Part of the issue is that 24 is not used for departures
How would this help? TCU and ENR struggle with the current departure rate. More staff and some different sectorisation first please.
Please stop saying turn Pearce into a common user airport
Agree, PEA is not the answer just a tad too busy at times, well most of the time actually.
Aircraft leave Perth to track out through an arc of about 200 degrees
Maybe nearly true but not many mine sites to the south - south east, so in effect most departures are through about 90 degrees.
Meanwhile Gatwick airport moved double the airport movements of Perth with one runway
All jets, doing the same speed, at the same levels, high speed exits (which don't help departures much) and pilots that don't f*#k around getting on and off runways. And after all that the peak hours are no where near double!!
ASA CEO and PAPL (formerly WAC) may be reacting late, very late, but the concept of smoothing is being received well by mining companies and airlines. Implementation well that's another battle. No long term fix but it helps all and at least finally the problem is recognised.