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Originally Posted by yuriandrade
I didn't know that. It's a prime location, the airport site is huge, why not open for general traffic or close it altogether.
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a local clevelander would have to tell you about those details. my guess is that the lakefront airport lacks the terminals and other infrastructure to make it feasible as a commercial passenger airport. but yes, it does take up an egregious amount of precious lakefront real estate right in the core of the city.
chicago once had a very similar general aviation airport on its lakefront just south of downtown called Meigs Field. after the city engaged in a decades long battle with state officials to close it, King Richard II infamously sent in bulldozers to literally tear up the runaway in the middle of the night roughly 2 decades ago in the name of "homeland security". today the former airport is now ~50 acres of additional publicly-accessible lakefront parkland called Northerly Island Park, and is also home to a 30,000 capacity outdoor concert venue.
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