gallois wrote:
This is because ICAO set limits on the distance the holding points need to be from the runway, depending on the type of approach.
There are also restrictions on distance from taxiway etc depending on the category of aircraft expected.
@gallois, I think the word used is “should” not “must” for the distances from the centerline. I think mitigation was that you have to raise the DH by 30-50(?) feet if you don’t follow that rule, but otherwise it is usually just a CYA from an xAA, AFAIK.
When we got our GNSS approach at LFFK we lost a lot of our normal parking space.
This is because ICAO set limits on the distance the holding points need to be from the runway, depending on the type of approach.
There are also restrictions on distance from taxiway etc depending on the category of aircraft expected. All this does use up a lot of space which appears useless when there is no traffic around.
Marking spots is the problem. They mark them for a 747.
Marking can be done in conditional way with multiple options but obviously it’s too much hassle for some people.
Marking spots is the problem. They mark them for a 747. This is the European problem.
Which is obviously almost zero effort in relation to the subsequent return over many years, which would also require nearly zero effort to collect.
It’s hard to imagine anybody being quite that lazy so the next logical possibility is that they are locked in place by obscure local ‘regulatory’ issues (e.g. government stupidity or corruption) that prevents them from either providing a useful service or making money.
What “adaptation” is required?
Marking parking spots with paint and changing airport documentation.
They are simply not interested in adapting their huge apron to accommodate more aircrafts. As many other holiday destinations they are interested in quick turnaround unloading and loading passengers with minimum apron occupancy.
What “adaptation” is required? And how are those two possibilities incompatible given a huge parking area?
Them being disinterested in collecting money that requires almost zero expense or effort to earn would indicate something strange is going on, not something simple.
I’m not sure LDPM works at all. I haven’t been there for a while but it’s delisted from VFR Manual.
Well, it does seem to „work“ for several people, in terms of being allowed to fly in and park without any problems. Whether it is 100% legal from a CAA POV, not sure.
Jeez, I just tried to get Pula to allow me to park for a weekend, starting at 7.30 pm local time on a friday. But this time it is 6 weeks away in the future. And I STILL got the standard email response about “lack of parking space”. This is effing ridiculous. Of course they have parking space. This really pisses me off. How can they not have a single GA parking space available six weeks in the future!!!
