Originally Posted by
anothertyke
That's where the main option for the airport access road is going. Can't see it at that end. Anyway the issues are wind, fog and occasionally snow. A longer runway doesn't help with any of them does it?
If they're putting the access road there (where the A1/M1 link would once have gone!) it might make the groundwork for a short extension easier, or at least share cost between two projects. One of the issues is that with LDA significantly less than 2000m the runway is too short for some operators. Won't help with wind but problem in fog can be inability to take a slight tailwind on 32. A bit more runway might help there?