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Northolt Airport

Norfolk International Airport
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About Northolt Airport

Norfolk International Airport, is a regional commercial and cargo airport located seven miles (11 km) northeast of downtown Norfolk, Virginia. It is owned and operated by the Norfolk Airport Authority: a bureau under the municipal government. The airport serves the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of southeast Virginia as well as northeast North Carolina.

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There's another airport near Heathrow called Northolt Airport. Northolt is a very small airport — it's more like an aerodrome, really. They used to have a gasometer in front of Northolt Airport right next to the runway, which people used to guide their way in.

from 452: No Such Thing As Lemming Atlantis, 2022-11-11 at 00:22:03 · read transcript

Other times Northolt Airport came up

  1. Okay. However, it's one thing landing a plane in Norfolk Airport. Another thing taking off because you need a certain length of runway in order to take off. Norfolk did not have a long enough runway. There was no way to get the airplane out of Norfolk Airport. Did they just sort of drive it down Oxford Street? What happened? What happened? What happened was a maintenance team came along.

    452: No Such Thing As Lemming Atlantis, 2022-11-11 · listen

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