Unfortunately, we are likely all dreaming. The chances of a new runway virtually anywhere in Europe, USA, or AUS, is virtually none.
We can even get new procedures approved, let alone a new runway....this is why you dont see EO procedures, we have these for private RNP, but in the public realm, we tried this before, but as soon as the public needs to see is an EO procedure, with a "aircraft on fire with one engine" over their house...same for the missed, which is why they are mostly straight ahead to a certain alt...
The people moved in on the flightpaths, and all of a sudden, they hear jet noise, and they get to complain.
The airport facilities are like almost everything in aviation, by the time it is approved, it is out of date. If they had a good interconnecting rail system, and the airports were all owned by the same owner, then you could shift operations around between them to optimize air traffic in general....
Good luck with that...
Last edited by FlightPathOBN; 5th Jul 2012 at 16:02.