2,700+ metres of unused runway now available at Manston, ILSs both ends, East-West runway with published (currently suspended) over-sea instrument approaches and departures and plenty of land available on-site for terminal development and (if required) runway extension to the West.

Full planning permission for passenger carriage flights already in place and for those that don't know about these things, until it closed last week, it regularly handled laden 747 cargo aircraft.

Gatwick's standby runway (yes, Gatwick already has two runways) is shorter.

Not far from the Kent high speed rail line, the money saved could be spent on the connection.

What a waste.
Manston (EGMH) data

This post was last modified: 21-05-2014 06:19 PM by jollyrog.