Talk:El Nouzha Airport

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I guess Borg El Arab Airport deserves its own article, but wasn't Borg El Arab the main airport while El Nhouza was being renovated? When I flew to Addis Ababa a couple of years ago, we stopped at Borg El Arab, but I think the flight moved to El Nhouza a short time later. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:23, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Borg al Arab airport is located way out of the city. That might be a reason most airlines use the more convenient Al Nozha airport, which is also located smack in the middle of Alexandria, similar to London City or Berlin Tempelhof. --Soylentyellow 23:35, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Need clarification/attribution[edit]

I've removed the following statement from the article:

Because of the runways' short lengths, the airport is incapable of handling larger aircraft. As a result, many airlines use Borg el Arab instead.

This needs clarification and/or attribution. The main runway at this airport is longer than that of La Guardia (LGA), yet the DC-10 and L-1011 were specifically designed to use the latter airport's short runways. So there is no reason a large aircraft couldn't use the airport, although whether it could do so at maximum weight (i.e. for long-distance flights) is another matter. Also note that Wellington's ~~airport~~ runway (WLG) is even shorter, yet it handled 747SPs. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 11:28, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Airport closed down?[edit]

On the article it states the Alexandria International Airport will be closed down in May 2010, it is now June 2010 and no changes have been made. Is Alexandria Int'l Airport actually closed down yet or not? Zaps93 (talk) 22:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Opening?[edit]

I've heard that the airport wouldn't even open, and that the plans for opening were scrapped and replaced with something else. If someone could confirm please change it. Therealyauz (talk) 21:04, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]