'Can we close Burke? We think we can.' Cleveland makes case for airport shutdown

Closing Burke Lakefront Airport wouldn’t deal a major blow to the city of Cleveland. And the upside – for almost everyone – would be greater than the loss.

[thecameramantraveler]

so i guess this is the next meggs field

[DAISYROSE]

Why are you asking us? Experience indicates that by the time the local media is talking about it, it's already a done deal. Do what you want. You always do. And the residents just keep leaving...

[turninmonyinnoise]

Atlantic city had an airport 5 minutes from the Casinos. They closed it after years of sitting vacant they put in a stadium. A few years later both are closed and useless. General Aviation used to go and bring in lots of money investing in the community. Not now. Same with Meigs field in Chicago. General Aviation will gladly take the money where they are welcome.
The politicians that push for it to close should be required to personally repay continuously the tax payers for lost revenue after it gets closed.

[jasongates-]

But what's REALLY the reason they're looking to close Burke, besides just "We want to close it?" My first time seeing that anyone wanted it closed was a couple of years ago when I happened across an article online, and I was confused why people wanted it closed. I never heard a specific answer besides that people simply want to close it. I never thought it needed closing. I would understand if there were fewer than a dozen flights per month there, or if something drastic had happened there.

If they do close it, make it a park. Name it "Burke Lakefront Park." Allow fishing and boat docking at the park. Make part of it a beach. You could even have some kind of gazebo or something, to give even more reason to go there, as a park.

I just wish they would leave the stadium where it is. They keep wanting to move the Browns out of the city, and now they keep wanting to move the stadium out of the city, too. Downtown is the central location that everyone can get to. Still build the rendering in Brook Park that Haslam wants because the county could still use something like that. But the city of Brook Park should be the owner of that, with the Browns still downtown.

[ronparrish]

Ok if you close it we can take the planes 30 miles on the other side of Lake Erie in ST Thomas ONT south of London

[JMHTruck]

It averages 20-30 flights a day and peaks greatly with sporting events...So where will all that traffic end up? KCLE - Cleveland/Hopkins International. What about the hangared and tied down airplanes that rent space, where will they go?

[DavidBlaha-ilqb]

Hey. Do you know how many cities would give

their eyeteeth to have a downtown airport? Close Hopkins airport

[robingaray]

Bibs doesn’t have a clue how to build a beautiful city full of hope and prosperity

[sams]

Ask Chicago how closing Meigs worked out .... promised development is still nothing years

[Nikobobikotrains]

You guys acting like you will be affected by it closing lol, who cares if the billionaires have to drive an extra 20 minutes from hopkins