YSSY Construction

Yusef D · #1 10th November 2015, 09:55 AM

Does anyone here know what's going on with the construction across RW25/07 from the domestic precinct? Clearly it will have aircraft access from taxiway Charlie, but is it remote parking? VA's long delayed hangar? A regional bus/boarding area?

Nigel C · #2 10th November 2015, 10:27 AM

Stand off bays for 2 Code E or 5 Code C aircraft. Access will be via Charlie then Kilo.

Yusef D · #3 10th November 2015, 03:24 PM

So just hardstand, storage not boarding? (ie no fuelling like the bays south of the intl terminal).

Nigel C · #4 10th November 2015, 07:42 PM

I'm pretty sure it's just hardstand. There's no hydrant facilities on the bays as far as I'm aware.

Yusef D · #5 11th November 2015, 10:41 AM

A new hydrant area would be expensive.

I was just hoping for the turboprop precinct that I saw in a Master Plan.

Steve S... 2 · #6 11th November 2015, 10:58 AM

Is this location just near the long term car park - on the south side of the east-west runway?

Nigel C · #7 11th November 2015, 10:57 AM

That may well happen in the future....nothing stays the same in aviation!

If it were to become a turboprop precinct, access to the area via fuel tanker is readily available.

Nigel C · #8 11th November 2015, 03:33 PM

Yep, immediately east of Twy Kilo, north of the ATC Tower

Mick F · #9 11th November 2015, 06:50 PM

Most turboprops would refuel straight from a tanker. I don't know many that would get it straight from a hydrant.

Mick

Max C · #10 11th November 2015, 06:56 PM

It happens in CNS on occasion with the Q400, but that's just due to whichever fuel truck is on shift at the time.