GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/10/13 1:15 p.m.

Includes sweet paddock area (I mean covered parking lot), only slightly used giant strip of pavement (I mean A380-capable runway), VIP spectator deck (I mean bridge to nowhere), and so far it looks like no NIMBYs have moved in next to it to complain about noise (I mean it's in the middle of nowhere). It's in Spain though, and brace yourselves 'cuz I don't think anyone will argue with me when I say that the price is un-grassroots:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/10/travel/spanish-ghost-airport/index.html

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
12/10/13 1:35 p.m.

Oh. Good. Already has a tower.

aircooled
aircooled UltimaDork
12/10/13 1:36 p.m.

That was in a semi-recent Top Gear episode.

Wxdude10
Wxdude10 New Reader
12/10/13 1:37 p.m.

GRM Top Gear-like test track anyone?

ultraclyde
ultraclyde SuperDork
12/10/13 1:39 p.m.

Someone has an educated sense of humor

yamaha
yamaha PowerDork
12/10/13 2:03 p.m.

Our military should buy it for the sheer awesomeness of owning an airbase on spanish soil.....

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/10/13 2:04 p.m.
ultraclyde wrote: Someone has an educated sense of humor

From the article, that's the airport's official name Intentional humor or not?

trucke
trucke Reader
12/10/13 3:00 p.m.

Top Gear episode!

http://www.streetfire.net/video/top-gear-season-20-episode-3_2431764.htm

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