Research and analysis

Additional airport capacity: operational risk analysis

Operational risk analysis of the Airports Commission's shortlisted options for additional airport capacity.

Documents

Ground infrastructure: Gatwick second runway

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Ground infrastructure: Heathrow Airport north west runway

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Ground infrastructure: Heathrow extended northern runway

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Airspace resilience

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Details

These reports support the operational risk analysis in the consultation on the Airport Commission’s shortlisted options for additional airport capacity.

LeighFisher’s reports for each of the 3 shortlisted proposals look at the ability of each proposal to adapt to adverse events including:

  • severe weather
  • utility outages
  • terrorism

The ‘Airspace resilience’ report by NATS considers the impact each scheme could have upon the UK airspace system’s ability to react to major disruptive events.

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Published 11 November 2014

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