
In developing this proposal for Goodwin Airport we have examined all the published alternative proposals we can find; the links below are for those proposals that have websites. If you are aware of any more that we have missed please let us know and we will add them.
Also provided are links to key background documents we have used in preparing the Goodwin Airport scheme.
Alternative proposals
New Airports:
- Foster + Partners,proposal for a four runway airport at Isle of Grain
- Gensler, proposal for four runway floating airport in the Thames estuary
- Marinair, proposal for a four runway airport in the Thames estuary
- Testrad, proposal for a five runway airport on the Kentish Flats
- London Medway Airport, proposal for a four runway airport at Cliffe
- Thames Reach Airport, proposal for a two runway airport at Cliffe
- TOAST, proposal for a two runway airport north of Sheppey
Expansions and additions:
- Policy Exchange, a four runway airport at Heathrow
- Weston Williamson, a four runway airport at Luton
- Make Architects, a four runway airport at Stansted
- The 2012 Gatwick Masterplan – possibility of a second runway in 2030
Background information
- 2013 – Updated UK Aviation Forecasts – The Department for Transport
- 2012 – The Government’s Airports Commission
- 2012 – Heathrow, The case for a single UK hub airport
- 2012 – Proposals for an airport in the Thames estuary, 1945-2012
- 2012 – YouTube video of a visit to the Goodwin Sands
- 2011 – The GLA’s Airport Report Part 1
- 2011 – The GLA’s Airport Report Part 2
- 2010 – UKHO Assessment of surveys of the Goodwin Sands
- 2009 – Thames Estuary Airport Feasibility Review by Doug Oakervee
- 2003 – Halcrow, Development of Airport Capacity in the Thames Estuary
- 2003 – Proposal for Goodwin as part of a Channel barrage
- 1985 – Proposal for an international port and airport on the Goodwin Sands
- 1967 – Flight International, Foulness: A Feasible Alternative?