Can the Netherlands do better than Belgium in this?

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 14 Dec 2003, 09:24

Today I read this in "The Standard, the greater China business newspaper.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) warned the delta had overtaken the United States to have the most congested airport zone in the world, Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday. There are now 0.8 airports per 10,000 square kilometres in the Yangtze delta, topping the US' 0.6, CAAC's planning section head for east China, Li Guoqiang, was quoted as saying.

But if I remember well Belgium has 30000square kilometres.
And I count the following INTERENATIONAL airports besides the National airport in Zaventem:
Zaventem.....BRU...EBBR (50°54'08"N 04°29'55"E) Elevation: 184 Runway Length: 11935 - 10534 - 9800 Feet
Deurne.........ANR...EBAW (51°11'24"N 04°27'46"E) Elevation: 39 Runway Length: 4954 Feet
Oostende.....OST...EBOS (51°11'56"N 02°51'44"E) Elevation: 13 Runway Length: 10498- 2057 Feet
Liege............LGG...EBLG (50°38'15"N 05°26'36"E) Elevation: 659 Runway Length: 10784 - 7676 Feet
That is 4/30000 and 1.333/10000 for the Kingdom of Belgium, but if we take Flanders the density is even higher than 2/10000!!!
Met alle Chinezen maar niet met ons, dus...

Making it 8 runways, in fact Belgium itself is one huge airport....

Post by **sn26567** » 14 Dec 2003, 09:48

Hey Fons, shame on you!

You forgot the 2nd Belgian airport after BRU for the number of pax! Guess which one?

B737229 · Post by **B737229** » 14 Dec 2003, 10:00

2nd airport around Brussels, is that the one they call Dublin East?

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 14 Dec 2003, 10:26

sn26567 wrote:Hey Fons, shame on you!

You forgot the 2nd Belgian airport after BRU for the number of pax! Guess which one?

Zaventem.....BRU...EBBR (50°54'08"N 04°29'55"E) Elevation: 184 Runway Length: 11935 - 10534 - 9800 Feet
Deurne.........ANR...EBAW (51°11'24"N 04°27'46"E) Elevation: 39 Runway Length: 4954 Feet
Oostende.....OST...EBOS (51°11'56"N 02°51'44"E) Elevation: 13 Runway Length: 10498- 2057 Feet
Liege............LGG...EBLG (50°38'15"N 05°26'36"E) Elevation: 659 Runway Length: 10784 - 7676 Feet
Charleroi......CRL...EBCI (50°27'33"N 04°27'14"E) Elevation: 614 Runway Length: 8366 Feet
That is 5/30000 and 1.666/10000 for the Kingdom of Belgium, but if we take Flanders the density is even higher than 2/10000!!!
Met alle Chinezen maar niet met ons, dus...

Making it 9 runways, in fact Belgium itself is one huge airport....

Captain · Post by **Captain** » 14 Dec 2003, 14:14

Another amazing fact.

The Dover to Oostende air corridor is the most congested air corridor in the World!

Captain.

Lien · Post by **Lien** » 15 Dec 2003, 19:51

Which airport do you mean ? I haven't got a clue.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 15 Dec 2003, 21:48

Lien wrote:Which airport do you mean ? I haven't got a clue.

Look closely at Fons' second post. Charleroi CRL has been added

Ciao
Chris
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Lien · Post by **Lien** » 16 Dec 2003, 09:57

That's right Avro, thanks

vflies · Post by **vflies** » 16 Dec 2003, 10:09

Captain wrote:The Dover to Oostende air corridor is the most congested air corridor in the World!

Interestingly enough, OAC recently mentionned that it was the NYC-BOS route that was currently the most congested, taking over a domestic route in Japan and the Paris-London route.

VFlies

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Can the Netherlands do better than Belgium in this?

Can the Netherlands do better than Belgium in this?

So my figures are wrong....