Narita plans for third runway
Mar 14, 2018, 10:49 pm
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+1.
Why? I don't know the exact level of need for a 3rd runway at NRT. But people should have reasons to be skeptical of any government projections/proposals like that, and Kobe and Shizuoka are the exact reasons why.
I'm sure NRT could use another runway. But no matter how you slice it, the level of necessity for another runway in 2018 has got to be way less than it was back in 2000 when NRT had a single runway and HND had 1 less runway and minimal share of TYO's international service.
Why? I don't know the exact level of need for a 3rd runway at NRT. But people should have reasons to be skeptical of any government projections/proposals like that, and Kobe and Shizuoka are the exact reasons why.
I'm sure NRT could use another runway. But no matter how you slice it, the level of necessity for another runway in 2018 has got to be way less than it was back in 2000 when NRT had a single runway and HND had 1 less runway and minimal share of TYO's international service.
Mar 15, 2018, 6:25 am
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Mar 16, 2018, 5:36 am
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Narita Airport to get 3rd runway to meet demand, operate longer?The Asahi Shimbun
More info released yesterday. The runway extension will be first and begin construction end in time for 2020 ! Note the land owners remain in the middle of the 2nd runway and taxiways. Hours will also increase with a phased in approach.
More info released yesterday. The runway extension will be first and begin construction end in time for 2020 ! Note the land owners remain in the middle of the 2nd runway and taxiways. Hours will also increase with a phased in approach.
Mar 16, 2018, 11:45 pm
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Narita Airport to get 3rd runway to meet demand, operate longer?The Asahi Shimbun
More info released yesterday. The runway extension will be first and begin construction end in time for 2020 ! Note the land owners remain in the middle of the 2nd runway and taxiways. Hours will also increase with a phased in approach.
More info released yesterday. The runway extension will be first and begin construction end in time for 2020 ! Note the land owners remain in the middle of the 2nd runway and taxiways. Hours will also increase with a phased in approach.
If they just expanded the hours by 2-3 hours, expanded Runway B to 3500 meters, and then added more gates between T1-South & T2, wouldn't they be able to substantially increase capacity at a much lower cost? I'm not an expert and I'm sure there's a lot that goes into dictating an airport's capacity. But I still wonder if it's necessary to create more runways to increase NRT's capacity, as LHR and HKG are both 2-runway airports with almost double NRT's passenger traffic.
In fact, I predict that they will plan this in 3 stages, where stages 1 & 2 will be adding more gates and expanding runway B, then stage 3 will be runway C, and then they will just end up completing stages 1 & 2 and the 3rd stage gets shelved. Wouldn't it serve "local revitalization" better it they reallocated the Runway C budget to something else such as creating a research/medical/business complex next to the airport like the project at ICN?
Mar 17, 2018, 9:17 am
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Costly and impractical is Narita Airport's middle name.
Nah. That might obviate the need for the new runway. To ensure big orders for lots of concrete and steel, you must build large pieces of infrastructure at great distances from where it's needed, and then make the case for connecting them up. See the Kyushu Shinkansen for example.
Nah. That might obviate the need for the new runway. To ensure big orders for lots of concrete and steel, you must build large pieces of infrastructure at great distances from where it's needed, and then make the case for connecting them up. See the Kyushu Shinkansen for example.