Passengers at Melbourne Airport face several years of increasing congestion and delays after its managers decided to put their long-held plan for a third runway on hold, in favour of building it running in another direction.The airport's chief executive Lyell Strambi said on Thursday that its plan for a new east-west runway, in place since 2013 and due to open in 2023, had been put on hold.The airport now wants to build a new runway running north to south.The east-west runway would have to be shut 17 per cent of the time due to wind interference, a new analysis revealed, rather than 5 per cent as previously thought.“There will be a lot of days of the year when we won’t be able to use [either east-west runway] and we’ll be stuck with the north-south runway, so that in itself is quite problematic,” Mr Strambi said.“That would say to us north-south looks like a better option," said Mr Strambi, who will now sit down with aviation authorities to "pressure-test" the revised plan.Melbourne Airport’s master plan predicts it will hit maximum capacity next year, and that it will be plagued by delays if a new runway is not opened by 2023.Melbourne Airport must now go back to the drawing board and create a new "master development plan" for a north-south runway , which needs to be approved by federal government. He said new runways should be built "elsewhere ... not here where it is going to affect so many".Mr Rivoli said the state government had not updated noise rules for suburbs surrounding the airport since 2003, and since then aircraft noise had become much worse. Orlando Melbourne International Airport (MLB) is a nearby Orlando airport for holiday and vacation. "We're not here to say it should go east-west or north-south. This would increase to 90 flights an hour with the extra runway.
Melbourne Airport is proposing to construct a third runway, to accommodate forecast growth in flight numbers. "The planes are coming pretty low where I live. Disclaimer: While the information contained in this document has been presented with all due care, Airservices does not represent that the Information is free from errors or omission. This is going to impact us a lot," said Mr Brown, noting he had already spent $50,000 on replacing rattling windows in his home. "This private enterprise will not address the issues that come from its business, it won't engage with the community about noise issues or insulations ... it says it's not our control, it's the Commonwealth Government, but then puts up plans to impact us further. "That will mean growing congestion, particularly in the peak hours," he said. "Keilor resident Colin Brown was alarmed to learn that the new runway would lead to a near doubling of flights over his home. GlobalAir.com Home Friday, July 10, 2020 10:01 UTC Log In Register Free. Melbourne Airport Runway mode and flight path changes – January 2019 . “[But] it’s better to take the pain of that at this point in time if that means a better long-term decision.”The move by Melbourne Airport will also have serious impacts on nearby Essendon Airport.In Essendon's masterplan, released this year, it said that Melbourne Airport's previous indication it would opt for an east-west runway would force the smaller airport to follow suit.Business reporter at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.Clay Lucas is a senior reporter for The Age. The runway will be 3,000 metres long, in a north-south alignment, parallel to the existing north-south runway. This interactive tool provides information about how noise from the operation of Melbourne Airport affects the community, both now and in the future.