Airport defends runway extension plans
20.11.08
Plans to extend the runway at East Midlands Airport will increase the noise from only a ‘small number’ of planes, a spokesman told a local newspaper. He added that the proposed extension will actually reduce the level of noise from the majority of landing aircraft because they would be able to approach the runway at higher altitudes over the village of Kegworth.
The airport would like to increase the 2,893m runway by 190m. Neil Robinson, the airport's environmental manager, outlined the plans to the Evening Telegraph and said the new runway would not mean an increase in the number of flights at the airport. He said: ‘The proposed extension to the runway would allow larger aircraft to depart at slightly heavier take-off weights.'
'The extension is not required for arriving aircraft as the airport's current runway provides adequate landing distance. However, it will allow the majority of aircraft to land further down the runway, increasing the height of aircraft descending over Kegworth and reducing the noise.’
He told the newspaper that noise from 80% of aircraft would be reduced, with noise increasing from only 2.8% of planes due to the extra weight they would be carrying. The remainder would stay the same.
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