Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport - Page 154

esquire · #**3061** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 7:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

WJARIA!

The acronym just rolls off the tongue. Especially if you pronounce the WJ if you come from Scandinavia.

People will think you're saying sharia

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Originally Posted by rkspec

i've always known it as 'the airport', yea we need something cool like Pearson, LAX, or LaGuardia

Winnipeggers be like:
who's gonna get Steve from the airport?

i cant stay out late, godda get to the airport at 5am.

The reality of having only one airport, I suppose. To be a proper big city, we need to get NewLeaf or whatever that startup airline is going to be called to operate out of St. Andrews Airport so we can then officially be big time.

"bruh hurry up I need to get to the airport in an hour bruh"

"which one bruh?"

"oh yah huh huh I meant WJARIA bruh"

CoryB · #**3062** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 7:49 PM**

Even with increased traffic it seems more likely that YWG would expand than flights being shifted to a second location.

That said, it is interesting that on the airport's official site while it confirms the name is Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, the site itself calls it "Winnipeg Richardson International Airport" still a long name but more manageable.

jmt18325 · #**3063** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 7:50 PM**

I don't think many people from Toronto say, "I've got to get to Lester B Pearson International airport", either.

They call it Pearson. We can call it Richardson.

buzzg · #**3064** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 8:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by jmt18325

I don't think many people from Toronto say, "I've got to get to Lester B Pearson International airport", either.

They call it Pearson. We can call it Richardson.

That's also because there's two commercial airports in Toronto.

bomberjet · #**3065** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 9:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by CoryB

That said, it is interesting that on the airport's official site while it confirms the name is Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, the site itself calls it "Winnipeg Richardson International Airport" still a long name but more manageable.

I noticed that too.

If there were two airports that people had to regularly attend, I would assume we'd have to start using Richardson and St. Andrews for example. But right now, airport is good.

jmt18325 · #**3066** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 9:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by buzzg

That's also because there's two commercial airports in Toronto.

I just meant that Richardson, if you want to use the name, is probably enough, just as Pearson is enough in Toronto.

Cyro · #**3067** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 9:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by jmt18325

I just meant that Richardson, if you want to use the name, is probably enough, just as Pearson is enough in Toronto.

Makes sense

Lived beside St Andrews for a spell. Who knows, maybe someday down the line we'll have the choice..

"I'm heading out to Andrews to catch a flight to Saskatoon..Andrews? You sure you're not heading out of Richardson?"

I know dream on, I'll drop you off at the Airport...

SkydivePilot · #**3068** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 11:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ Not Winnipeg's, it's just Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.

I defy anyone to use the airport's full name when saying it out loud to someone... it's practically unusable!

No disrespect to J.A. Richardson, but the airport should still be named Stevenson Field. It's in bad taste to name something after someone and then change it without any apparent good reason.

I don't get as to why Canada's airports are not named after local historical aviators instead. Regina's airport is named after Canada's first commercially-licenced pilot. (Roland J. Groome.)

Huh.

Riverman · #**3069** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 1:28 AM**

St. Andrews doesn't have the runway length to operate most commuter aircraft out of I'm afraid.

Cyro · #**3070** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 6:05 PM**

^ Could St Andrews extend the length of the runways in the future or are they pretty much limited to the boundaries of the property they are on? Their was a plan sometime back to expand the facility, don't know if it ever came to fruition or if it entailed lengthening the runways in the future or just upgrades to the the facility in general..

esquire · #**3071** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 6:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

^ Could St Andrews extend the length of the runways in the future or are they pretty much limited to the boundaries of the property they are on? Their was a plan sometime back to expand the facility, don't know if it ever came to fruition or if it entailed lengthening the runways in the future or just upgrades to the the facility in general..

St. Andrews was built to channel general aviation traffic away from YWG and I think that will basically be its role for the foreseeable future. I don't seriously see it becoming a hub for scheduled service or anything like that.

bomberjet · #**3072** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 6:30 PM**

Let's bring back Gimli. Direct flights to cottage country! There's your marketing.

esquire · #**3073** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 7:10 PM**

At the Grey Cup Street Festival going on at the U of W, I saw a booth sponsored by Newleaf... they have a logo and colours now. There was a prize for a ski trip to Fernie, presumably on their airline? So at the very least we can say this company hasn't fallen apart yet.

http://welcome.newleaftravel.ca/

Cyro · #**3074** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 7:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

St. Andrews was built to channel general aviation traffic away from YWG and I think that will basically be its role for the foreseeable future. I don't seriously see it becoming a hub for scheduled service or anything like that.

Yes, it was built for this purpose, and does so at quite and astounding rate.
With YWG in the same top 20 list...Of course not in passenger traffic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...raft_movements

Riverman · #**3075** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 7:46 PM**

St. Andrews did expand in its heyday by adding an additional parallel runway shortly after I finished my flight training. Then the 80s happened, people stopped flight training and the new runway was shut down. Our club now uses it for autoslalom.

esquire · #**3076** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 7:54 PM**

^ Why did things drop off so much in the 80s?

Riverman · #**3077** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 8:29 PM**

18% mortgage interest rates, high unemployment, recession. People started holding on to their wallets. Flight training is quite expensive.

bomberjet · #**3078** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 8:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

18% mortgage interest rates, high unemployment, recession. People started holding on to their wallets. Flight training is quite expensive.

You're into everything Riverman. Boating, racing, flying!

Riverman · #**3079** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 10:41 PM**

Haha me likes thrills!

cllew · #**3080** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 11:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

I don't get as to why Canada's airports are not named after local historical aviators instead. Regina's airport is named after Canada's first commercially-licenced pilot. (Roland J. Groome.)

Huh.

James A Richardson Airport here in Winnipeg is named after the founder of Canadian Airways which became the government owned and operated Trans Canada Airlines which is now Air Canada.

Might be nice to see a Max Ward airport as Wardair did a lot for opening up the north before becoming a southern based scheduled airline.