Recent content by Kingshat

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    Bristol Airport - General Thread

    There are currently 35 north-side stands available for use without blocking other aircraft in and capacity for up to 5 more aircraft parked in the cul-de-sacs. In May 2023 two new north facing stands, 17 and 18, will be commissioned on the site of the old terminal buildings.
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    Movements, Logs & Head Up

    Whilst low cloud and mist persisted for much of the morning, conditions were generally at or above ILS Cat 1 minima, 750m visibility and 200ft cloud ceiling, with surface wind barely above 3kts. The Runway 27 ILS has been replaced and is available for Cat 3B approaches.
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    Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

    The Runway 27 ILS has been unavailable for about a month whilst a new one has been installed. Commissioning flight checks have taken place yesterday and today which, if successful, will be followed by more ground testing. The ILS is then required to be soak tested for a short period before...
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    Bristol Airport - General Thread

    The airfield is currently open from 06:00 to 23:59; however with the continuing reduction in traffic this will reduce further from 25th Jan to: Monday – Thursday 07:00 – 19:00 Friday – Sunday 09:00 – 21:00 Outside of these hours the airfield will be closed and no flights will be permitted to...
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    Bristol Airport - General Thread

    Yes it is produced and made available to business partners.
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    Infrastructure, Construction & Developments

    The demolition of the old terminal building will go ahead as planned this autumn to make way for 2 additional parking stands. The start date is dependent on the completion of 3 other projects: Lulsgate House, the new administration building near the southern roundabout, Northside House, the grey...
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    Infrastructure, Construction & Developments

    No, it’s merely the area where all the supplies for the terminal shops, bars etc. are delivered and sorted.
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    Infrastructure, Construction & Developments

    The area was formerly home to Gate Gourmet in flight catering whose large preparation and distribution warehouse has been dismantled over the last few months. The area will now be used to expand a redesigned drop off car park with some of the the space being used to increase the size of the...
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    easyJet

    EZY A321 NEO at BRS this winter highly likely.
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    Infrastructure, Construction & Developments

    The large orange and white mast that has appeared in the south east corner of the airport site this week is to carry the surface movement radar (SMR). Bristol is the largest airport in the UK not to currently have this technology, which is ironic as it is designed to assist controllers manage...
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    Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

    EZY 6712 had an on board medical emergency.
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    Infrastructure, Construction & Developments

    Stand availability will not be a problem for Bristol this year. Up to 7 Flybmi aircraft were on the ground at times last year of which a couple remain northside. Two new stands will be available for this summer, but 7N has been sacrificed for DHL vehicles.
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    Bristol Airport - General Thread

    Internally BRS are forecasting 9.1million pax for 2019 with high hopes of re-establishing a number of the former Flybmi routes later in the year through to spring 2020.
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    Infrastructure, Construction & Developments

    Ref south side developments. The new fire station has been in use for a couple of months and very impressive it is too. The other low building you may be referring to is the new car hire facility which will be commissioned for this summer. Additional work is adding capacity to Silver Zone...
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    Airport Master Plan for next 30 Years - Consultation

    I have some sympathy with your sister’s views, particularly in relation to parking locally and road congestion. That said, night time traffic (or indeed commercial flights at any other time) does not route over Wrington whether departing or arriving either runway: even early turns to avoid...
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