Originally Posted by
Nakata77
I have a question related to the starter strip runway extension.
how many meters are required between ‘obstacles’ like the rail shed buildings and the jet engine blast zone? It looks very tight to me. Not sure the entire 170m proposed could actually be used.
Take a look at the end of 23 at Southend if you want to know what tight is. They have to deal with a golf course and railway line on top of it. I would say there’s more room at SOU and in any case, the starter extension will be for take off only, the landing distance on 20 will remain the same so no detrimental affect with obstacles like rail sheds!