Originally Posted by
le Pingouin
They do have parallel runways in SY.... Last year SY had 332,000 fixed wing movements and ML had 238,000 - so SY has only 1.4 times the traffic. Call it 1.5 due to no curfew at ML.
As to the delays, umm what do you think the "turn right heading 140" for 10 minutes at 250kts is achieving?
Sydney's 3rd runway opened in 1994, in that year YSSY did about 213,000 movements. 1993 was about 204,000 movements and 1995 was 228,000 movements. In 1995 YSSY was 241,000 which is comparable to YMML (current figure). YMML has a much better configuration (terminal location) than YSSY but there comes a point when the staffing levels need to increase to safely handle more traffic. That is, ATC & Supervisor positions open earlier and later. Perhaps its at that point now (or will be soon).
Staffing at YSSY increased with the parallel runway. Director positions required, PRM positions required and more staff to allow TWR and TCU positions to be open longer (earlier and later).
YBBN has started planning for the increased staffing requirements that the parallel runway will demand.