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This is Zweibrücken Airport.
International, no less, with 12 flights to Berlin, 5 to Mallorca, 3 to Antalya, 1 to Las Palmas, 1 to Tenerifa, 1 to Heraklion, 1 to Rhodes and 1 to Fuertaventura.
A week, that is.
One departure every 6 hours or so.
It’s local, because the state government here subsidises it like crazy.
It’s about 30k and 20 minutes away from an existing airport in Saarbrücken, but that’s in another state, so Saarbrücken gets €5m a year in subsidies and Zweibrücken gets about the same if not more.
And then there’s one just over the border in Metz. And another in Luxembourg. And Frankfurt and Hahn about 90 mintes a way.
All that for 250,000 passengers a year.
Milton Friedman said it best:
There are four ways in which you can spend money.
You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money.
Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well, then I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost.
Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m sure going to have a good lunch!
Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it is, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And thats government.
Mainz Daily Photo 
>Good job you flew to the UK and drove to Everton (Notts) before the rains came. Saw the nearby village of Scaftworth flooded by the overflowing river Idle [yes that’s it’s name] and the road closed.
>They should name the darn thing after me, given the amount of tax €s I’m pumping into it!
>How true what Friedman said. Is the airport called something else (than Zweibrücken Airport), like named after one of the founding fathers or a recent or present local politician?I enjoy your photos and your texts very much John!