Concerns over flightpath changes
16.06.08
People living in a town near Robin Hood Airport are worried more aircraft will be flying over their homes and shops if plans to 'control' the airspace above them go ahead, the Scunthorpe Telegraph reports. However, the airport has said that they should not be concerned.
The airport is seeking to make the airspace around Crowle controlled at a height of 2000ft - and some locals believe the move is directly linked to a huge windfarm earmarked for the east and west of the town, and will lead to more planes flying over their homes.
Currently, any aircraft flying at 2000ft or below do not need permission to be in the airspace around Crowle, but under the plans pilots would have to pre-warn air traffic control of their presence. If airport bosses get their wish, the controlled space will be made official on July 31.
Permission was granted last June for 34 wind turbines at Keadby and 22 at Tween Bridge, and at the time it was said they could pose a danger to aircraft. Crowle town councillors fear if the airspace becomes controlled, the planes will divert away from the controlled airspace and fly over the town instead, the newspaper reports.
Councillor Brian Duffield told a meeting of Crowle Town Council: ‘Robin Hood Airport plans to change its flight paths for aircraft to come over Crowle. More aircraft will fly over Crowle to avoid the turbines.'
But Robin Tudor, spokesman for Robin Hood Airport, told the Telegraph that there was no plan to change flightpaths. He said: ‘Currently airspace is uncontrolled for aircraft providing they go up to 2000ft, but with this new proposal any aircraft flying around under that height will have to tell us. It will enable us to be more efficient with aircraft in range.'
‘What aircraft people see today should be exactly what's seen in the future - other than an increase as the airport continues to grow.’
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