Howards/Springfield

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RE: Howards/Springfield

(03/08/2016 09:05)CX54 DKD Wrote:  That's not quite true. The operational hours for the second runway are 8 hours a day from 06.30 - 10.30 and 16.00 - 20.00. The only time this changes is, as you say, when overnight maintenance is required on the main runway which certainly will be 'essential' considering how heavily used it is. Even then though, overnight arrivals are deliberately limited and not in any sort of influx.

Official Airport information:

Manchester Airport Wrote:Manchester Airport has operated on a 24-hour basis since the 1950s. Planning
permission for Runway 2 (23L/05R) permits use of both runways between the hours
of 0600 - 2200. At night between the hours of 2200 - 0600 we usually* revert to
single runway operations based on Runway 1 (23R/05L).

In practice we only operate both runways when we require the capacity to meet the
high airline/public demand to arrive and depart aircraft. At present we use both
runways in the morning and then again in the later afternoon and evening. We return
to single runway operations based upon Runway 1 (23R/05L)* at other times.
Predicted growth over coming years will require greater use of dual runway
operations and so the hours of operation will change.
*(Exceptions would be during emergency or planned maintenance).

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1...0Sheet.pdf

According to the MEN those 'usual operating hours' you quoted were extended in 2014: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/n...ay-6984243 Of course it's not sensible to plan to have a flight arriving at 21:55 land on Runway 2 in case it gets delayed or arrives early but there are often flights not running to schedule which land on runway 2 outside the planned operating hours.

Quote:As another side point, the direction aircraft arrive into any runway is dictated by the wind (you would want to land into a headwind) and so for some of the time, wind direction means that aircraft will follow a completely different routing into the airport and thus, those aforementioned inconvenienced residents find themselves not inconvenienced in the slightest.

Runway 2 has allowed a significant increase to the volume of flights going in to Manchester Airport. For people who live in places such as Knutsford you have flights flying over regardless, the difference is if the flight is using runway 1 you can have a conversation on your mobile outside and the person at the other end will hear the plane, if the plane is using runway 2 the person at the other end can't hear you over the plane. Having more flights using runway 1 still means you hear more aircraft noise than pre-runway 2 even when the wind is in a favourable direction.