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Old 25th May 2022, 18:02
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Originally Posted by TCAS FAN
If you are referring to what in my working days I referred to as a "Winchester 2 arrival", whereby you get to see Winchester twice due to the orbit to lose height, that hopefully is coming. However due to the tortuosly slow Airpace Change Proposal process (delayed by Covid 19) currently taking place it could be a year or more away. To the current airport owner's credit they are the first to put up the money to get it sorted, so maybe are serious about a long term future for the airport?
Don’t most airports operate in this way? Can’t say I have seen many flights fly straight into an airport without some form turn or loop.
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