Originally Posted by
Rivet Joint
Interesting! All shaping up well for the move to bigger aircraft. Hopefully the taxiway will appear as I feel it would be a big oversight if not. Backtracking already adds a few minutes to departures so with the longer runway it’s going to be even more of a hindrance.
Agree totally, as mentioned in an earlier post of mine, backtracking from TWY B could be a PIA. With another 164 metres added if SOU gets back to previous traffic levels runway capacity will significantly drop either by a need for increased gaps between successive arrivals to accommodate backtracks, or the log jam at Hold B1 preventing pushbacks from multiple adjacent Stands. Are we going to see a repeat of the previous missed opportunity (when runway was resurfaced) to add the TWY A missing link at the northern end?