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Old 13th May 2015, 21:29
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Airbanda
 
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Road access to Lulsgate is diabolical and the runway is still too short for large, intercontinental airliners - I recall when it was extended 'for the Viscount' in 1963. The A38 was rerouted, but even so, the RW is only just over 2000m in length with a displaced threshold on RW27, some 20% shorter than Filton, which is also 400 ft lower, has excellent road connections and the potential for direct rail connection.
Mutatis mutandis (as the lawyers say) that's pretty much exactly same as Leeds/Bradford and lost alternatives to S and E of Leeds.
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