Wow ! A new airport in the South Atlantic !
As the article says, runway lenght will be 2250 meters, to accomodate "long haul aircraft like the A320 and B737-800".
A342 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 4655 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (7 years 8 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2620 times:
Quoting Timz (Reply 1): Is 2250 meters long enough to make it an ETOPS alternate?
Only for small aircraft, I think. Just imagine a 777 with an engine failure trying to land on such a short rwy. As 1 engine is out they can´t use reverse thrust (Yes I know reverse thrust is not included in performance calculations).
Quoting N328KF (Reply 2): Mr. Bonaparte will be thrilled at his new opportunities for escape.
Definitely, so will be the tourists coming to see him in jail.
A342 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 4655 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (7 years 8 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2519 times:
Quoting A342 (Reply 3): What is the point to have an airport down there? I don't see any scheduled service to this airport in the near future.
See above, mostly touists. And supplying the island with what they need, also very important (currently done by an old post ship which is soon reaching the end of its service life).
Quoting Swissgabe (Reply 5): I'm just curious, could an A319LR make it from London to St. Helena? Would RAF have any acft they could send down there non-stop?
My answer is yes, altough there would be payload penalties.
The RAF would serve St. Helena most likely via ASI (which is less than 2000 kms away), just like they serve MPN (Falkland Islands) via ASI.
But I believe a civil carrier would serve the route, perhaps South African ?
DarthRandall From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 302 posts, RR: 4 Reply 10, posted (7 years 8 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2463 times:
Dude, I can't wait until Saint Helena starts showing up as a vacation destination on Expedia's website. I will so be hawking that! Wierd destinations like this are my favorites just because it gets so boring booking Vegas and Cancun trips.
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SamL From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2004, 162 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (7 years 8 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2370 times:
The RAF currently offer flights (I think two or three times a week) to the Falkland via Ascension Island. St Helena can currently only be assessed by boat, the Royal Mail Ship "RMS St Helena" (I think). I don't know when this runway is built if the RAF will offer flight to St Helena itself
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