That is for the west terminal, see the airport development plan on the Tullamarine airport Web site, page 115. The hint is that the proposed railway is extended to there.

High winds today have reduced ops to 16/34 and likely to be that way for most of the day. Some flights cancelled as a result.

If only all those damn factories weren't there.......
In my 'somewhat later' Melways, the proposed parallel 16/34 was over to the west about where the current control tower is.

Yes, and have been for years. I forgot all about that runway to the east.

Slightly OT but does anyone know the reason for extending V north of 27/09 up to C?
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​​​​If 16 is in use no one is exiting at C and heading southbound down A so no conflict there, if 34 is in use then no one is going northbound on A so no conflict there either.

The only benefits I can think of are:
1. Makes it easier for the tugs to go up and down A
2. Reduces the impact of works on that part of A

Neither of which seem significant enough to me to really justify it.

The CFMEU will decide if there will be another runway built and where it may go. Probably going to have to wait until they have drained every last available dollar from rail crossings and metro tunnels first though. Ten years at least.

Hopefully Melbourne-Tullamarine gets its 3rd runway and also an airport train.

long talked about, never delivered.

North-South orientation surely makes more sense.

If Melbourne authorities were so concerned about noise abatement, Melbourne-Avalon would have been a great option to expand.

Hopefully they build a new parallel runway and close any crossing runway.

The last thing we need is another SYD where if the wind get above 20 knots they close a majority of the airport. Having no crossing runway would eliminate the need for any closures and keep everything moving.

Proposal is for ILS on R34L and R and consequent lowering of airspace over the bay from LL4500 to LL2500 to facilitate.

I really wish they would just get on with it. And perhaps be a bit more ambitious with timeframes. They said it ‘could’ be ready by 2027, but they said more like 28 or 29. See you mid next decade.

The whole train thing is just embarrassing. A decade or two talking about it. Then a decade to build the train line. Only in Oz.

That would kinda put an end to LAHSO and 09/16 simultaneous operations on those calm sunny days we get in summer.

No, another parallel runway (34L/16R) is about the only thing that makes sense and even then, probably only when the new Terminal is built - otherwise we'd get another "SYD 3rd runway" situation and nobody down here wants that..

Yeah it sucks - but given that the VFR Coastal Route is already down to 2000, I don't think too many folks will have a problem with that.

So, on the one hand you wish they'd get on with it, but you correctly identify that Australia is an infrastructure **** hole. The world has fast trains, Australia has pieces of **** that look awesome on the outside but are as fast as an uber milking a fare in peaktime.

Australia = showbags. Big, fat and full of ****.

Correct on rail. Vline still use 1980 built carriages and loco’s on its network. Melbourne to Geelong should be fast rail or ‘faster’ rail, 40 mins tops. We are still stuck in the 80s it seems.