Heathrow - Additional Runway

A good deal of freight is in the hold of passenger aircraft...Only some is on freight dedicated aircraft.. I believe.

The "big" argument for Heathrow is that its used as a Hub for shorthaul feeders including freight ,to connect with worldwide longhaul ,  other options would restrict this as it is at capacity now,    it only needs a small problem now and the knock on effect is large,

Where we are we can quite often tell if Heathrow have a problem as we live near their "north stack", which in turn brings more aircraft to London City ,Stanstead, Luton and RAF Northolt over us

Other than Lyneham, HMG have closed down loads of RAF / AAF fields that would have had plenty of suitable runway available - instant solutions.

Similarly, Manston in Kent was quite capable of taking commercial airline traffic (it did!) but is now stood idle and likely to be built on.

Why cram another runway into an already over-congested area?

Should have been built on the old Llanwern site, near Newport. Five miles of flat land, there were several enquiries years ago, but apparently there was a rare newt in the way.

One or two miles from the M4, rail link alongside, would have bee ideal, as it would have relieved a lot of air traffic from around the London area.

Could close Cardiff airport as road and rail links non existent as well as Bristol for same reasons.

There was a wonderfull opportunity some years ago to convert RAF Alconbury,to commecial use when the Yanks moved out, it has/had a huge runway ,and great transport links with the A1M one side and the  East Coast Main line the other,

But of course a certain John Major lives close by

There was a wonderfull opportunity some years ago to convert RAF Alconbury,to commecial use when the Yanks moved out, it has/had a huge runway ,and great transport links with the A1M one side and the  East Coast Main line the other,

But of course a certain John Major lives close by

That is one of the ones that I had in mind.....

Wherever the increase in capacity is provided it was needed 10 years ago and it will be another 10 years at least to be operational what with inquiries and folk chained to trees.

So by then we will be out of Europe, so who will need to be flying where then?

Wherever the increase in capacity is provided it was needed 10 years ago and it will be another 10 years at least to be operational what with inquiries and folk chained to trees.

So by then we will be out of Europe, so who will need to be flying where then?

Exactly the same as now, I would have thought.......

I'm not a fan but can understand the need, moving it elsewhere would also create further big infrastructure problems. Looking at the proposals around the M25 it's going to have huge planning issues.

Moulseley & V9,  I think that you may misunderstand me.  At the end of the day I fully support the concept that London does require additional runway capacity, and if it has to be Heathrow, so beit.   I am just a little concerned about what it will do to the area surrounding Heathrow at the moment.

It will require the leveling of many hundreds of homes, yes they will receive compensation etc, but it will disrupt lives, and add to the existing pollution in that already congested area.

Then I look at many other cities, - Tokyo for example ( You cannot get much more cosmopolitan), and its airport Narita.  Narita was built as the new Tokyo airport about 30 years ago and it is a very long way outside Tokyo's envireons. 

Then I see that great runway at Lynham, unused, and I just wonder?  Moulseley I do accept what you say, but would the cost of improving both rail and road links to Lynham come anywhere close to the enormous cost being projected for the Heathrow extension?

I'm certainly not going to get excited about it either way, I'm just a bit troubled I suppose.

TF

No problem Brian i dont know a lot about the ins and outs of this runway scheme my comment was,nt directed at your post it was directed at this constant nimby attitude we seem to have in this country no matter what the project is be it road,rail or airports.

peter.