Airservices data doesn't cover the 80s but interesting to see change in helo movements in the period 1999-2015 from their data,
in 2015 helo movements (39,172) = 17.8% of 220,166 total movements in 2000 helo movements (27,284) = 9.1% of 298,798 total movements |
The 2004/5 master plan says that in 1988 when the FAC took control of the airport annual movements were over 400000.
The History of Bankstown Airport found here http://www.lockoweb.com/Final%20Draft.htm#_Toc243020835 states that in the early 1980's there were 460 aircraft based there. My guess is there would only be 150-200 (at best) aircraft currently based there. Also found in an old aviation mag, that Jandakot had 325000 movements in 1989. |
Back in the late 70s even Archerfield was managing 1000 a day at weekends. Under GAAP procedures ATC only cleared aircraft for take off as I recall and for operations on crosswind runways so there was not as much radio talk as there is nowadays.
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Originally Posted by BPA
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Just found an article in an old Australian Flying Mag from Nov 1987 when they interviewed one of the tower controllers. In it the controller says they have a around 1700 movements on each day on weekends and 1000 movements on each week day. So that's a 8400 movements each week and 436800 movements per year.
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I post this for pure historical interest. Can’t help withBankstown but here is data from Moorabbin from 1962 to 2015. If you look hardenough it is actually in the public domain- but from around 2000 it wasavailable on the internet or through airport master plans. I just updated from2008 to 2015 from ASA sources.
As in everything there are lies, damned lies and statistics,so look at the notes at the bottom. As for me, nobody can tell me Moorabbin is not busy. Theother Thursday we sat at the 17L holding point for 22 minutes to get clearancefor night circuits- as CAE C172 after C172 did their thing. And when a gap camealong a bl**dy CAE Kingair snuck in! So it’s not the movements total that youneed to look at- it’s the content of the movements. Enjoy the stats: Year Movements(thousands) 1962 134 1963 189 1964 196 1965 258 1966 320 1967 320 1968 321 1969 240 1970 212 1971 208 1972 218 1973 254 1974 246 1975 257 1976 301 1977 327 1978 342 1979 327 1980 289 1981 270 1982 249 1983 238 1984 266 1985 299 1986 323 1987 289 1988 326 1989 395 airline pilot strike 1990 386 1991 357 1992 338 1993 328 1994 339 1995 347 1996 350 1997 363 1998 296 removal of fuel subsidies. Reducedtower hours. Airport sale 1999 259 Avgas crisis 2000 257 introduction of GST 2001 254 2002 253 effects of 911 attacks 2003 236 extensive bushfire season/poor weather 2004 229 2005 265 2006 234 suspect Airservices data this year(*) 2007 310 vast increase in overseas studenttraining 2008 352 2009 311 2010 252 Overseas student market collapse (mycomments) 2011 275 2012 235 2013 225 2014 236 overseas student market renewal (mycomments) 2015 242
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Moorabbin has held on way better than Bankstown. Is there are a correlation comparing treatment of tenants by the leaseholder of each aerodrome?
Appols too, Dick. I was looking hard to see real effects of reg changes for airspace classification and charging regimes...Moorabbin doesn't stand out for any effects around 88 and late 90s early 2000s. Aviation despite doom and gloom predictions? My bet is on GAAP aerodrome privatisation precipitating predatory practices of the new leaseholder. |
Just a one way ratchet of increased costs in just about all ways for GA.
Yes. Privatisation one thing but also government regulatory requirement costs have also increased. I disaster |
Oi! You not disaster, Dick. :O
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