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BN727227Ultra wrote:BLV?
SteelChair wrote:All of the over built hubs of the 80s and 90s in the US that got dehubbed/rationalized through the mergers. CVG, PIT, MEM, CLE
bluejuice wrote:IBR
Ibaraki is the Gary-Chicago of Japan. It was built as Tokyo's third airport for low cost carriers they never came in any significant numbers.
Canuck600 wrote:Think YVR & YYC will grow into there expansions, besides better to do it now as building costs will only go up. That's probably the case for most airports, 10 years from now those airports that appear to be overbuilt will be wishing they had built even bigger.
Waterbomber2 wrote:bluejuice wrote:IBR
Ibaraki is the Gary-Chicago of Japan. It was built as Tokyo's third airport for low cost carriers they never came in any significant numbers.
I have to correct you there.
Hyakuri base is a decades old military base and the commercial terminal is already operating at capacity during peak periods.
It only has 4 parking stands if I remember well.
You can find overbuilt airports all across Russia.
mga707 wrote:IND. Beautiful, spacious terminal, but so far at least way bigger than Indianapolis really needed.
TheEuphorian wrote:NRT is soon becoming Asia's version of YMX, with the rise of HND again.
UTP's upcoming new terminal 3 is probably going to also be under utilized, as it's only a 2h drive from BKK.
jupiter2 wrote:What is this fantasy about NRT become another YMX ? It has nearly 40 million pax, over 2 million tons of cargo, is extending the 16L/34R and building a 3rd runway. Passenger numbers and movements steadily rise each year. It was never meant to replace HND which has more than twice the pax, but to compliment it. NRT is doing just fine.
debonair wrote:Also HAM is totally overbuild - the new satellite "low-cost" terminal will not be opened as Ryanair decided to close is base at HAM...
PatrickZ80 wrote:debonair wrote:Also HAM is totally overbuild - the new satellite "low-cost" terminal will not be opened as Ryanair decided to close is base at HAM...
Not true, it will be opened.
Actually, the new building, which is already largely completed, should start operating in the coming year. "However, we will postpone the commissioning and completion of the shuttle gates by one year and will not finish until spring / summer 2021," says airport boss Michael Eggenschwiler of the "Abendblatt". The reason: the conditions on the market developed differently than originally thought. "Germania went bankrupt, Condor threatened to go out, Ryanair and other airlines are struggling with the 737 Max problems," said Eggenschwiler of the "Abendblatt".
Vctony wrote:DTW and FNT are overbuilt and underutilized. The DL terminal at DTW can accommodate significantly more operations / passengers than it currently does and FNT is way overbuilt.
vedatil4 wrote:It's weird that nobody has mentioned the ghost airports built in Spain during the 2000s.
alan3 wrote:Speaking of overbuilt....how about Spain's "ghost airports"
CQM....over a billion Euros cost...built in 2009 and 0 flights
Another Spanish airport CDT cost almost 200 million Euros, had no flights for almost 5 years and now finally has a tiny handful of flights
alan3 wrote:CQM....over a billion Euros cost...built in 2009 and 0 flights
alan3 wrote:Another Spanish airport CDT cost almost 200 million Euros, had no flights for almost 5 years and now finally has a tiny handful of flights
vedatil4 wrote:Closer to home there's an airport called Mar de Cortes in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. I can only remember one scheduled commercial flight going there. 'Tis a shame too. The place has nice beaches.
albertocsc wrote:alan3 wrote:CQM....over a billion Euros cost...built in 2009 and 0 flights
In the period it was first opened, 2008-2012, Ciudad Real CQM managed to get 6 destinations by 4 airlines. It is also true that no more than two airlines or 3 destinations were operated at the same time, so it was underutilized but for sure not 0 flights.
2012-2019 it was closed due to owner's bankruptcy. Then in 2019 it was reopened by new owners, and currently it houses general aviation flights, and is used also as an aircraft parking (OE-IED and PZ-TCR have been stored here so far), upgrading to a MRO and CAMO center if hangars and maintenance stands are built this year, as planned.
Skydweller also planned their military drone manufacturing plant in CQM, but finally they will work in nearby Valdepeñas airfield.
It is still really underutilized (passenger terminal with capacity for 2M pax, currently used as a congress center and filming location, and cargo terminal completely empty), but at least not closed anymore.alan3 wrote:Another Spanish airport CDT cost almost 200 million Euros, had no flights for almost 5 years and now finally has a tiny handful of flights
Castellón CDT was surely a good example of a non-utilized airport for almost four years. But it's managing to get new routes, and so far it's getting bigger and for this summer season, there are 8 routes planned, by 4 different airlines. Being so close to VLC and relatively to REU doesn't help, though.vedatil4 wrote: