Originally Posted by
mikkie4
I dont pretend to understand the ins and outs of how an airport works, it has been said that the runway is not wide enough to take larger planes (737.800)... because of the church.....but SEN has acres of spare ground opposite the church ,why cant they take some of the land to widen the runway, surely this will please the church people, the planes would be further away, less noise,...everybody happy.....simples
No not quite so "simples". If the runway is widened to the south east the hangers and properties come into the strip width and would have to be demolished. Nothing is as simple as it seems!