Originally Posted by
Trinity 09L
It is over a year since the planning inspector finished public comments on the use of the northern runway for departures. No doubt the decision is parked until the "announcement". If given the go ahead will this allow part of the 25,000 extra ATMs to be available?
No, making alternation on easterlies possible doesn't make any difference to runway capacity (otherwise we'd see big delays building up every day the wind was from the east).