Originally Posted by
Suzeman
Sadly the configuration you suggest does not fit with ICAO SOIR (Simultaneous Operations on Independent Runways) Mode 4 regulations . This because we had to reduce the width between centre lines below the 760m that would allow this, due to the proximity of the Bollin Valley to the south and therefore stagger the thresholds (which is permitted under the regulations), but you must always land on the nearest threshold to the direction of approach. This is to make the go-around procedures to work safely.
Going any wider than the spacing that exists would have meant filling in the Bollin Valley along some of its length in National Trust land and planning permission would never have been obtained.
The issue of runway crossings was modelled into the capacity assumptions and was discussed at some length at the Public Inquiry.
All well aware and thats specifically why i call it a one and a half runway operation with the associated impact that result in the relatively low per hour flow rate.
Still it remains the the outer runway displacement aside ideally should be the landing strip, indeed demonstrating the point on the 05s traffic flows and ground conflicts virtually disappear