Airport comments for the World

Weeds

🔗 Sun, 27 Feb 2022
— @PapaOscar at Pista da Herdade da Comporta, Portugal

High weeds but smooth surface below. Beautiful area.

re: Not yet visible in satellite imagery (2020-08-28)

🔗 Sat, 26 Feb 2022
— @david at Saint Helena International Airport, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Reply to @david: It is visible now.

Russian invasion

🔗 Fri, 25 Feb 2022
— @david at Hostomel Airport, Ukraine

«Russia’s military claimed Friday afternoon that its forces had staged a “successful landing operation” to capture Hostomel airfield on Kyiv’s outskirts, viewed as strategically important.»

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/europe/ukraine-russia-invasion-friday-intl-hnk/index.html

Ukrainian missile strike

🔗 Fri, 25 Feb 2022
— @david at Millerovo Air Base, Russia

«Ukrainian forces earlier today claimed to have hit an airfield in Millerovo in Rostov, southern Russia, destroying at least one of Moscow's Su-30SM fighter jets.

«Footage posted online purported to show the tail end of a missile strike on the Russian military's airbase around 10am local time (8am GMT) with several buildings on the site engulfed in flames.»

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10550799/Ukraine-hits-airfield-Russia-missile-strike-blow-Putin-downing-six-helicopters.html

Russian missile strike

🔗 Fri, 25 Feb 2022
— @david at Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport, Ukraine

«A harrowing video appears to show a Russian missile hitting Ivano-Frankivsk airport in western Ukraine.

«Smoke can be seen billowing from the building after the strike, which also created a large bang as the missile smashed into its target.»

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ukraine-invasion-missile-hits-ivano-frankivsk-airport-amid-russian-attack/ar-AAUfvKQ

From Milan MXP and to Bukhara

🔗 Fri, 25 Feb 2022
— @Adler47 at Urgench International Airport, Uzbekistan

Small airport

HY 256 - MXP-UGC 4141 km

HY 052 9:35-10:30 382 km

re: From Milan MXP

🔗 Fri, 25 Feb 2022
— @Adler47 at Urgench International Airport, Uzbekistan

Reply to @Adler47:

From Milan MXP

🔗 Fri, 25 Feb 2022
— @Adler47 at Urgench International Airport, Uzbekistan

Small airport

The graveyard of the Atlantic

🔗 Thu, 24 Feb 2022
— @david at Sable Island Airport., Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sable-island-shipwrecks-at-the-graveyard-of-the-atlantic-1.2755063

Occupied

🔗 Thu, 24 Feb 2022
— @david at Sevastopol International Airport / Belbek Air Base, Ukraine

Under Russian occupation (as of 2022-02-24).

Occupied

🔗 Thu, 24 Feb 2022
— @david at Sevastopol Kozachya Bay Aerodrome / Khersones Air Base, Ukraine

Currently under Russian occupation (as of 2022-02-24)

re: Database on github

🔗 Thu, 24 Feb 2022
— @david at Kumköy Blue Sky Airport, Turkey

Reply to @Gatelli: There was a pause because of a git conflict, but that's fixed now, and it's updating nightly again.

re: Mistake in the airport position

🔗 Wed, 23 Feb 2022
— @david at Bohicon/Cana Airport, Benin

Now correct.

(no subject)

🔗 Wed, 23 Feb 2022
— @PapaOscar at Herdade do Pontal Airstrip UL, Portugal

Herdade do Pontal is a private runway with very little activity. It has more or less 8 ultralights based there.

The runway is in very good condition. There are obstacles on both ends of the runway, but the runway is long enough so is not a factor.

The beginning of the runway has a downslope, transitioning into an upslope.

Heliport coverage by the FAA

🔗 Tue, 22 Feb 2022
— @animebirder at Sun Drilling Products Heliport, United States

... is NOTORIOUSLY bad. Even heliports that have continually existed for the last forty years are routinely given GPS coordinates up to 10 miles off course.

(no subject)

🔗 Tue, 22 Feb 2022
— @PapaOscar at Laúndos Airfield UL, Portugal

3% upslope on runway 11. High trees on the final approach. With only 260m of runway it can be challenging.

No more airline service

🔗 Mon, 21 Feb 2022
— @david at Pongtiku Airport, Indonesia

Airline service has moved to the new Toraja Airport (WAFB).

Opened in 2021

🔗 Mon, 21 Feb 2022
— @david at Toraja Airport, Indonesia

Scheduled airline service moved here from Pongtiku Airport (WAWT).

OPEN and GREAT!!!

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @zpaulca at Former Puerto Peñasco Airport, Mexico

The easiest airport for quick, friendly AOE processing into Mexico. 100LL available. Best port of entry for GA in Mexico.

Repurposed!

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @animebirder at Hastings Field Heliport, Canada

Hastings Field is no longer an active airstrip ... for fixed wing craft. There's a pretty shiny looking heliport there now though!

incorrect position

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Walhallow Airport, Australia

incorrect position

incorrect position

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Mount Borradale Airport, Australia

incorrect position

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Lachlan E Purkis Memoral Airfield, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Coomalie Creek Airfield, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Adelaide River Airfield, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Fenton Airfield (RAAF), Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

incorrect position

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Pine Creek Airport, Australia

incorrect position

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Glendara Road Airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Normanton homestead airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

incorrect position

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Inkerman Airport, Australia

incorrect position

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Derrinallum (Poligolet Station) airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Bellbrae private airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at lake Modewarre Private airstrip no.2, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at lake Modewarre Private airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Kelly head airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Fraser Island (Gippsland reserve) airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at St Mary's / Kennetts Airfield, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Bowral Private Airfield, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Euabalong private airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Ballycastle homestead airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Tibooburra Homestead airstrip, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

incorrect position

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Mount Clarence Airport, Australia

incorrect position

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Gingkin Airfield, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Victoria Valley Airbase, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Raywood Airfield, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Wahring Field, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Euroa Wingnells Airfield, Australia

MISSING FROM WEBSITE

This heliport doesn't exist.

🔗 Fri, 18 Feb 2022
— @dziban303 at Sun Drilling Products Heliport, United States

This heliport doesn't exist, and hasn't for *years*, if it ever did. There is no pad here, or anything else for a helicopter to land on besides sodden grass. There is no access besides a nearby dirt track. The Sun Drilling Products building is located miles away from the given location. Easily accessible satellite imagery with resolution adequate for spotting a helipad became available with Landsat 4 in 1982: there's no pad then, or in any year.

incorrect position

🔗 Thu, 17 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Allambie Airport, Australia

incorrect position

incorrect position

🔗 Thu, 17 Feb 2022
— @adidas at Deep Well Airport, Australia

incorrect position