Talk:Porto Alegre Airport
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Discussion leading to redirect[edit]
The following discussion is copied from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports. After realizing the article about the airport in Sao Tome and Principe was for a minor airport that has been closed a long time, I decided to redirect to the airport in Brazil as it is a better target article. AHeneen (talk) 03:50, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Porto Alegre Airport[edit]
Is there any evidence this airport exists? I have been in the area a few weeks ago, there nothing like an airport, not even an airfield or a runway. You can check also on google satellite view, there is nothing there. Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Alegre_Airport — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.215.66.149 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
- Very interesting. I searched for the Sao Tomé Aeronautical Information Package (AIP), which is a standardized information packet for every nation's air services. On page 143 of the AIP, there is an index to aerodromes (airports/heliports) and there are only two. I can't find any official publications by the ICAO or IATA for airports...such publications probably exist, but require paid access. There is a lot on the internet for the PGP airport code, but I cannot find anything that indicates this airport exists. There is nothing on Skyvector. The US FAA, which is a reliable source, has an entry for "FPPA PORTO ALEGRE,SAO TOME ISLANDS"
- I don't see anything on Google Maps satellite image showing that this airport exists. However, I do see an area west of Porto Alegre (Google Maps) that is partially cleared. The west side is long, straight and somewhat resembles the shape of a runway. This clearing could have been an airport a long time ago, but not anytime recent...there are a lot of trees and the land doesn't look like it was recently cleared.
- I think a little more research is needed before nominating the article for deletion. AHeneen (talk) 01:55, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
- Update: I found a map with air information that was current as of September 1984 and shows a minor aerodrome west of Porto Alegre around the area which I said above looks like an old airport. A similar map from October 1995 does not indicate the airport. So maybe the article is for an old airport that does not currently exist. AHeneen (talk) 03:31, 1 October 2015 (UTC)