In the 2000s, the Brazilians bombshell's were still in demand but quickly fell out of favor on the runways.

Many of the old hangars still exist and the runways can still be seen.

It is still used, however, when heavily-laden aircraft need to take off from short runways or when operating in " Hot and high " conditions.

* June 1946: An air photo of the airport shows only the first triangle of runways, and Cain's Farm still standing ( but not necessarily still occupied ) just outside the airport's perimeter road.

A majority of the airport's runways and facilities are still located within the boundary of Moon Township.

Large parts of the runways have since been dug up and the buildings have fallen into disuse with many being demolished, although one hangar and the control tower still remain.

The West Field runways are still in use as the Tinian International Airport.

The three runways the airport had in 1951 are still visible on the southeast side of the airport: 4500-ft runway 5, 4500-ft runway 18 and 4490-ft runway 14.

The Germans constructed 3 runways in the shape of a triangle: runway 02 / 20 and 07L / 25R which are still in use today, and runway 12 / 30.

So that the airport could accommodate larger, long-range aircraft, a major works programme was undertaken to replace the four existing runways with two new long paved runways, thereby forming the basis of the layout that still exists at the airport today.

The field originally had three runways, but only the longest is still in use.

The new airfield's modern, electrically illuminated, concrete runways ( when most " airports " still had dirt runways and no night landings ) and comfortable terminal facilities with numerous amenities made it among the most advanced of its day, earning a rating of A-1 ( the highest ) by the United States Department of Commerce at the time.

The disused RAF Wing is now a chicken farm but the layout of the runways can still be seen from the air.

Of the three original runways, the North East / South West runway is still complete, and used for parking on market days.

However the scars of the bunkers and runways can still be seen from the M62 motorway.

Used shell casings from the guns of these aircraft can still be found adjacent to the runways.

The three runways that were in use when World War II ended still exist, however.

Although airport ground crews regularly clean up runways, the crash of Air France Flight 4590 demonstrated that accidents can still occur: in that case, the crash was said to have been caused by debris left by a flight that had departed only four minutes earlier.

The layout of the runways is still very clear and although they are substantially grassed over, the many earth and brick protective bunkers built to protect the fighters from attack on the ground are all still in place.

Plans for further terminal expansion exist, including the construction of a separate new terminal between the Zwanenburgbaan and Polderbaan runways that would end the one-terminal concept.

If three or more parallel runways exist, as is the case at Bankstown Airport in Australia, then the middle runway ( s ) can, for obvious reasons, only be used when either a straight in approach is used or when the aircraft joins the pattern from a very wide base leg.

Remnants of the airfield also exist such as a row of ex-RAF housing along Church Road, and the three main roads on the estate were the original runways on airfield.

In the past there were three takeoff and landing runways in the airport, of which only two still exist, and only one is currently in use.

Heathrow lies west of Central London, and has two parallel east – west runways along with four operational terminals on a site that covers.

It does have two runways on site but the close proximity of the two and the length and lack of guidance for the second means that only one is used.

The northeast corner of town is also the site of portions of the runways of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station, which was closed in 1996 as a part of the fourth round of BRAC base closures.

The west-side runways, also known as Runway 18L / 36R and Runway 18R / 36L, were designed to accommodate B-52 Stratofortress bombers and due to their proximity to NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, were an obvious choice for an emergency landing should an emergency " return to launch site ( RTLS ) attempt to land at KSC fall short.

In 1966, a new terminal was built on the west side of the runways, at a new site east of Colorado Springs beyond Powers Boulevard.

By 1945, five main hangars and three runways had been built at the site, which was also home to No. 9 Group RAF.

The site was enlarged and three concrete runways laid, the main aligned 04-22 and the two auxiliaries aligned 09-27 and at 01-19.

However the runways will be maintained to be used as a relief landing site, eg from RAF Lossiemouth.

The runways will be maintained to be used as a relief landing site for aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth.

Since the sale the land surrounding the runway has been used for agriculture, while the land at one end of the site ( including some of the airfield runways ) has been used for motor sport.

There were some clear links to the aviation heritage of the site within the names of the roads, with the three main roads running the length of the estate being constructed on the runways of the airfield, and the 34 tower blocks that contained 2, 000 flats.

Then in 1941. the site was surveyed for an airfield built to Class A standard and all flying was discontinued in the summer of 1943 so that construction of concrete runways could commence.

The base comprises two sections: NAS I was the site of the original U. S. base but is now a support facility and NAS II which includes the runways, operations and most tenant commands.

Significant developments were made to the aerodrome ; the addition of two runways, taxiways and extra hangarage led to Yeadon becoming an important site for military aircraft testing.

The parish has two airfields: Little Gransden Airfield, located at Fuller's Hill Farm, which holds an air and car show every summer ; and Gransden Lodge, a former Royal Air Force station which saw active service in World War II, but is now a gliding site, its three paved runways having been removed.

In March 2006 the site was split, with ownership of the central area including the runways transferred to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ( MCA ) who have continued to use it as a base for their air sea rescue helicopters.

Our intention is that development of the site will focus on new aviation and marine related businesses, exploiting access to the existing runways and the Solent.

The original RAF Kingstown site was established as the station headquarters and the runways were removed with the ballast used as foundations for a major building programme on the satellite sites of Harker, Heathlands, Rockcliffe and Cargo where hangars, storage buildings and administration offices were built.

The MROTC is a world-class MRO facility, on the south east site of Tinker AFB, sharing runways and security with the base.

The construction of the M11 in 1977 forced the shortening of the runway by 300 m. In its role as a museum, the north side of the site is occupied by the Imperial War Museum's stored collections and is not generally open to the public, while the south side is occupied by various hangars and other historic buildings, purpose-built structures, and by two runways.

The BOMARC site was a rectangular installation, just southeast of the old runways.

It was based at Samlesbury Aerodrome, Lancashire, which eventually had three runways, and was the site of an English Electric factory building Handley Page Hampden and Handley Page Halifax bombers.

Work was begun in the spring of 1942 and the airfield was laid out as a standard RAF heavy bomber airfield with concrete runways, dispersals site, mess facilities and accommodation.

The closure of the aerodrome was not the end of the story for Hooton Park – it became the site of the north ’ s biggest agricultural show ( the Cheshire Show ) until 1977, and the runways continued to be used by Shell Research for testing cars at high speed.