South African billionaire plans to build new airport in Cape Town

Dick Durham

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All will go well until Government insists that 40% of the airport is BEEE owned. Then any rational thinking entrepreneur will just cut their loses and walk away.
 

dualmeister

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I think more like noise polution, homes are gonna be furious here in Milnerton.
And here you were complaining last week about the new airport being 13km away from your home
Taking about flight paths and a bunch of planes flying too close together.
But, I'm no aviation expect.
 

Big Rat

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It is a good couple of kilometres away from Durbanville. And the flight paths to the runways, as it is now, is parallel to the town.
The flightpath for the "North- south' will go over parts of Kraaifontein and Bloekombos. "East West" will go over Klapmuts. Uitsight is the closest suburb to it and that is 7 kilos. Put that into perspective Cape Town international is max 9 kilos away.
 

garyc

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With a 500m runway it is unlikely to become the next Lanseria.
 

Ockie

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With a 500m runway it is unlikely to become the next Lanseria.
I assume they will be extending it. Might have to redo it completely to bring it up to standard to handle modern airliners.
 
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