Editing Portsmouth (section)

=== {{anchor|Airport}}Air ===

[[Portsmouth Airport (Hampshire)|Portsmouth Airport]], with a grass runway, was in operation from 1932 to 1973. After it closed, housing (Anchorage Park) and industry were built on the site.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fagan |first1=Dave |title=History of Portsmouth Airport |url=http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/airfields/por.html |publisher=Hampshire Airfields |access-date=4 August 2016 |archive-date=24 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724230228/http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/airfields/por.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Portsmouth Airport History |url=http://www.portsmouth-airport.co.uk/history.html |publisher=Portsmouth Airport |access-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621030956/http://www.portsmouth-airport.co.uk/history.html |archive-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> The nearest airport is [[Southampton Airport]] in the [[Borough of Eastleigh]], {{convert|19.8|mi}} away.<ref name="GM"/> It has a [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]] rail connection, requiring a change at [[Southampton Central railway station|Southampton Central]] or [[Eastleigh railway station|Eastleigh]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Rail Saver |url=http://www.railsaver.co.uk/southwest/southwest.htm |title=South West Trains |publisher=Railsaver.co.uk |access-date=9 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803132314/http://www.railsaver.co.uk/southwest/southwest.htm |archive-date=3 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]] and [[Gatwick Airport|Gatwick]] are {{convert|65|mi}} and {{convert|75|mi}} away, respectively. Gatwick is linked by Southern train service to London Victoria station and Heathrow is linked by coach to [[Woking]], which is on both rail lines to London Waterloo and the [[London Underground]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trains Gatwick Airport to Portsmouth Harbour&nbsp;– Train Timetables |url=https://www.thetrainline.com/train-times/gatwick-airport-to-portsmouth-harbour |website=Train Line |publisher=National Rail |access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref> Heathrow is linked to Portsmouth by National Express coaches.<ref>{{cite web |title=203 Route, Southsea to Heathrow Airport&nbsp;– National Express |url=http://coachtracker.nationalexpress.com/routes/203/I/Southsea-Heathrow_Airport |website=Coachtracker |publisher=National Express |access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref>