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Doors to Automatic
Does anyone know wht the new taxiways to the Eastern and Western ends of the runway don't go to the ends of the runway but cut in 500ft or so from each threshold? Doesn't seem to make sense to me?
The land cuts downwards very quickly at both ends, 08 will have the DART soon and would have come in much deeper if a taxiway went right to the end. It's all down to costs vs benefit.