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varkalav 2 years 100 days ago

chazzy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes, the cars do stop for aircraft -- you can see the cars stopped on either side of the runway, presumably by a gate, and you can see a two-engine aircraft making an approach about 3 miles out from the east (zoom all the way in):

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Gibraltar&t=k&hl=en&ll=36.153625,-5.276962&spn=0.085104,0.215263

Nice find.
- varkalav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yeah, Check this ... amaaaazing
  
  http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Gibraltar&t=k&hl=en&ll=36.153625,-5.276962&spn=0.002655,0.006604
MAdaXe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They do this at RAF Manston in Kent, UK as well - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Gibraltar&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.333454,1.349516&spn=0.036466,0.10849 - although the QL is crap so you can't see the road.
rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They'd have to clean up debris every time they close the gate. Runways need to be practically spotless before each landing and take off. Although I suppose they don't close the gate that often.. It doesn't look like a busy airport.

Good find.
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