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RW20
TCAS FAN
Their is a council meeting on Friday 03/02 ( Airport Consultative Committe) on the agenda is the runway extension update.
One would hope to get news on this,although I must say there there has been little or no news for many months. Surely the airport management have put in place the details to get this done by later in the year?
AGS firstly have to secure project approval from CAA, who will want to see the extent of project, its scheduling and that adequate risk mitigation will be in place to permit a tolerably safe continuance of runway operations during the conduct of the work. Maybe some announcement of CAA project approval will be made at the meeting?
Once CAA approval has been given (which hopefully it has by now, or is imminent), details go to NATS AIM to compile the AIP Supplement. If the project is on schedule the Supplement should appear with the next batch around 9 March.
The AIP Supplement, which is a legal document, will be used by aircraft operators to determine the impact/restrictions on their operations during construction work.
Once construction work nears completion, if AGS are on the ball, they will have scheduled their surveyors to come in to verify the "as built" runway dimensions/elevations which, subject to CAA approval, should initially.be published via NOTAM before appearing in the AIP. The latter may have a two/three month lead time.
Once the NOTAM appears with extended runway declared distances aircraft operators can revise their performance charts to take advantage of the improvements that they will bring.