Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack
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Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack 66 60
Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack – 2017 data
ABOUT YOUR AIRPORT
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manchesterairport.co.uk
HOW WE OPERATE –– 6411 volunteer hours in the community in 2016/2017. –– Our Airport Academy helped 469 people into work on our site. –– Community Trust Fund supporting community groups with over £3million in grants since 1997.
Manchester Airport officially opened on 25 June 1938 and is today owned by the 10 Councils of Greater Manchester and Industry Funds Management (IFM), with four airports in the group.
1939 saw 7600 passengers per year…
FLYING TO
USE OF RUNWAYS Manchester Airport has two runways. We use both runways during the daytime, but planning permission does not allow us to use Runway 2 between 10pm and 6am, unless we are doing maintenance on Runway 1. As the number of flights has increased, we need to extend the times during which we use both runways. This will happen gradually from April until 9 July 2018. The changes will reduce delays and increase efficiency. For more information about this see our web page at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/dualrunwayuse. We have a Night Noise Policy which means that we do operate at night, but flights are restricted. You can read more about our Night Noise Policy at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/nightnoise.
S DESTINATION
TIMES WHEN TWO RUNWAYS USED
IN
2001
in 60 countries including China, USA, the Middle East and Europe.
A SECOND RUNWAY WAS ADDED
Summer season 2 April to 9 July 2018 From 9 July 2018
DAYS
6am to 9.30am and 1pm to 9pm
1pm to 5pm
SUNDAY
6am to 4pm
6.30am to 10.30am and 1pm to 4pm
SATURDAY
6am to 9pm
MONDAY TO FRIDAY 6.30am to 10.30am and 1pm to 8pm
0 10
R VE O
LANDING PATHS
AY W N RU
RUNWAY DIRECTION For safety reasons, aircraft must land and take off into the wind. At Manchester Airport the wind usually blows from the West, meaning aircraft approach from the East (over Stockport and Heald Green) and take off to the West (towards Knutsford). This is known as ‘westerly operations’. Sometimes the wind direction changes and moves to the East. In this case, aircraft approach from the West (over Knutsford) and take off to the East (over Heald Green and Stockport). This is known as ‘easterly operations’. On average, between 70% and 80% of our departures each year will be westerly operations. In 2017, 85% of flights were westerly operations and 15% of flights were easterly operations.
100 100
WESTERLY OPERATIONS 8080
6060 4040
EASTERLY OPERATIONS
1
YEAR
AY W N RU
AND 200 ON-SITE OPERATORS
AIRLINES
2020 00
DS N A ST
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE
70
PERCENTAGE OF DEPARTURES
2017 Manchester Airport joined the list of top 20 European airports.
The Airport supports the employment of 45000 jobs in the region with 24500 people directly employed on our site.
Supporting over 8000 children in education every year. Manchester Airport teacher resources for key stages 1,2 and 3 are available at www.magworld.com/education. Manchester Airport – the largest outside the South East – delivers
£1.7bn
FOR OVER
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
…today it’s grown to
manchesterairport.co.uk You can watch aircraft movements and look at heights and positions over the ground using webtrak, which is on our website at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/webtrak. –– phone our Freephone number (08000 967967); –– send an email to [email protected]; –– come to an outreach session (details are on our website at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/outreach). If you would like to talk to us you could: If Manchester Airport consults about changes to airspace in the future it will be widely publicised. However if you would like to be on a mailing list to ensure that you receive information directly please email to [email protected] There is a booklet like this one for each of our departure and arrival routes. Extra information is already available on our website in a range of formats including films and downloadable information sheets. You can see them at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/runwaydatasheet.
WANT TO KNOW MORE? This document explains how we operate and provides some information about the number of aircraft and passengers currently flying from Manchester Airport. Flying over: Mobberley / North Knutsford / Mere / Over Tabley / Antrobus / Lower Whitley
WESTERLY DEPARTURES IN WESTERLY OPERATIONS (ROUTES EKLAD1R AND EKLAD1Y) Noise contours are common for measuring noise around other transport routes such as roads and railways.
‘Noise contours’ give an indication of general noise levels and show an average noise reading over a set period of time. They use actual information on the position, number, heights and noise levels of arrivals and departures to and from Manchester. Noise contours look like a series of concentric rings, like in a tree trunk. The closer the rings are to the airport, the louder the noise is. This is represented by a number. Current Government guidelines recommend noise insulation such as high performance glazing or loft insulation at 72 63 decibels. If you live in this area, you can apply for help with this at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/soundinsulation.
60
Generally, the closer that you live to an airport and a departure or arrival route, the more noise you will hear.
54
MEASURING NOISE
2017 DEPARTURES INFORMATION
54 Noise Level Contour (dB)
in the North West economy.
0
Noise Level Contour (dB)
2
The wind direction may change several times in a day, so we may change our direction of operations to reflect this. The table above shows the percentage of movements in each direction over the last eight years.
G N S DI H N AT LA P
Routes EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y to the USA and Scotland
10000
Predicted summer 2018
10000
SONEX1R /Y
Our information is based on the most recent complete year, which was 2017, and our busiest month in that year (August), compared to our quietest month (February). The following graphics focus on the combined information from routes EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y heading West and North travelling to the USA and Scotland.
8000
37% 38%
8000
6000
EKLAD1R & EKLAD1Y
6000
30% 28%
4000
ROUTES DEPARTING TO THE WEST
NUMBER OF WESTERLY DEPARTURES EACH MONTH DURING 2017
RUNWAY USE (%) Actual summer 2017
There are four routes with westerly departures shown on this diagram. These are used for an average 85% of our flights. In 2017 there were 25925 departures on route EKLAD1R (Runway 1) and route EKLAD1Y (Runway 2) – 30% of all westerly departures.
4000
LISTO2R/Y
2000
28% 29% Dec
Nov
Oct
Sept
Aug
July
June
May
March
April
0 Feb
EKLAD1R/Y
0
2000
Jan
28%
5% 6%
SANBA1R/Y
NUMBER OF DAYS WESTERLY DEPARTURES USED BY YEAR 337
2011
TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS EKLAD1/Y USED BETWEEN 2010 AND 2017
344
2012
2014 2015
2591
310
To understand the effect a route has on the community it flies over, we have highlighted the number of days each month, over several years, when westerly departure routes were used.
2013
339 327 312
2016
• CULCHETH
• URMSTON
334
2017
In 2017, August was our busiest month of westerly operations on the EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y route, when there were...
2781
Runway use depends on the wind direction, with westerly departures on EKLAD1R or EKLAD1Y routes for 29 days during August
AUGUST ’17
• RISLEY t Sun Thu Fri Sa Mon Tue Wed 6 5 4 3 2 1 31 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 20 17 18 19 16 15 14 27 26 25 24 21 22 23 3 2 1 31 28 29 30 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
departures
FEBRUARY ’1 7
…while February was our quietest month.
1488
departures
…and with no westerly operations on the EKLAD1R or EKLAD1Y routes on 22 days in February.
Mon Tue 30 31
Wed Thu 1 2
Fri
Sat
3
Sun
4
5
6
7
13
8
14
9
10
11
16
12
20
15
21
17
23
19
27
22
18
28
24
1
25
2
26
7
3
8
4
9
5
10
11
12
6
The maximum number of departures on a single day in August was
109
During August there were…
• STRETFORD
In February there were…
418
308
departures during theSALE • morning peak hours of 7am to 9am.
• PARTINGTON
departures during the morning period of 8am to 10am. • WYTHENSHAWE
…compared to a maximum in February of
compared to just…
87
compared to just…
11
• LYMM
• ALTRINCHAM
during the night from 11pm to 6am.
8
during the night from 11pm •toNEWALL 6am. GREEN
• LITTLE BOLLINGTON
LISTO2S
The accuracy with which an aircraft navigates depends on the following. –– The weight of an aircraft –– The size of the aircraft –– Weather conditions –– What technology the aircraft has on board –– How the pilot interprets instructions The map opposite shows the general position and spread of flights using the EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y routes in August 2017.
WESTERLY / EASTERLY SOUTHERLY / EASTERLY
LISTO2R / 2Y
SOUTHERLY / WESTERLY
SANBA1R / 1Y
SOUTHERLY / WESTERLY
SONEX1R / 1Y
NORTHERLY / WESTERLY
At the beginning of the departure, the aircraft is dark blue. As it becomes higher above the ground, the colour changes to light blue (3000 feet) and finally to green at 5000 feet, which is the highest point at which the aircraft must stay on the route.
ANTROBUS
Guidance on how airports should manage change was issued by the CAA in December 2017, in a document called Airspace Design CAP1616. This is available on the CAA website.
manchesterairport.co.uk
3000 to 4999 feet
If aircraft need to wait, they go into a ‘holding pattern’ away from the airfield. As a part of this project, NATS will examine if this is the best way to control aircraft approaching the airfield before they land. There is more information about arriving aircraft in our arrivals data sheet. You can find this at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/ runwaydatasheet.
The graphics below show the height of aircraft on the EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y routes at the places marked on the routes. They show the concentration of aircraft in the centre of the routes and the height above sea level.
EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y Town Lane Town Lane Town Lane Town Lane
TOWN LANE – MOBBERLEY
Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
10,00010,000 10,00010,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 0 0 -3,000 0 -3,000 -2,000 -2,000 -1,000 -1,0000 2,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 01,000 1,000 -3,000 -3,000 -2,000 -2,000 -1,000 -1,0000 2,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 01,000 1,000 Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet) Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet)
TATTON
Tatton Tatton Tatton Tatton
10,00010,000 10,00010,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 0 0 0 -4,500 -3,600 -2,700 ,800 -1 -900 0 900 -4,500 -3,600 -1 -2,700 ,800 -900 0 1,800 900 2,700 1,800 3,600 2,700 4,500 3,600 4,500 -4,500 -3,600 ,800 -1 -900 0 900 -4,500-2,700 -3,600 -1 -2,700 ,800 -900 0 1,800 900 2,700 1,800 3,600 2,700 4,500 3,600 4,500 Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet) Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet)
M6 J19M6 J19 M6 J19M6 J19 M6, JUNCTION 19
ANTROBUS
Antrobus Antrobus Antrobus Antrobus
10,00010,000 10,00010,000 10,00010,000 10,00010,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 0 0 0 0-5,000 -4,000 0 0-5,000-3,000 0 -4,000 -4,000 ,000 -1,000 0 1,000 -2,000 -2,000 0 4,000 4,000 -4,000-2,000 -3,000-1 -2,000 0 2,000 1,000 3,000 2,000 4,000 3,000 5,000 4,000 5,000 0 2,000 2,000 -5,000 -4,000 ,000 -1,000 0 1,000 -4,000 -4,000 -2,000 -2,000 0 4,000 4,000 -5,000-3,000 -4,000-2,000 -3,000-1 -2,000 0 2,000 1,000 3,000 2,000 4,000 3,000 5,000 4,000 5,000 0 2,000 2,000 Distance from the centre the route Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet) Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet) Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet) Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet) Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
ARRIVALS Aircraft currently approach the airport they are landing at and wait for an instruction to land. Ideally, the approach is a continuous descent to land as this is fuel efficient and quiet.
5000 or more feet
Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
It is likely there will be changes in the future due to: –– a national policy, led by the CAA, to reorganise airspace for improved efficiency and maintaining safety; –– satellite navigation replacing navigational aids on the ground, enabling aircraft to fly more accurately following the centre line of the departure route on each departure; and –– improved technology on board new aircraft, offering the opportunity for greater efficiency and reduced noise.
Runway 2 ends one mile further to the West than Runway 1, and 325 yards further South. In the diagram above you can see the two distinct runway departure routes close to the ends of the runways at Town Lane. The distance between the two departure routes increases as you move further along the routes.
0 to 2999 feet
AIRSPACE A review of upper airspace (above 24500 feet) is taking place. This will reposition some of the main airways over the UK to increase efficiency and improve the customer experience with less time in hold, more timely arrivals and departures and reduced emissions. This review process will also enable us to create the best • NORTHWICH possible design to make sure we can achieve Manchester Airport’s potential by securing further routes to destinations around the world. This will create more jobs and boost the region’s economy. The changes relate to three levels of airspace. –– High level – over 7000 feet where aircraft are travelling to or from their final destination –– Arrival – below 7000 feet heading to the final destination airport –– Departure – between 0 and 7000 feet leaving the airport to join the high level routes
TOWN LANE – MOBBERLEY KNUTSFORD •
Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
Aircraft using the EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y routes range from small 10-seat aircraft up to the larger 400-seat aircraft. The most common is the 100- to 200-seat aircraft, which accounts for 61% of all flights.
TATTON
M6, JUNCTION 19
WILL THINGS CHANGE IN THE FUTURE? AIRCRAFT Over time, airlines will buy new aircraft. The improved engines are quieter and more efficient. The new sleeker plane is able to climb quicker and with less friction, significantly reducing noise and emissions. All of this is beneficial to communities that the aircraft fly over.
• ROSTHERNE
Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
Currently aircraft navigate using navigational equipment on the ground close to and around our runways. A series of instructions will navigate the aircraft along the whole route (for example, to fly straight ahead for a set distance and then turn at a particular point to a compass bearing of…).
HIGH LEIGH • WESTERLY / WESTERLY
Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
EKLAD1R / 1Y POSITION OF AIRCRAFT ALONG ASMIM1S ROUTES EKLAD1R AND EKLAD1Y
Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
• APPLETON
NORTHERLY / EASTERLY
Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
DESIG1S
• CHELFORD
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Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack 66 60
Manchester Airport Departure Routes Information Pack – 2017 data
ABOUT YOUR AIRPORT
210
manchesterairport.co.uk
HOW WE OPERATE –– 6411 volunteer hours in the community in 2016/2017. –– Our Airport Academy helped 469 people into work on our site. –– Community Trust Fund supporting community groups with over £3million in grants since 1997.
Manchester Airport officially opened on 25 June 1938 and is today owned by the 10 Councils of Greater Manchester and Industry Funds Management (IFM), with four airports in the group.
1939 saw 7600 passengers per year…
FLYING TO
USE OF RUNWAYS Manchester Airport has two runways. We use both runways during the daytime, but planning permission does not allow us to use Runway 2 between 10pm and 6am, unless we are doing maintenance on Runway 1. As the number of flights has increased, we need to extend the times during which we use both runways. This will happen gradually from April until 9 July 2018. The changes will reduce delays and increase efficiency. For more information about this see our web page at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/dualrunwayuse. We have a Night Noise Policy which means that we do operate at night, but flights are restricted. You can read more about our Night Noise Policy at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/nightnoise.
S DESTINATION
TIMES WHEN TWO RUNWAYS USED
IN
2001
in 60 countries including China, USA, the Middle East and Europe.
A SECOND RUNWAY WAS ADDED
Summer season 2 April to 9 July 2018 From 9 July 2018
DAYS
6am to 9.30am and 1pm to 9pm
1pm to 5pm
SUNDAY
6am to 4pm
6.30am to 10.30am and 1pm to 4pm
SATURDAY
6am to 9pm
MONDAY TO FRIDAY 6.30am to 10.30am and 1pm to 8pm
0 10
R VE O
LANDING PATHS
AY W N RU
RUNWAY DIRECTION For safety reasons, aircraft must land and take off into the wind. At Manchester Airport the wind usually blows from the West, meaning aircraft approach from the East (over Stockport and Heald Green) and take off to the West (towards Knutsford). This is known as ‘westerly operations’. Sometimes the wind direction changes and moves to the East. In this case, aircraft approach from the West (over Knutsford) and take off to the East (over Heald Green and Stockport). This is known as ‘easterly operations’. On average, between 70% and 80% of our departures each year will be westerly operations. In 2017, 85% of flights were westerly operations and 15% of flights were easterly operations.
100 100
WESTERLY OPERATIONS 8080
6060 4040
EASTERLY OPERATIONS
1
YEAR
AY W N RU
AND 200 ON-SITE OPERATORS
AIRLINES
2020 00
DS N A ST
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE
70
PERCENTAGE OF DEPARTURES
2017 Manchester Airport joined the list of top 20 European airports.
The Airport supports the employment of 45000 jobs in the region with 24500 people directly employed on our site.
Supporting over 8000 children in education every year. Manchester Airport teacher resources for key stages 1,2 and 3 are available at www.magworld.com/education. Manchester Airport – the largest outside the South East – delivers
£1.7bn
FOR OVER
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
…today it’s grown to
manchesterairport.co.uk You can watch aircraft movements and look at heights and positions over the ground using webtrak, which is on our website at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/webtrak. –– phone our Freephone number (08000 967967); –– send an email to [email protected]; –– come to an outreach session (details are on our website at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/outreach). If you would like to talk to us you could: If Manchester Airport consults about changes to airspace in the future it will be widely publicised. However if you would like to be on a mailing list to ensure that you receive information directly please email to [email protected] There is a booklet like this one for each of our departure and arrival routes. Extra information is already available on our website in a range of formats including films and downloadable information sheets. You can see them at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/runwaydatasheet.
WANT TO KNOW MORE? This document explains how we operate and provides some information about the number of aircraft and passengers currently flying from Manchester Airport. Flying over: Mobberley / North Knutsford / Mere / Over Tabley / Antrobus / Lower Whitley
WESTERLY DEPARTURES IN WESTERLY OPERATIONS (ROUTES EKLAD1R AND EKLAD1Y) Noise contours are common for measuring noise around other transport routes such as roads and railways.
‘Noise contours’ give an indication of general noise levels and show an average noise reading over a set period of time. They use actual information on the position, number, heights and noise levels of arrivals and departures to and from Manchester. Noise contours look like a series of concentric rings, like in a tree trunk. The closer the rings are to the airport, the louder the noise is. This is represented by a number. Current Government guidelines recommend noise insulation such as high performance glazing or loft insulation at 72 63 decibels. If you live in this area, you can apply for help with this at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/soundinsulation.
60
Generally, the closer that you live to an airport and a departure or arrival route, the more noise you will hear.
54
MEASURING NOISE
2017 DEPARTURES INFORMATION
54 Noise Level Contour (dB)
in the North West economy.
0
Noise Level Contour (dB)
2
The wind direction may change several times in a day, so we may change our direction of operations to reflect this. The table above shows the percentage of movements in each direction over the last eight years.
G N S DI H N AT LA P
Routes EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y to the USA and Scotland
10000
Predicted summer 2018
10000
SONEX1R /Y
Our information is based on the most recent complete year, which was 2017, and our busiest month in that year (August), compared to our quietest month (February). The following graphics focus on the combined information from routes EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y heading West and North travelling to the USA and Scotland.
8000
37% 38%
8000
6000
EKLAD1R & EKLAD1Y
6000
30% 28%
4000
ROUTES DEPARTING TO THE WEST
NUMBER OF WESTERLY DEPARTURES EACH MONTH DURING 2017
RUNWAY USE (%) Actual summer 2017
There are four routes with westerly departures shown on this diagram. These are used for an average 85% of our flights. In 2017 there were 25925 departures on route EKLAD1R (Runway 1) and route EKLAD1Y (Runway 2) – 30% of all westerly departures.
4000
LISTO2R/Y
2000
28% 29% Dec
Nov
Oct
Sept
Aug
July
June
May
March
April
0 Feb
EKLAD1R/Y
0
2000
Jan
28%
5% 6%
SANBA1R/Y
NUMBER OF DAYS WESTERLY DEPARTURES USED BY YEAR 337
2011
TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS EKLAD1/Y USED BETWEEN 2010 AND 2017
344
2012
2014 2015
2591
310
To understand the effect a route has on the community it flies over, we have highlighted the number of days each month, over several years, when westerly departure routes were used.
2013
339 327 312
2016
• CULCHETH
• URMSTON
334
2017
In 2017, August was our busiest month of westerly operations on the EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y route, when there were...
2781
Runway use depends on the wind direction, with westerly departures on EKLAD1R or EKLAD1Y routes for 29 days during August
AUGUST ’17
• RISLEY t Sun Thu Fri Sa Mon Tue Wed 6 5 4 3 2 1 31 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 20 17 18 19 16 15 14 27 26 25 24 21 22 23 3 2 1 31 28 29 30 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
departures
FEBRUARY ’1 7
…while February was our quietest month.
1488
departures
…and with no westerly operations on the EKLAD1R or EKLAD1Y routes on 22 days in February.
Mon Tue 30 31
Wed Thu 1 2
Fri
Sat
3
Sun
4
5
6
7
13
8
14
9
10
11
16
12
20
15
21
17
23
19
27
22
18
28
24
1
25
2
26
7
3
8
4
9
5
10
11
12
6
The maximum number of departures on a single day in August was
109
During August there were…
• STRETFORD
In February there were…
418
308
departures during theSALE • morning peak hours of 7am to 9am.
• PARTINGTON
departures during the morning period of 8am to 10am. • WYTHENSHAWE
…compared to a maximum in February of
compared to just…
87
compared to just…
11
• LYMM
• ALTRINCHAM
during the night from 11pm to 6am.
8
during the night from 11pm •toNEWALL 6am. GREEN
• LITTLE BOLLINGTON
LISTO2S
The accuracy with which an aircraft navigates depends on the following. –– The weight of an aircraft –– The size of the aircraft –– Weather conditions –– What technology the aircraft has on board –– How the pilot interprets instructions The map opposite shows the general position and spread of flights using the EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y routes in August 2017.
WESTERLY / EASTERLY SOUTHERLY / EASTERLY
LISTO2R / 2Y
SOUTHERLY / WESTERLY
SANBA1R / 1Y
SOUTHERLY / WESTERLY
SONEX1R / 1Y
NORTHERLY / WESTERLY
At the beginning of the departure, the aircraft is dark blue. As it becomes higher above the ground, the colour changes to light blue (3000 feet) and finally to green at 5000 feet, which is the highest point at which the aircraft must stay on the route.
ANTROBUS
Guidance on how airports should manage change was issued by the CAA in December 2017, in a document called Airspace Design CAP1616. This is available on the CAA website.
manchesterairport.co.uk
3000 to 4999 feet
If aircraft need to wait, they go into a ‘holding pattern’ away from the airfield. As a part of this project, NATS will examine if this is the best way to control aircraft approaching the airfield before they land. There is more information about arriving aircraft in our arrivals data sheet. You can find this at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/ runwaydatasheet.
The graphics below show the height of aircraft on the EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y routes at the places marked on the routes. They show the concentration of aircraft in the centre of the routes and the height above sea level.
EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y Town Lane Town Lane Town Lane Town Lane
TOWN LANE – MOBBERLEY
Altitudeininfeet feet Altitude
10,00010,000 10,00010,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 0 0 -3,000 0 -3,000 -2,000 -2,000 -1,000 -1,0000 2,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 01,000 1,000 -3,000 -3,000 -2,000 -2,000 -1,000 -1,0000 2,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 01,000 1,000 Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet) Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet)
TATTON
Tatton Tatton Tatton Tatton
10,00010,000 10,00010,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 0 0 0 -4,500 -3,600 -2,700 ,800 -1 -900 0 900 -4,500 -3,600 -1 -2,700 ,800 -900 0 1,800 900 2,700 1,800 3,600 2,700 4,500 3,600 4,500 -4,500 -3,600 ,800 -1 -900 0 900 -4,500-2,700 -3,600 -1 -2,700 ,800 -900 0 1,800 900 2,700 1,800 3,600 2,700 4,500 3,600 4,500 Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet) Distance from the centre the route Distance from the of centre of the(feet) route (feet)
M6 J19M6 J19 M6 J19M6 J19 M6, JUNCTION 19
ANTROBUS
Antrobus Antrobus Antrobus Antrobus
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ARRIVALS Aircraft currently approach the airport they are landing at and wait for an instruction to land. Ideally, the approach is a continuous descent to land as this is fuel efficient and quiet.
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It is likely there will be changes in the future due to: –– a national policy, led by the CAA, to reorganise airspace for improved efficiency and maintaining safety; –– satellite navigation replacing navigational aids on the ground, enabling aircraft to fly more accurately following the centre line of the departure route on each departure; and –– improved technology on board new aircraft, offering the opportunity for greater efficiency and reduced noise.
Runway 2 ends one mile further to the West than Runway 1, and 325 yards further South. In the diagram above you can see the two distinct runway departure routes close to the ends of the runways at Town Lane. The distance between the two departure routes increases as you move further along the routes.
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AIRSPACE A review of upper airspace (above 24500 feet) is taking place. This will reposition some of the main airways over the UK to increase efficiency and improve the customer experience with less time in hold, more timely arrivals and departures and reduced emissions. This review process will also enable us to create the best • NORTHWICH possible design to make sure we can achieve Manchester Airport’s potential by securing further routes to destinations around the world. This will create more jobs and boost the region’s economy. The changes relate to three levels of airspace. –– High level – over 7000 feet where aircraft are travelling to or from their final destination –– Arrival – below 7000 feet heading to the final destination airport –– Departure – between 0 and 7000 feet leaving the airport to join the high level routes
TOWN LANE – MOBBERLEY KNUTSFORD •
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Aircraft using the EKLAD1R and EKLAD1Y routes range from small 10-seat aircraft up to the larger 400-seat aircraft. The most common is the 100- to 200-seat aircraft, which accounts for 61% of all flights.
TATTON
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WILL THINGS CHANGE IN THE FUTURE? AIRCRAFT Over time, airlines will buy new aircraft. The improved engines are quieter and more efficient. The new sleeker plane is able to climb quicker and with less friction, significantly reducing noise and emissions. All of this is beneficial to communities that the aircraft fly over.
• ROSTHERNE
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Currently aircraft navigate using navigational equipment on the ground close to and around our runways. A series of instructions will navigate the aircraft along the whole route (for example, to fly straight ahead for a set distance and then turn at a particular point to a compass bearing of…).
HIGH LEIGH • WESTERLY / WESTERLY
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EKLAD1R / 1Y POSITION OF AIRCRAFT ALONG ASMIM1S ROUTES EKLAD1R AND EKLAD1Y
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• APPLETON
NORTHERLY / EASTERLY
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• CHELFORD
