There was an interesting article in the business section of today’s Sunday Times which said that BAA is going to go for planning permission for a full length major runway instead of the smaller one originally planned (ie 4000 metres instead of 2000 metres) on the basis that they will have a major battle and might as well go the whole hog.
By: Gonzo - 17th September 2007 at 23:07
Off the top of my head, we’d probably run the new runway in mixed mode, the existing northerly one (i.e. what will be the middle runway) in departures only, and the southerly runway in arrivals only.
By: Old Git - 17th September 2007 at 16:51
Any bets as to when first ground gets dug for Terminal 6 anyone :dev2: ?
Paul F
and further down the road maybe Terminal 7 (provided there is enough land). If Gatwick and Manchester (before the building of the second runway) can manage one runway operations with two full terminals I am sure they will be able to squeeze an extra two in at Heathrow for an extra runway.
By: Paul F - 17th September 2007 at 13:10
And maybe BAA are also working on the principle that if they are asked to scale down their proposal in the first application fight, then they can possibly do so and still end up with a small runway, whereas if they make the initial application for a small runway and it gets rejected then there is no fall-back position they can take?
Not sure how departure and approaches would work with a third, albeit slightly remote, parallel long haul runway, though with a smaller runway operating short haul types then there would potentially be less conflict – as anyone who has been to Kastrup would confirm – they often operate(d) short haul turboprops off a runway that is on an entirely different orientation to that being used for longer haul departures and arrivals. It’s a bit off putting to be sitting in a 737 in the hold/crosswind leg to see smaller turboprops whizzing past a few hundered feet below at right angles to your own flight path!
Any bets as to when first ground gets dug for Terminal 6 anyone :dev2: ?
Paul F
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September 16, 2007 at 10:49 pm