Are there many airports around with short runways

18MonthsaSlave

Are there many short commercial airports around the developed world close to major cities(i.e. right beside as opposed to a 50 or 100km trek away) with runways which are too short for 737s/A320 sized aircraft.
Is there a list of such airports anywhere?
London City is an obvious example although exceptional in being so close to such a large city.

EICVD

18MonthsaSlave wrote: »

Are there many short commercial airports around the developed world close to major cities(i.e. right beside as opposed to a 50 or 100km trek away) with runways which are two short for 737s/A320 sized aircraft.
Is there a list of such airports anywhere?
London City is an obvious example although exception in being so close to such a large city.

Stockholm Bromma would be another, there is an airport in Toronto City but I can't remember the name of it.

Kenny2012

EICVD wrote: »

Stockholm Bromma would be another, there is an airport in Toronto City but I can't remember the name of it.

Billy Bishop is the name of the Toronto City Airport.

L1011

Midway's runways - all under 2km, some significantly so - have been claimed to be too short for fully laden 738s and the primary reason that Southwest has ordered 737MAX7s. Its one of the few examples where its not a specialist service airport although it isn't the main airport for Chicago obviously.

Tenger

18MonthsaSlave wrote: »

Are there many short commercial airports around the developed world close to major cities(i.e. right beside as opposed to a 50 or 100km trek away) with runways which are two short for 737s/A320 sized aircraft.
Is there a list of such airports anythere?
London City is an obvious example although exception in being so close to such a large city.

I assume you are going to have a problem with such airports as they have a runway that "is too short".
Any airport developed over the last 20 years (even 30 yrs ago) which has a 'short runway' would be a huge blunder. But the majority of airports were originally developed in the 50's and 60's when air travel was expanding rapidly. The ubiquitous B737/A320 and indeed the (B777) were not a factor then.
Land may not have been procured in advance, or indeed the city may have grown outwards toward the airport.
Just looking at runway length versus proximity to the city doesn't make a strong correlation.

18MonthsaSlave

You really are tying yourself in knots trying to guess what the motive is behind my post and looking to start an argument where there needn't be one.

MoeJay

Define a "major city"....e.g. a major city in Ireland probably wouldn't be a major city in the USA, but the opposite could well be true.

18MonthsaSlave

pop. 2 million within a reasonable distance.

Chris_5339762

London City has planes designed with it pretty much in mind. There wouldn't be such a push for large(ish) steep approach aircraft if LCY didn't exist.

MoeJay

I can only think of London City and Toronto who can fit into the category. There might be others out there...

mr.anonymous

Ryanair pulled out of one of the Belfast airports because they couldn't get a fully loaded B738 off it on flights to the continent. I've heard MOL say if it was extended they would return there.

L1011

mr.anonymous wrote: »

Ryanair pulled out of one of the Belfast airports because they couldn't get a fully loaded B738 off it on flights to the continent. I've heard MOL say if it was extended they would return there.

City / BHD. International doesn't seem to interest them.

San Sebastián in Spain
Gibraltar airport in .......

KCAccidental

Sheffield airport before it closed.

Tenger

18MonthsaSlave wrote: »

You really are tying yourself in knots trying to guess what the motive is behind my post and looking to start an argument where there needn't be one.

maybe I am

roundymac

Plymouth which may be about to reopen.

The Hill Billy

Bern-Belp would be another that may fall into this category. While Bern only has a population of circa 140k, there would be over 2million residents in a 100km radius.

18MonthsaSlave

Mannheim and speyer are both examples of large cities which have or had small airports. If it were not for frankurt being such a monster hub with good connectivity to those cities then they would have been improved. Mannheim in particular was downright dangerous.

man98

Reykjavik City Airport is quite small.
Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires is comparably short.
Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont too.

Chris_5339762

Blackpool as well.

Lockheed

São Paulo–Congonhas Airport?

roundymac

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Blackpool as well.

Blackpool has ceased trading IIRC.

miss misty

Reggie Calabria in southern Italy

L1011

roundymac wrote: »

Blackpool has ceased trading IIRC.

Has half reopened, citywing are operating but not from the terminal.

durandal01

18MonthsaSlave wrote: »

Mannheim and speyer are both examples of large cities which have or had small airports. If it were not for frankurt being such a monster hub with good connectivity to those cities then they would have been improved. Mannheim in particular was downright dangerous.

Mannheim certainly is small, just 1066 meters of asphalt.