Manchester ATC

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

Just been listening in to Manchester Tower Controller on 06L
this lunch time and had to say very slick bit of controlling with
a very high usage of the single runway operation

Well done mate

Golf -India Bravo

[Victor Mike]

I'm still puzzled why MAN is the only place I know that has a runway that shuts for lunch!

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

To keep the residents of Mobberley happy ( during their siesta)

Golf-India Bravo

[Frankfurt_Cowboy]

Isn't Mobberley England's biggest village?

[bagpuss lives]

Must be one of the richest too at the moment.

[kaikohe76]

I operated from Manchester for almost 20 years, before finally calling it a day recently. At all times I found the standard of ATC there to be very professional indeed, helpful and understanding at all levels. Many thanks.
Regarding the r/w closure for lunch. This rather reminds me of what used to happen often at RAF airfields with the old GCA. The GCA always seemed to be `off` for maintenance, whether any was actually needed or not, only when the RVR was less than 200m in freezing fog!

[Tim_Q]

There's nothing strange about closing it at lunchtime, all airfields have noise abatement proceedures. Heathrow can swap runways at regular intervals, Manchester can't do this due to the un-useful position of their new strip of tarmac! So their only choice is to close it for a while. Personally I couldn't care less about lunchtimes but a PIA approach to 06R at 0800 on a Sunday :zzz: :mad: :{ . You get the picture!

[mainecoon]

tim
deepest sympathy mate

but at least you don't live on ringway road
when he departs 06l

wouldn't like a room in the attic!!!!

[bagpuss lives]

Unless you're one of our assistants of course, in which case it's like a dream come true!! :D

[MANAGP]

Are the opening hours for the 2nd runway operation set in stone? Anybody able to tell me what are the typical opening hours?

Many thanks

[Spiney Norman]

ManAgp.
Scheduled hours of operation are 0600-1200, 1500-2100 local Mon-Fri. 0630-1200, 1500-2100 ,local Sat & Sun. The hours can be varied to a small degree by joint agreement between MAN airfeld ops and the ATC tower supervisor to allow either slightly later/earlier closing. Most common cause of variation would be to accommodate an emergency. Sunday around 1415 local being a case to point. The way the movements are growing, particularly in the luchtime period there could be a rethink, but it's going to need alot of lead-time to get the staffing arranged.

Spiney.