I live under the flight path into runway 09 of East Midlands Airport.
The airport opened in 1965 as East Midlands Airport (EMA). However, FR24 uses a controversial name it was changed to in 2004. This change was abandoned in 2006 and the name reverted back to East Midlands Airport, which it remains today. However FR24 hasn't caught up with the change.
The airport serves three cities in the East Midlands region of the UK, Derby, Leicester and Nottingham.
The nearest city is Derby, although the airport is in the county of Leicester. So some bright spark decided to add the least logical name to it... Nottingham. It then became known as "Nottingham-East Midlands Airport".
The argument was that foreigners didn't know where "East Midlands" was, so we should add a city name to reduce misunderstanding.
I remember shortly after the change waiting for my flight at an airport in Europe and some of the departure boards showed "Nottingham" whilst some showed "East Midlands"!
So no confusion there then!
After two years the airport management had seen the error of their ways and renamed it back to it's original EMA.
But 19 years later, FR24 is still using the ephemeral name of the past. Any chance of correcting it?
The airport opened in 1965 as East Midlands Airport (EMA). However, FR24 uses a controversial name it was changed to in 2004. This change was abandoned in 2006 and the name reverted back to East Midlands Airport, which it remains today. However FR24 hasn't caught up with the change.
The airport serves three cities in the East Midlands region of the UK, Derby, Leicester and Nottingham.
The nearest city is Derby, although the airport is in the county of Leicester. So some bright spark decided to add the least logical name to it... Nottingham. It then became known as "Nottingham-East Midlands Airport".
The argument was that foreigners didn't know where "East Midlands" was, so we should add a city name to reduce misunderstanding.
I remember shortly after the change waiting for my flight at an airport in Europe and some of the departure boards showed "Nottingham" whilst some showed "East Midlands"!
So no confusion there then!
After two years the airport management had seen the error of their ways and renamed it back to it's original EMA.
But 19 years later, FR24 is still using the ephemeral name of the past. Any chance of correcting it?
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