Name that Airport

[jkstark]

That was the reference to alarm; this airport is NOT Alert, though...

[brianw999]

Hmmmmm ? Push me away ? Repulse ?

Repulse Bay Airport. ?

[jkstark]

Repulse it is

[brianw999]

Two runways, on one of which 1.5km is not used. Seen in a movie, passing on with difficulty....twice ?

[jkstark]

Montreal Mirabel comes to mind first, but I suspect not...

[brianw999]

Your suspicions are correct......it's not Mirabel. The cryptic use of the synonyms you're so keen on should help with the movie part of the clue.

[jkstark]

Chippewa County International (CIU/KCIU)

Interesting for am airport with commercial traffic in the US - UNICOM only, no tower...

[brianw999]

Chippewa County International it is.

What was your line of thought in working it out ?

[jkstark]

Nothing too complex; look for airports used in movies, eliminate the obvious (LAX, JFK, SFO etc.)

Once that was done, look at the remaining airports for characteristics - after seeing the list of common movie names that had airport scenes, Die Hard started to come to mind as the probable title reference, but even then, it was much less of a search by movie than a search for general film locations...

If one were to be nitpicky, Die Hard 2 was shot at Kincheloe AFB... Obviously, this did become Chippewa County once the air force moved out..

[jkstark]

"Yuck" - depending on your viewpoint, this single runway airport has only domestic or only international flights from a relatively short runway.

[brianw999]

Yuck....poo.....cac

Hmm ?
CAC..... Cascavel, Brazil ?

[jkstark]

Nope - no poo involved... Just an expression of disgust... Sort of...

[brianw999]

I don't quite understand this bit .... "has only domestic or only international flights"

[jkstark]

Depending on your point of view, some would say all flights are international, and others that they are all domestic...

[brianw999]

So is there some kind of border dispute or ruling power dispute here ?