, after Madrid & Barcelona

An anonymous OurAirports visitor who wanted to book a sightseeing flight from Bex airport sent in this information:

"Just in case you ever want to know the number for Bex Airport, it's 024 463 24 40, and when you call that, they give another number: 078 607 97 22 and when you ring that, there's a message that he's flying and he'll get back to me ..."

The Royal Navy has abandoned this field, and it is scheduled to close on 14 May 2008; however, the Lee Flying Association is challenging the closure.

Jean-Paul:

You can find contact info for RAF Coningsby at their official web site:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafconingsby/

Dear Sirs,

On the 17th. of june I would make a flight with my PA28 (OO-JGA) from EBKT to your field, with a couple of friends who will go for Golf at Woodhall Spa. Return flight would be on the 18th. of june.

Is this possible and wich are the rules at Coningsby Airfield ?

Kind Regards.

Jean-Paul Vaes

Nopstal, 28

B 3202 Rillaar.

jp.vaes@marvel.be

Tel. 0032 479.945.944

Kjeller opened in 1912. It's mostly military, with a large maintenance facility, but is also open to general aviation.

This airport has been officially renamed to "London Ashford", which is a bit of a stretch, since it's 60 miles from Charing Cross. There are plans to expand it and bring in airline service, with lots of local opposition.

http://www.liegeairport.com/liege-airport-belgique/business/business-g/operateurs/cargo.php