Well, yeah ... with a thread topic like the one originally posted I would've had the same reaction too: Throw a wet blanket over it until you see what shakes out.

Does everybody really need an "airport" to launch/recover their stuff? Shame, shame ... [8D] "Up" here in CO we have to suffer/get by with 650 x 50 runways (when you can find one at a nonhostile location) and density altitude sometimes approaching 10K+. I'm not whining or thumbing my nose but, for us, not having an airport to fly off of is a fact of life already.

Otherwise, it will be interesting to see what Ben, super snooper of the thruth, can dig up if anything. (I think the fundamental problem is that the Feds may not want anything they [even partially] funded closed to its primary purpose.)

Cheers.

Mike