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Originally Posted by jigglysquishy
Interesting that they think it'll be completely done by 2021. Would have thought they'd be in a rush to complete it.
The article mentions possible lengthening the runways? Does anyone know the benefits? What is currently difficult/impossible to do with our current runways?
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There are future plans to lengthen Runway 13-31 from 7901' to 9100' towards the northwest for the threshold of Runway 13. (GTH-related.)
The primary benefit of lengthening runways is provide more accommodating V1 speeds during the take-off roll.
(Though landing distances are not as critical as are take-off distances.)
There aren't many things that YQR's runways can't handle. (Except Airbus A380s and the Antonov 225.) All other a/c types are still game though.
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