Editing Galway (section)

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[[Galway Airport]], located {{convert|6|km|2|abbr=on}} east of the city at [[Carnmore]], ceased to have scheduled passenger flights on 31 October 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Galway Airport press release |url=http://www.galwayairport.com/about/Current_Press_Releases/8/AER_ARANN_SUSPEND_SERVICES_FOR_THE_WINTER_SEASON_131 |access-date=9 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204055222/http://www.galwayairport.com/about/Current_Press_Releases/8/AER_ARANN_SUSPEND_SERVICES_FOR_THE_WINTER_SEASON_131 |archive-date=4 February 2012  }}</ref>  Because the runway is too short to take modern passenger jet aircraft, it is only capable of limited operations.<ref>[http://www.pobail.ie/en/PressReleases/2007/February/htmltext,7853,en.html 21 February 2007 Investment in Regional Airports to Aid Balanced Regional Development] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927141446/http://www.pobail.ie/en/PressReleases/2007/February/htmltext,7853,en.html |date=27 September 2011 }} (Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs) "However, before any major development can take place at Galway Airport, the issue of runway length must be addressed. Galway Airport has the second shortest runway length of all of the regional airports in Ireland used for scheduled flights. The total length of the runway is 1350&nbsp;m, which means that the number of aircraft types that can use it is limited."&nbsp;– Ministerial statement.</ref> ''[[Aerfort na Minna]]'' ({{convert|22|km|2|abbr=on}} west of the city) operates regular flights to each of the [[Aran Islands]] ''(Oileáin Árann)''. [[Shannon Airport]] (90&nbsp;km) and [[Ireland West Airport]] (86&nbsp;km) are the nearest international airports, both of which have flights around Ireland and to Britain, Continental Europe and North America (from Shannon).