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Old 2nd Sep 2013, 06:13
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sunnySA
 
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A possible solution is to use the capabilities of a turboprop and bring them in from the west to land on 07 with a requirement to hold short of the main runway. ATC is forced to treat them like a jet so they just get stuck in the queue. Until the politics of noise got involved most arrivals landed on 07 because that was often the most into wind runway.
Actually the prevailing wind at the airport is typically 290/8 (or thereabouts) so it would be actually be an arrival with downwind (but that would be nothing new at Sydney). The aircraft that landed RWY 07 (and held short) during SIMOPS were typically Twin Otters, Chieftains/Navajos and the smaller Dash 8's. Twin Otters - gone, Chieftains/Navajos - gone, smaller Dash 8's - going, going, nearly gone. So as romantic as it might be, your suggestion of land and hold short is not an option.

Sorry.
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