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Thousands of people are expected at Newquay Airport ... over the Atlantic. The airport expects about 2,500 people to be watching from a viewing area across the runway from the Spaceport hangar.
But this is no hi-tech new-build -- it's a tiny rural airport, called Cornwall Newquay Airport. Here's how they transformed it into something worthy of the space race.
Cornwall Airport Newquay has been chosen to host next year's space launch due to having the second longest runway in the UK. Cornwall Airport Newquay’s 168-strong workforce already juggles ...
Budget airline Flybe has opened an investigation after a plane struck the runway while landing at Newquay Airport. Tuesday’s flight (April 17) from Manchester to Newquay suffered a heavy landing ...
But recently locals have been feeling tantalizingly close as they’ve watched a very special plane fly low overhead, taking off from the runway at little Newquay Airport – the 29th biggest ...
Plans to test drones at Newquay Airport are being opposed by the government ... operations and safety director at aviation news company Flightglobal, said the size of the runway and its coastal ...
A badger on the runway at Newquay Airport in Cornwall forced a Flybe plane to abort its landing. The flight from Gatwick to Newquay was around 300ft off the ground when the animal was spotted by the ...
A Cornwall councillor has suggested the loss-making Newquay Airport could become a rock concert ... to stay open as an emergency airfield. The runway is one of the largest in the country so ...