Originally Posted by
parkfell
Ryanair never took advantage of the short runway (performance?) as far as I know, and had to HOLD from time to time much to their frustration.
Loganair certainly did use the cross runway when the Saab operated into LDY.
Apart from the length, Ryanair never took advantage of the short runway because it is closed and disused, and has been for many many years. Trains hold for arriving flights, departing flights hold for trains. On a departing flight if you had to hold for a train it only added 2-3 mins max. The Derry - Belfast railway line only has an hourly service in each direction, and that is a very recent upgrade (last few years?), I believe it used to be every other hour before. On the basis that Pre-COVID there was barely 5 daily flights to LDY total, this was hardly ever an issue