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| New Airport in San Juanico (SBY) 
 
 Looks like there's now an official new airstrip in San Juanico/Scorpion Bay.
 
 Fly into BCS... as a member/owner in the airport.  Not for the general public to fly in.
 
 Seems like the plan is to include medical services for the community.
 
 
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 | Quote: Originally posted by aburruss  |  | Looks like there's now an official new airstrip in San Juanico/Scorpion Bay. 
 Fly into BCS... as a member/owner in the airport.  Not for the general public to fly in.
 
 Seems like the plan is to include medical services for the community.
 
 
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 A “members only” airport for gringos in rural Mexico
    
 Thank god they will keep out the general public.  The general public is so uncouth!
 
 
 
 
  
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 Recall reading about this some time ago.some wealthy gringo from South Bay Area if I recall correctly.locals were complying about the dust it was
creating during construction, among other things.welcome to the private surf club.
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 Of course sombody probably has plans to build Condos, Townhomes and Fractionals.  Can we say desalination plant?  Of course it will be environmentally
well done, and gated.
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 airstrip #4 for San Juanico
 
 #3 (upper right) was overrun by new houses
 
 
   
 
 
 
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 An older thread about this…
 http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=95795
 
 
 
 
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| Cliffy 
 
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 Who's got title to all the land?
 Is it going to be another boondoggle with titles?
 Same story- different town?
 Infrastructure?
 Its easy to scape an airport out of dry land
 To provide the other stuff needed is the hard part as we have seen before
 
 
 
 
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| San Juanico Airport History 
 
 From Arnold Senterfitt's Airports of Baja California: 1967, 1972, 1987, & 1994 editions.
 
 
  1967
 
 
  1969 page in 1972 edition. Pencil notes from 1974 update: Airport now OK, 1,700 ft. length.
 
 
  1987 & 1994 (shared the same image and data).
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 From Airguide Publications' 1974 Baja Traveler
 
 
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 From Galen Hanselman's 1998 Air Baja!
 
 
  1997 image in 1998 book.
 
 
 
 
 
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| Ateo 
 
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 Killer photos David. Thank you.
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 De nada, Jon.
 I am looking forward to Harald doing his satellite and topo map magic with them.
 I am wondering if the new runway is in the same place or how they compare in relation to the town.
 
 
 
 
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 OK - here is the magic
 
 red is the newest runway
 
 the upper 2 were the first ones - town growth has swallowed most of them
 
 
   
 
 
 
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