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Originally Posted by MrChills
This is great news for Deer Lake.
One thing I don't understand though is why there is also an airport in Stephenville? I know the history of the American Base being situated there, but is there really a need for a second airport just an hour away?
No doubt the airport provides jobs to the town, but looking at the bigger regional picture wouldn't it make more sense to have the one in Deer Lake and make that a larger hub? Federal and Provincial funding would be better served going into one rather than two competing airports within 100km of each other.
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I thought the same thing. Also, the Deer Lake airport is much better situated to serve the west coast, northern peninsula and part of central (west of GFW). Although, with all the oil/gas and mineral exploration work going on near Stephenville, that might help to make it feasible in the future.