Originally Posted by
dwlpl
Passenger demands during the summer months dictated that the work goes on thought the winter months.
As Vampy says, LPL has flights throughout the night in summer and none during the night in winter.
This together with LPL being one of the least weather affected airports in the UK made it a no brainer.
Unfortuneatly they got a hit this time.
BTW, the sun is now shining and all is well.
Stansted had its runway relayed this summer over a 6 month period when its ILS was deduced to CAT1
Luton also had its runway relayed this year but did it in two stages. Stage 1 was from March 1st to June 30th when the runway was reduced to Cat 1. Stage 2 was from October 1st to November 30th but this was just for drainage work so the runway remained CAT 3.
Luton was very lucky as the fog stayed away at an airport that has a reputation as being foggy but then Luton did not choose to do the work over the winter. If it had then Luton would have been closed now for almost 4 day.