Editing Plymouth (section)

=== Air ===
The city's airport was [[Plymouth City Airport]] about {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} north of the city centre.<ref>{{cite web |title=View of the aircraft parking area and runway at Plymouth City Airport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/webcams/plymouth_airport_cam.shtml |access-date=16 November 2008 |publisher=The [[BBC]] |archive-date=14 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114043517/http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/webcams/plymouth_airport_cam.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
The airport was home to the local airline [[Air Southwest]],<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.airsouthwest.com/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011102904/http://www.airsouthwest.com/about/ |archive-date=11 October 2008 |access-date=16 November 2008 |publisher=[[Air Southwest]]}}</ref>
which operated flights across the United Kingdom and Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plymouthairport.com/flights/|title=Plymouth City Airport Flights|publisher=[[Plymouth City Airport]]|access-date=16 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028032046/http://www.plymouthairport.com/flights/ <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=28 October 2008}}</ref> In June 2003, a report by the [[South West of England Regional Development Agency|South West RDA]] was published looking at the future of aviation in the south-west and the possible closure of airports.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 June 2003 |title=Air strategy for the far South West published |publisher=The [[South West of England Regional Development Agency|South West RDA]] |url=http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/news/release.asp?ReleaseID=814 |url-status=dead |access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110094555/http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/news/release.asp?ReleaseID=814 |archive-date=10 January 2009}}</ref> It concluded that the best option for the south-west was to close Plymouth City Airport and expand [[Exeter International Airport]] and [[Newquay Cornwall Airport]], although it did conclude that this was not the best option for Plymouth.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 June 2003 |title=New blow for city airport |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/2970048.stm |access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-date=15 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115083029/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/2970048.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2011, it was announced that the airport would close,<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 April 2011 |title=Plymouth City Airport to close in December |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-13219590 |access-date=30 December 2011 |archive-date=11 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211111644/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-13219590 |url-status=live }}</ref> which it did on 23 December. A local company, FlyPlymouth, put forward plans in 2015 to reopen the airport by 2018, providing daily services to various destinations including London, but as of now, these projects have stalled.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 May 2015 |title=FlyPlymouth vows to reopen Plymouth City Airport within two years |work=Plymouth Herald|url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/FlyPlymouth-vows-reopen-Plymouth-City-Airport/story-26466154-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613071409/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/FlyPlymouth-vows-reopen-Plymouth-City-Airport/story-26466154-detail/story.html |archive-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>