I have been to Halifax.
Halifax is quite well known for Schools for the Blind. The explosion and all of that.
I might as well have been blind when I was there. The fog never lifted during my Summer vacation.
I cannot imagine that area as a landing site.
The airport is well inland from the harbor. I was in N.S. in '65, and in '01. '65 was by the Blue Nose out of Bar Harbor. 'o2 was into Halifiax airport.
In '65 the kinfolk still iived on dirt roads, had outhouses and made butter in the butter churn - the milk was fresh from the cow. The kitchen stove heated the house. The kids spoke English but the old folks spoke Gaelic. No joke. In '02, they had paved roads, and indoor plumbing, and Gaelic was just a novelty a few old timers trotted out on special occasions.
There's a shuttle emergency landing site in downtown Mobile, Alabama too.
Hmmm. Doesn't list Halifax or Mobile.