PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - SOUTHEND 5
Thread: SOUTHEND 5
View Single Post
Old 5th May 2017, 06:30
  #4396 (permalink)  
Harry Wayfarers
 
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Siargao Island
Posts: 1,043
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
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
Are you sure that you don't mean that it's not long enough, as opposed to wide enough, for a B737-800 on a longer route and/or with a heavy load?
Harry Wayfarers is offline