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Originally Posted by RTA
I think you have your airports mixed up, my friend. YEG serves many more passengers than YXD ever did or could, and serves many more other aviation businesses. YXD has no room for growth, while YEG continues to grow. Any GA business at YXD that cannot move to YEG have other options, ZVL being the first that comes to mind.
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Nobody is saying YEG should be closed, and yes YXD was much more effective in providing regional service than YEG is. That was true in 1963 when YXD was spared and it is still true today. GA is irrelevant and fading fast with or without YXD.
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Transportation to the airport is lacking, and something that is being worked on. That alone doesn't make YXD a better airport, and that fact doesn't mean YXD can suddenly handle modern aircraft that would be required to service a city of this size in this day and age. If you believe anything otherwise is possible, you are delusional.
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"Worked On" = SkyShuttle - let me know when the fifth largest airport in Canada serving six million passengers a year rises to the level of Moline Illinois - population 43,000 and transit service to the airport every half hour.
And YXD is more than capable of handling any aircraft with which regional service might be operated today. With the possible exception of some of the funky substitutions Air Canada has been known to make.
See John Wayne Airport, their only runway is ONE foot longer and operates under some of the most ridiculous airspace restrictions anywhere.
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You can't expect everything to happen at once. One step at a time.
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Except they started with the last step - closing the airport and are making up the rest as they go along. No plan, No Budget and no debate on what is actually to take place.