Gilbert Lawrence wrote: <Most airports with one run way should be able to
land a plane every 15
minutes - AT LEAST. So A MINIMUM OF 240 planes a day CAN USE THE AIRPORT
between 6 AM and 6 PM. My relatives who have flown into Goa call the airport
much, much better than before.
So what is the big problem with Dabolim? Please respond with facts rather
than opinions
Philip Thomas asked: < Is there some "new math" in this calculation? What is
the explanation for
the author's result? Anybody have a clue? >
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JC's response : Phillip, what is there to calculate ?
Accepting that (according to above from GL) 4 planes land per hour - 48
planes will LAND between 6am and 6pm, and hopefully 48 planes will take off.
These would be the scheduled ones eg Mum-Goa, Goa-Bang etc
So far -> 96 are accounted for.
The rest of the 144 would be a combination of:
1. Charters which are long haul and long stay (i.e. 1 week)
2. Navy planes which are doing practice runs in the Taxi area
3. other planes whose flights have been delayed
Total = 240
After all, GL only said "USED" not "LAND" ....did he (:-)
jc aka (for the purposes of this post) zuze politissian
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