New runway for Heathrow planned
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jumpseater,
Ref: Alconbury as a potential new airport-
I agree 100%. Yes, I am aware of the planning application refusal(I live 10 miles from there), but something of such importance to the future of the UK economy (ie increasing airport capacity to contain demand) should not be going through the usual planning channels!! Regretably the NIMBY's win out again, with the entire country suffering in the long run. Lets face it, the UK air tranport sector is, amongst others, being slowly crucified as a result of political expediency at a national and local level!!
Ref: Alconbury as a potential new airport-
I agree 100%. Yes, I am aware of the planning application refusal(I live 10 miles from there), but something of such importance to the future of the UK economy (ie increasing airport capacity to contain demand) should not be going through the usual planning channels!! Regretably the NIMBY's win out again, with the entire country suffering in the long run. Lets face it, the UK air tranport sector is, amongst others, being slowly crucified as a result of political expediency at a national and local level!!
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My suggestion, which I have posted on this forum several times, would be to extend 23 2000-3000 ft to the North-East and end the 05 end to the north of 27L/09R.
This would give a 7000-8000ft runway which, with a bit of careful planning, could be used simultaneously with the other two whilst causing minimal disruption to the neighbouring area.
This would give a 7000-8000ft runway which, with a bit of careful planning, could be used simultaneously with the other two whilst causing minimal disruption to the neighbouring area.
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D to A,
I imagine the first major problem with your plan to extend runway 23/5 is that when 27L is being used as the departing runway, all aircraft from terminals 1,2 and 3 would have to cross the now active runway 23, to get to the threshold of 27L.
Also, runway 23 is used as a holding area for 27R departures, usually for T4 aircraft and some T 1,2 and 3 heavies. On regular occasions, when the queue to depart is long, the 'traditional' holding area at block 134 goes out on to the outer taxiway, so by the time you add all the T4 aircraft to this queue, you will have very congested taxiways around LHRs central area!
Also, lets not forget having to get your timing perfect so that an aircraft isn't landing on 23 just as one comes overhead to land on 27R, or an aircraft on 23 has brake failure and collides with an aircraft rolling down 27L.
[This message has been edited by splonguk (edited 29 June 2001).]
I imagine the first major problem with your plan to extend runway 23/5 is that when 27L is being used as the departing runway, all aircraft from terminals 1,2 and 3 would have to cross the now active runway 23, to get to the threshold of 27L.
Also, runway 23 is used as a holding area for 27R departures, usually for T4 aircraft and some T 1,2 and 3 heavies. On regular occasions, when the queue to depart is long, the 'traditional' holding area at block 134 goes out on to the outer taxiway, so by the time you add all the T4 aircraft to this queue, you will have very congested taxiways around LHRs central area!
Also, lets not forget having to get your timing perfect so that an aircraft isn't landing on 23 just as one comes overhead to land on 27R, or an aircraft on 23 has brake failure and collides with an aircraft rolling down 27L.
[This message has been edited by splonguk (edited 29 June 2001).]
