Limits Commercial Jets to sizes no bigger than A318 /B717
23 July 2019
The Transport Department (DOTr) has said that the E190 E2 of Embraer and Airbus 220-100 can land safely at Sangley Airport when it opens to the public in October.
23 July 2019
The Transport Department (DOTr) has said that the E190 E2 of Embraer and Airbus 220-100 can land safely at Sangley Airport when it opens to the public in October.
The announcement was made after the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) cleared both manufacturer's aircraft from landing at the airport in addition to turboprop planes of major commercial airlines.
CAAP however said that aircraft bigger than Airbus A318 or Boeing B717 planes are still prohibited from using Sangley at this time due to airport infrastructure limitations.
CAAP however said that aircraft bigger than Airbus A318 or Boeing B717 planes are still prohibited from using Sangley at this time due to airport infrastructure limitations.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) operates turboprop planes as big as the DHC4s, while Cebu Pacific (CEB) and other airlines operates the ATR 72-600s, all Code 3C aircraft according to the Air Navigation Services(ANS) of the CAAP.
ANS said both the Embraer and Bombardier planes are likewise classified as 3C aircraft based on the PANS-Aerodrome (Doc9981) an ICAO document which would qualify them to use Sangley. They are similarly sized to BAe146 jets operated by Skyjet, and Royal Air capable of seating between 70-100 passengers.
No airline in the Philippines however operates A318, B717, E jets or C-series planes at this time. CAAP believes that might change soon as airlines line up jet flight services from that side of Metro Manila airport in addition to turboprop traffic.
DOTr disclosed that Sangley airport passenger terminal building is capable of supporting two flights per hour of this type of jet aircraft or three flights per hour for the turboprop planes.
ANS said both the Embraer and Bombardier planes are likewise classified as 3C aircraft based on the PANS-Aerodrome (Doc9981) an ICAO document which would qualify them to use Sangley. They are similarly sized to BAe146 jets operated by Skyjet, and Royal Air capable of seating between 70-100 passengers.
No airline in the Philippines however operates A318, B717, E jets or C-series planes at this time. CAAP believes that might change soon as airlines line up jet flight services from that side of Metro Manila airport in addition to turboprop traffic.
DOTr disclosed that Sangley airport passenger terminal building is capable of supporting two flights per hour of this type of jet aircraft or three flights per hour for the turboprop planes.
Wait. This airport have a runway lengh of 2,300 meters which is actually longer than the runway at Caticlan given that its runway can accommodate as large as A321 while Sangley's runway can only accommodate A220 and E-jets. What's the issue? Lack of precision instruments? Size of the apron and the terminal handling capacity? But I think further development, like future expansion, may allow A320 operations in the future.
ReplyDeleteIts not about the runway but the parallel taxiway close to it. For A320 operations it has to be separated by at least 80 meters from runway centre line. It only has 60 metre separation good for code 3C planes.
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