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===Air=== [[File:Hawker Hunter at Yorkshire Air Museum (8248).jpg|thumb|Yorkshire Air Museum|200x200px]] The closest international airports are [[Leeds Bradford Airport|Leeds Bradford]], which is {{convert|30|mi|km}} away from the city centre, [[Teesside International Airport|Teesside]] {{convert|47|mi|km}}, [[Humberside Airport|Humberside]] {{convert|54|mi|km}}. Further afield are [[Manchester Airport|Manchester]] {{convert|84|mi|km}} and [[Newcastle International Airport|Newcastle]] {{convert|95|mi|km}}. Manchester Airport β with connections to Europe, North America, Africa and Asia β has direct rail links by [[TransPennine Express]] with its {{rws|Manchester Airport||namesake station}}.<ref name="coyrail">{{cite web|title=Trains|publisher=City of York Council|url=http://www.york.gov.uk/transport/Public_transport/trains/|date=31 August 2007|access-date=9 October 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019101942/http://www.york.gov.uk/transport/Public_transport/trains/|archive-date=19 October 2007}}</ref> By road, it is accessible by the [[A64 road|A64]] to the [[M60 motorway (Great Britain)|M60]] via the [[A1(M) motorway]], [[M1 motorway|M1]] and [[M62 motorway|M62]]. Teesside Airport has one rail connection via Darlington and Eaglescliffe, with a limited service by bus from {{rws|Teesside Airport||its station}}. By road, it is accessible by the [[A19 road|A19]] north to the [[A67 road|A67]]. Newcastle Airport has one connection via Newcastle station, with the metro to {{stl|Tyne and Wear Metro|Newcastle Airport}}; it is accessible by the [[A1(M) motorway|A1(M)]] north to the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] then the [[A696 road|A696]]. Leeds Bradford and Humberside have no direct railway stations, with bus route connections instead. Leeds Bradford serves most major European and North African airports.<ref name="fgyac">{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkaircoach.com|title=Welcome to YorkAirLink.com|publisher=[[First York]]|access-date=20 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827235554/http://www.yorkaircoach.com/|archive-date=27 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Humberside is accessible by the [[A1079 road|A1079]] to the [[A15 road (England)|A15]] via the [[A63 road|A63]]; Leeds Bradford by the [[A59 road|A59]] to the [[A658 road|A658]] via the [[A661 road|A661]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skyscanner.net/news/airports/york-airports|title=York Airports|date=19 August 2016|access-date=26 January 2022|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126140657/https://www.skyscanner.net/news/airports/york-airports|url-status=live}}</ref> York has an airfield at the former [[RAF Elvington]], {{convert|7|mi|km}} south-east of the city centre, which is the home of the [[Yorkshire Air Museum]] and used for [[private aviation]]. In 2003, plans were drafted to expand the site for business aviation or a full commercial service.<ref name="tpelb">{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7898363.Up_in_the_air_for_Elvington/|title=Up in the air for Elvington|publisher=Newsquest Media Group|work=The Press|date=9 October 2003|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122125630/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7898363.Up_in_the_air_for_Elvington/|archive-date=22 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Former [[RAF Church Fenton]] is also near the city and private; it is now called [[Leeds East Airport|Leeds East]].
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