Talk:Gibraltar Airport

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[edit] Clarification?

"The airport runway is similar to Hong Kong's former airport Kai Tak (formerly RAF Kai Tak)." How are the two runways similar? The Kai Tak article mentions that the Japanese extended the runway past an existing road, but there is no mention whether the road was closed during aircraft operations (as with the Gibraltar Airport). Are they similar because they are built on reclaimed land? If that is the case then they are similar to a lot of other runways (e.g. SFO). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 17:24, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

They are similar because they are both short and stick out into the sea, and yes they are both built on reclaimed land. Segafreak2 18:25, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Was Kai-Tak really very short (handling various, heavily-laden jumbo jets)? In any case I wouldn't say they formed a unique pair. One might also include STT. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 16:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Air Malta Charter

Can someone clarify that this actually happens? I have never seen or heard of this before, and there is no cited source. 86.128.28.71 16:38, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

It does indeed happen. This years flight leaves Gib on the 17th July and returns on the 24th July. Gibmetal 77^talk 12:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I returned to Gibraltar on 17/7 (yesterday) and did see the Air Malta plane parked, in fact even clicked a photo - will upload if suitable. Binand 17:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I saw it land from the beach :). Please do upload it and insert it in the article if you think it's a good photo.Gibmetal 77^talk 19:56, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I've added an image too (but not of Air Malta). If you do get round to uploading yours I think I would fit nicely under the 'Destinations' section. Chris Buttigieg 09:56, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Done. Will try to get a better pic on the 24th when the plane returns to GIB.Binand 04:31, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Did anyone manage to take a photo of it on tuesday then? I didn't know at what time it was arriving so I missed the chance again. Gibmetal 77^talk 16:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)