Talk:Welwitschia Mirabilis Airport

Requested move 4 June 2018

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The result of the move request was: Moved. There's consensus for move to Yuri Gagarin Airport. (non-admin closure) –Ammarpad (talk) 04:50, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

Namibe Airport → Moçâmedes Airport – The city changed its name to Moçâmedes in 2016. Trinaliv (talk) 17:52, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Whether the city changed its name is not directly related to the official or common name of the airport. Also, note related discussion at Talk:Gagarinsky International Airport; this airport is also known as Gagarin International Airport. Dekimasu よ! 18:50, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I'd recommend waiting until we find a newspaper article announcing the change or we get a photo of the new sign on the airport teminal. Right now all the standard sources say Namibe. We have a good number of airport articles where the article and airport names are not the same. Cptmrmcmillan (talk) 03:55, 5 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment. As Dekimasu notes, if anything, this article should be moved to Yuri Gagarin Airport, as that appears to be the name what few reliable sources out there use.  See http://www.angop.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/sociedade/2013/7/33/Yuri-Gagarin-airport-receives-first-planes-September,80357611-2a73-440a-9f1b-35d19eb1905d.html .  Also ICAO's website, while not 100% reliable (they can be out of date, too), comes back with "airportName": "IBE/YURI GAGARIN".  Better sources would definitely help, though...   the sole airline that flies here still calls it just "Namibe" on their website in both English & Portuguese, FWIW ( http://www.taag.com/en/Destinations/Destination-Guide/Destination/namibe ).  SnowFire (talk) 20:19, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Support "Yuri Gagarin International Airport" or "Yuri Gagarin Airport", and oppose the proposed title unless it becomes the common name at some point. Dekimasu よ! 22:59, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, upgrade from comment to support on Yuri Gagarin Airport myself, seeing no other sources offered. SnowFire (talk) 16:16, 12 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Support Yuri Gagarin Airport. My review of the few English sources available supports what and  have said.--Cúchullain t/ c  15:52, 12 June 2018 (UTC)


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Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Gagarinsky International Airport which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 18:20, 5 June 2018 (UTC)