Non-tech comment:
One pictorial in the proposals shows the A38 road diverted to the East in an arc away from the current location. Does this enable the full 6598 ft (sorry, 2011 metres...) of runway to be used? 27 appears to have a displaced threshold. Or do they actually gain some more length without actually extending the runway? Sorry if that sounds double-dutch, but is there currently a "dead" area of runway immediate to the A38 road that can be brought into use as a "starter extension" without physically lengthening the runway.
Sorry, not familiar with the layout on-site. Just looking at the development plan blurb, and an old Pooleys.
EGCA
Last edited by EGCA; 21st Jan 2009 at 17:53.