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| rdfs:comment | - London Thames Estuary or Westclife Airport as buses and locals say, is a airport in Abbey Marshes in Westclife. The airport had 11 million passengers when it was first opened in 2011. The airport had several birdstrikes and had a huge impact on the environment. A high-speed link to London and local trains to Ratclife St Ives Street.
- A new Thames Estuary Airport has been proposed at various times since the 1940s. London's existing principal airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, are each sub-optimally located in various ways, such as being too close to built-up areas or requiring aircraft to fly low over London. In the case of Heathrow, the growth of air traffic has meant that the airport is operating at 98% capacity. Several locations for a new airport have been proposed in the Thames Estuary, to the east of London. These include Maplin Sands off Foulness on the north side of the estuary; Cliffe and the Isle of Grain in Kent on the south side; and artificial islands located off the Isle of Sheppey such as the "Boris Island" proposal championed by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London.
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| abstract | - London Thames Estuary or Westclife Airport as buses and locals say, is a airport in Abbey Marshes in Westclife. The airport had 11 million passengers when it was first opened in 2011. The airport had several birdstrikes and had a huge impact on the environment. A high-speed link to London and local trains to Ratclife St Ives Street.
- A new Thames Estuary Airport has been proposed at various times since the 1940s. London's existing principal airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, are each sub-optimally located in various ways, such as being too close to built-up areas or requiring aircraft to fly low over London. In the case of Heathrow, the growth of air traffic has meant that the airport is operating at 98% capacity. Several locations for a new airport have been proposed in the Thames Estuary, to the east of London. These include Maplin Sands off Foulness on the north side of the estuary; Cliffe and the Isle of Grain in Kent on the south side; and artificial islands located off the Isle of Sheppey such as the "Boris Island" proposal championed by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]]
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