Originally Posted by
rog747
TORA and or LDA (total lengths available) is not what on the day, can a flight planner or pilot use for their performance calculations - One can only use the length of runway what the book says the aircraft and its payload can lift off or land with, depending on the various other parameters, and weather occurring on the day (Of which SOU is somewhat blighted as we know, plus our increasingly hot summers days)
The holy grail is not necessarily the Canaries, Cyprus and the Greek Islands.
At the moment we cannot always even get a full load off the deck in the winter for a short Ski flight to GVA on a A320Neo.
A couple of days ago on Facebook/Twitter SOU airport announced
yet more Public ''Open days'' to come and meet the management and discuss the runway planning permission and for SOU's expansion plans.
https://twitter.com/SOU_Airport/stat...608256/photo/1
I did say " basic take-off performance figures", these will of course be impacted by current temperature, wind velocity and runway state (if not dry). Even with these factored in the A220 is everything and more that SOU could wish for. If you want to take a very pessimistic view draw a 2000 NM radius from SOU and see what will be the possibilities, with the likelihood that this radius can be extended even further.
The total runway length is not necessrily considered for take-off/landing calculations. SOU currently has 1723 metres but only 02 has this as a TORA, RWY 20 is less than this by a need to provide a Runway End Safety Area (RESA) as a contingency to allow for an overrun. Simlarly 02 & 20 both have displaced thresholds which reduces the Landing Distance Available (LDA) below 1723 metres, due to obstacles in the approach area and/or a need to provide an undershoot RESA.
"The book" as you refer to will have the available TORA and LDA factored in with the current temperature/wind velocity/runway state to indicate what is currently available to use as a maximum take-off/landing weight.
From what is indicated by SOU can we assume that submission of a planning application is not imminent?