LGW second runway "by the back door" going ahead.
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LGW second runway "by the back door" going ahead.
Plans will be submitted for "routine use" of 08L/ 26R to public consultation this Thursday...
Beeb:
"Gatwick Airport is due to unveil plans to use its emergency runway to increase capacity.
The airport's latest draft plan is set to be released on Thursday and will go out to public consultation, a spokesman said.
The emergency runway would be used for smaller aircraft departures, as part of future growth plans.
Opponents to expansion at the West Sussex airport have called it "a second runway by the back door".
An airport spokesman said it was "exploring how to make best use of its existing runways, including the possibility of bringing its existing standby runway into routine use".
"This would deliver an incremental increase in capacity that complements the expansion schemes of other airports across the South East."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-45861559
Beeb:
"Gatwick Airport is due to unveil plans to use its emergency runway to increase capacity.
The airport's latest draft plan is set to be released on Thursday and will go out to public consultation, a spokesman said.
The emergency runway would be used for smaller aircraft departures, as part of future growth plans.
Opponents to expansion at the West Sussex airport have called it "a second runway by the back door".
An airport spokesman said it was "exploring how to make best use of its existing runways, including the possibility of bringing its existing standby runway into routine use".
"This would deliver an incremental increase in capacity that complements the expansion schemes of other airports across the South East."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-45861559
LGW second runway "by the back door" going ahead
No, it's not even close to "going ahead" - there are a ton of legal and operational hurdles that would have to be overcome first, not least the safety case around using a pair of runways only 200 m apart at the same time.
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How odd that this story should present itself just days after one regarding rumours on the NYSE that GIP were considering selling their stake in Gatwick.. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...investor-group
One could almost surmise that they were trying to increase the 'potential' value of their asset... despite the fact that as has rightly already been said this is a long way from a reality...They stand to make a lot of money anyway but they'd have made even more if they could have sold it on with planning permission for a second runway. No different from doing the same with a small house on a large plot of land. This will just have to do I suppose.
One could almost surmise that they were trying to increase the 'potential' value of their asset... despite the fact that as has rightly already been said this is a long way from a reality...They stand to make a lot of money anyway but they'd have made even more if they could have sold it on with planning permission for a second runway. No different from doing the same with a small house on a large plot of land. This will just have to do I suppose.
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Tegel Airport in berlin operates 2 runways and they are certainly less than 200m apart.
We will presumably find out more once the plan is published, but the somewhat sketchy announcement so far does not suggest that a TXL-type, segregated mode operation is what Gatwick has in mind.
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Don't expect the idea to be operational next year though!
Düsseldorf has two very close parallel runways in use as well, the northern one being the "main".
How often is Gatwick's reserve runway used these days?
How often is Gatwick's reserve runway used these days?
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There's no "by the back door" about it. There was an agreement in place, which has expired or is to expire very soon. Without any new agreement, Gatwick should be free to use both runways subject to the necessary approvals.
Leaving aside the other issues, it appears that the "by the back door" accusation is a reference to the (then) BAA's 1979 undertaking that they would not begin construction before 2019 of anything that could ultimately become an operational runway in its own right, and West Sussex CC's agreement, based on that understanding, that they would not in turn object to the construction of the emergency runway.
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Runway separation
How far apart are pairs of runways normally? Is there a standard or recommendation?
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Landing on the wrong runway
The FAA typically requires 4300 feet runway separation for independent IFR operations. On a case by case analysis only 3000 feet might be permitted.
1035 m for independent parallel approaches (subject to suitable SSR requirements, otherwise 1310 m)
915 m for dependent parallel approaches
760 m for dependent parallel departures
760 m for segregated parallel operations (less if runways are staggered)
Measuring with googlemaps returns a result of 200m (+/- not very much).
But still nowhere near the minimum required for parallel IFR operations.
