Originally Posted by
4Greens
For some time now the ATC in South East England has been overloaded. It is rare that there is no holding on arrivals. An extra runway will exacerbate this.
So more runway capacity = more aircraft holding, waiting to land?
Maybe, maybe not.
The fact is that there are so many other variables involved, nobody can say for sure what the impact of a third runway would be on airborne holding, either in the short- or long-term.