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Under current rules, arriving aircraft land in sequence on one runway while a queue of departing planes waits to take o from the other runway.
HOW IT IS NOW
Arriving ights Departing ights
CURRENT RULES
Maximum total movements per hour Maximum arrivals/ departures per hour
Northern runway
Annual passengers
87 43/44 70m
Southern runway
STANWELL
Terminal 4
EAST BEDFONT
To extract maximum capacity from a runway requires mixed mode. As soon as arriving aircraft A lands, departing aircraft B turns on to the runway. Once A has turned o the runway, air-tra c controllers clear B for take-o .
PROPOSED MIXED MODE A B
108 87m
0.5 MILES
GRAPHIC: JOHN PAPASIAN