Originally Posted by
Trash 'n' Navs
At 10k freighter flights, I don’t think even the developers are saying it will be.
They are not saying 10k freighters, they are kind of being economic with the truth saying 10k movements, one freighter arriving and departing is 2 movements.
Originally Posted by
Trash 'n' Navs
As for the commercial viability and as were using rough guesses, they could well generate upwards of £17m per year just from landing fees (aero charges). Add in parking fees for long-stay aircraft and non-aero charges (eg handling charges, storage, customs clearance and other related charges) and you could be looking at more than double that. Not a bad little business that.
And after deducting overheads and operating costs the net profit per annum shall be?
Originally Posted by
Trash 'n' Navs
As for B747-8F performance, at 85% of max payload and 30% of max fuel, it weighs 98% of its max landing weight and requires 2,300m of runway available. For take-off, at MTOW it would require 3,000m of runway so given MSE is only 2750m, either they need to extend the runway by 300m or limit the B747-8F to 90% of its MTOW. Even at 90% MTOW, you’re looking at either 15% of max payload with full fuel or 100% of max payload with 40% fuel (it can’t carry full fuel AND full payload) which would get you to Moscow or Istanbul. In reality, it would likely be loaded to 85% payload weight due to physical size & density of the cargo. So MSE can offer decent range from its runway even for a heavy B747-8F
And how much freight needs shifting to MOW or IST?
The reality is that freighters shall need to operate to the N. America eastern seaboard such as Gander or Bangor/Maine, to somewhere like Novosibirsk for a fuel stop en-route to Asia, to Middle East, to Africa etc. and Manston's 2,748m runway simply isn't long enough to achieve these!