Originally Posted by
MonsterC01
It’s rare to use RWY 32 for arrivals even on the odd occasion there is a favourable wind. Believe it has to do with the fact ATC can’t actually increase the movement rate that much as the approach is over runway 01/19. The separation requirements are almost exactly the same as if they were using a single runway anyway. Most common configuration with both runways operating is arrivals on 14, arrivals and departures on 01/19.
Low number of RWY32 arrivals is more to do with a combination of a lack of willing candidates from the south and east (i.e. mostly B737/A320 or heavies) and the traffic complexity/workload for DH8s, BE20s etc from the west/northwest to overfly final of RWY01 and be processed for RWY32. RWY32 can operate as converging runway ops with traffic on RWY01, so no real sep issue for arrivals, but it does block RWY01 departures. Of note, the 'converging runway ops' procedure to either RWY14 or 32 isn't available if the main runway is RWY19.