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Old Jan 5, 2019, 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by BOH
Am somewhat curious to know why there is a 30 minute per week restriction?
I suspect it is due to the disruption it causes. There are 2 runways at NAIA, but mostly it's a one runway operation, and ATC seem to me incredibly cautious - they most certainly aren't running aircraft through every 50 seconds. Takeoff queuing at MNL is every bit as tedious as LHR or JFK.
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