Hello all.
As I said earlier, 23L is the preferred runway for A380 departures and it will usually use 23L for takeoff despite the time of day.
AFAIK the A380 has departed from 23L every day except for the inaugural MAN-DXB flight which was due to the large number of people at the RVP (I'd be pretty pissed off paying £12 to watch the A380 depart from 23L!).
Taken from the Aerodrome Manual 2010 V2:
6.2. Runways available
Runway 05L-23R has a total paved width of 90 metres, comprising 45 metres full
bearing strength between edge-lights, plus 2 x partially load-bearing shoulder of
23 metres width.
Runway 05R-23L has a total paved width of 60 metres, comprising 45 metres full
bearing strength between edge-lights, plus 2 x partially load-bearing shoulder of
7.5 metres width. A380 operations are certified to land on this type of runway.
A380s will generally operate through Manchester under the same Segregated
runway manner as other aircraft. The exception will be that in most cases A380s
will depart from the Runway 23L in preference to 23R. When this happens during
single-runway 23R operations, the A380 departure off 23L will be a ‘dependent’
operation. Dependant operations may be subject to short delays to enable
traffic sequencing.
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