I was just talking to the local refueller up here and he asked the question
"Did you hear about Cessnock?" Says I, (thinking someone's landed gear up or something..)
"Nope, what happened?"
"Closed until August, they reckon! They were going to patch the runway, dug a hole, water's got under it and now she's stuffffeeeeddd!"
Now, the NOTAM only goes out until May 25 "EST...", but that's still a heck of a long time for an unplanned closure, even though they
were going to have a shutdown from 1-10 Feb and a longer one in April as part of the
airport upgrade...And from that website we have this pearler:
"Council and the contractor will work closely with key stakeholders to resolve any issues and minimise disruptions with these shutdown periods."
I'd be pi$$ed if I was based there...
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