Talk:Aberdeen Airport

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1 Needs rewording
2 Airport size
3 Nautical miles?
4 Article format

[edit] Needs rewording

If you're in the middle of Aberdeen and you need too be at the airport ... From the bus or railway stations, bus # 27 leaves from outside St Magnus house, just beside the bus station. It's about a 45 minute ride, traffic permitting. The bus is about once every hour and a half from 07:30 to 18:00. Outside those hours, taxi is your only option. Fare from city centre should be about £12-£15 (2004 prices). The train stops at Dyce, but that's on the opposite side of the airport to most of the terminals. It is of some use if you're flying from the "Scotia" helipads, but a waste of time if you're using the main ('public') terminal, the "Broomfield House" terminal (for fixed wings up to Shetland), or helicopters from the "Bristows" of "BIH" terminals. (The names of the companies change irregularly).

[edit] Airport size

There is a mistake in the first paragraph, Aberdeen is the 3rd largest airport in Scoltand and is comfortable ahead of it's next nearest challenger Prestwick, approx passengers figures for running yearly total are Aberdeen - 3m pax & Prestwick - 2.3m pax. This is based on current BAA and CAA figures.

[edit] Nautical miles?

"The airport is located in Dyce, approximately 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Aberdeen city centre." Why nautical miles of all units? Without good reason, an encyclopedia should stick to more conventional units - either SI or some unit common locally (in the UK, road signs are marked with miles) or preferably both. --Rhebus 11:46, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article format

Until recently this article was formatted to basically match the guidelines at WP:AIRPORTS. Recently however the formatting has been changed away from that, plus also basic Wikipedia Manual of Style recommendations (see WP:MOS). It is in all our interests to present a standard look to airport articles (and all articles). I have updated the article to match those guidelines again.

If you've got any questions please leave a note at WP:AIRPORTS, thanks/wangi 19:32, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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