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[nwh45]

ATC working

 

[twevsmiff]

The airport opened at 0800 local just like yesterday

 

[twevsmiff]

Airport closed 1000 local so must have opened just for the A.400
Not open again now until 0800 local next Tuesday

 

[Len Fish]

Is there any reason why the RAF use LBA for training runs even when it’s functioning normally, other than it’s less busy than some other U.K. airports so easier to fit in between scheduled traffic?

 

[ls27]

Not only Leeds but Prestwick as well.

 

[Dave 1959]

Is there any reason why the RAF use LBA for training runs even when it’s functioning normally, other than it’s less busy than some other U.K. airports so easier to fit in between scheduled traffic?

No particular reason Len, they regularly use a lot of civil airports for training(useful if they need to operate out of one or divert to one,keeps pilots current,etc) For example last Tuesday Teesside had a Grob,a Hawk,a Hunter and 3 Typhoons using it for training.As for being less busy LBA can have it's moments, we have lost aircraft to other airports (or they have curtailed the training detail)when they have been told they would need to hold due inbound commercial traffic, especially if they have a training slot booked at another airfield at a particular time.

 

[Pat]

In years gone by when the RAF had 24 hour Master Diversion Airfields dotted around the country they didnt need to use the civil airfields as diversion airfields

 

[twevsmiff]

Islander G-HEBS inbound from Oban again, being vectored onto ILS runway 14(0855)

 

[twevsmiff]

Beechjet 400 SP-ATT(Smartjet 48P) being vectored onto ILS, runway 14(1350) inbound from Lisbon

 

[twevsmiff]

The airport has opened this morning at 0800 local so something must be expected

 

[twevsmiff]

No movements yet apart from G-GDFV doing high powered engine runs
Police 42 has just been informed the airport is open until 1700Z - 1800 local time

 

[mdobuk21]

Possibly A400 training

 

[lbaspotter]

RAF Brize Norton have confirmed on there social media platforms that Airbus A400M Atlas due into LBA this afternoon for training.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3036850013028058&id=386061234773629

 

[twevsmiff]

A.400M ZM415(Ascot 487) inbound to LBA beacon for 2 approaches, been a l;ong wait

 

[twevsmiff]

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The airport is currently closed due to cyclists on the runway

 

[a300boy]

I wonder when our PPE freight flights will start to arrive ?
Ah sorry I forgot we have no freight operations or forwarders now and anyway we dont have a runway that could accommodate them.
Never mind Yorkshire’s other airport is doing a great job for the region and grabbing the headlines.
At least we are open today as I saw a PC12 depart this morning.

 

[Jet3]

I wonder when our PPE freight flights will start to arrive ?
Ah sorry I forgot we have no freight operations or forwarders now and anyway we dont have a runway that could accommodate them.
Never mind Yorkshire’s other airport is doing a great job for the region and grabbing the headlines.
At least we are open today as I saw a PC12 depart this morning.

That DSA is still open for business hasn't gone un-noticed. My understanding is that with the current uncertainty a certain airline are looking at their options as they suspect that the new terminal may be canned. Peel naturally are keen to show them what they have to offer. Watch this space, things could go from bad to worse for LBA.

 

[Aviador]

That DSA is still open for business hasn't gone un-noticed. My understanding is that with the current uncertainty a certain airline are looking at their options as they suspect that the new terminal may be canned. Peel naturally are keen to show them what they have to offer. Watch this space, things could go from bad to worse for LBA.

Still open for business, yes but no airport can survive with cargo only traffic, take Glasgow Prestwick airports woes as an example. Leeds has it's limitations, yes, but the wider impact of covid-19 will substantially damaged the entire aviation industry if there's no plan on how to recommence passenger services.

 

[a300boy]

Can’t help being jealous of Doncaster at the moment it’s a long way back to where we were !
Hoping for good not bad news and the sooner the better.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Several airports do survive exclusively on cargo revenues, others survive with a majority of their revenue from cargo, others depend on cargo supplement pax revenues to make them viable. I'm sure EMA for one would not have a problem if pax flights were withdrawn permanently.