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Old 28th Feb 2019, 12:34
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Originally Posted by Discorde
Also there are no departure (or arrival) procedures promulgated for runway 05L/23R. Was this runway already out of service?
This thread suggests that 05L/23R was closed "around 1970".

Those Minimum Noise Routeings are very similar to today's SIDs, which isn't altogether surprising as the early part of each SID is designated as a Noise Preferential Route and only the Government has the power to change those, but to date hasn't dared to.
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