Talk:Bankstown Airport
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[edit] Runway 18/36
In a recent edit, the sentence about runway 18/36 was modified to say that closure of the runway is still only a proposal. Actually, the runway has been closed. I've personally seen that the runway markings have been removed and a yellow taxiway line is now in their place. It's unfortunate, but 18/36 is no more!
-QFlyer 10:14, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Runway 18/36
Runway 18/36 was shortened and eventualy decomisioned in the late 2005 early 2006 timeframe. This shifted a load of training for operations such as croswind circuits to nearby hoxton park about 6 Miles west with a 16/34 single runway configuration. Hoxton park is due for sale in the early parts 2008. Its resident operators will likely move to Camden to the south west while some will inevitable move to Bankstown.
Bankstown also used to have a runway 05/23 which is where taxiway T(ango) now is. This can be seen in a photo i have located here. http://condellpark.com/bear/1962len_m.htm
There had been talk of re-developing a north south runway on the western side of where the old one was. This would alow larger regional aircraft to operate into the airport in less favourable wind conditions, aswell as quelling much angst reguarding the decomisioning of 18/36, which largely centered around the impending loss of practicaly all north south GA runways in the sydney basin. However some speculate that Bankstown Airport Limited have been intending to make the aerodrome suitable for more regional aircraft upto aircraft like the Boeing 737.
Many Aerial photographs of Bankstown airport over the past 7 years indicate a decline in popularity of the GA parking lot, particularly the nothwest and southwest corner of the aerodrome. In the later half of 2006 the development of a Hangar facility for TOLL logistics has been constructed around taxiways A4, X and K5. this caused for a period of time engine runnup bays on the northern side of the airfield from runway 29R to be unavailable. As a result there has been much disaproval by local flying schools and pilots.
ASA's published records of aircraft movements at bankstown show an increase from 275,846 movements in the callendar year 2005 to 323306 for the callendar year 2006. This is aparently contested on the australian AOPA website which posses that activity at bankstown in on the decrease.
Bankstown airport is considered by many pilots and citizens as one of the most influencial airfield in Australia (one of the 5 GAAP airfields). As such many pilots feel that a decline in general aviation across the whole nation not least bankstown is taking its toll. As such many Australian aviation facilities are falling into a state of disrepair due to lack of use, this in turn discourages pilots, who as a result fly less and the spiral continues.
I believe that seeing as all the current operational details of the airport can be accessed free off the internet from the airservices australia website that this page should focus more on its historical and social impact. -Dbayley 11:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] History
Should there not be a history section for this article. During WWII the airport was established as a key strategic air base to support the war effort, it became home to members of the US 35th Fighter squadron and the 41s Pursuit Group. It should be looked into and added to the article. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. 01:43, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
