Changi back-up---PLAB
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Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) also acts as back--up to Changi International Airport
---Commander PLAB,public relation booklet issued to nearby
grass root leaders at RSAF Open House 2006.
3 images from the booklet
Departure route avoiding populated areas.(better image now)
Aerial view of PLAB
Engine testing in the Hush House(to reduce noises)
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means if Changi airport kena terrorists attack, PLAB will allow commercial planes to land?
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PLAB already allows commercial planes to land there. It's just that the planes landing there aren't used for passenger service. Commercial planes landing there usually cross the street to go for servicing at ST Aero.Originally posted by croco2006:means if Changi airport kena terrorists attack, PLAB will allow commercial planes to land? -
2.Wa!Insider's info.Originally posted by Quirinus:PLAB already allows commercial planes to land there. It's just that the planes landing there aren't used for passenger service. Commercial planes landing there usually cross the street to go for servicing at ST Aero. -
It's openOriginally posted by lionnoisy:2.Wa!Insider's info.
If you went for the RSAF Open Hse, you would have saw FedEx planes at ST Aero side there... You would see it if you alighted from bus 90 and 94 during the Open Hse as in the makeshift temp bus stop for alighting
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the 1st pic regarding the take-off route along runway 20 on heading 200 is to prevent possible conflict with Changi airport's civil aircraft traffic. If aircraft were to take off on heading 023, they will have to turn east and cross changi aerodrome and cutting through the approach and departure glidepaths of civil aircraft in changi before heading out to join the air routes.
military flights causes alot of problems for our civil aviation air traffic control...
Noise abatement wise, well... i don't see how taking off towards aljunied n kallang area can reduce noise disturbance to ppl living there. taking off on runway 20 @ PLAB, it would head off to minimal residential areas and thus, engine noise won't affect almost anyone... -
if this really happens, i think noise disturbance would be the last thing on our minds.Originally posted by Moonstriker:the 1st pic regarding the take-off route along runway 20 on heading 200 is to prevent possible conflict with Changi airport's civil aircraft traffic. If aircraft were to take off on heading 023, they will have to turn east and cross changi aerodrome and cutting through the approach and departure glidepaths of civil aircraft in changi before heading out to join the air routes.
military flights causes alot of problems for our civil aviation air traffic control...
Noise abatement wise, well... i don't see how taking off towards aljunied n kallang area can reduce noise disturbance to ppl living there. taking off on runway 20 @ PLAB, it would head off to minimal residential areas and thus, engine noise won't affect almost anyone... -
they got a fix time to end all nite flying
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The first picture actually shows the take off on runway 02... not 20.Originally posted by Moonstriker:the 1st pic regarding the take-off route along runway 20 on heading 200 is to prevent possible conflict with Changi airport's civil aircraft traffic. If aircraft were to take off on heading 023, they will have to turn east and cross changi aerodrome and cutting through the approach and departure glidepaths of civil aircraft in changi before heading out to join the air routes.
military flights causes alot of problems for our civil aviation air traffic control...
Noise abatement wise, well... i don't see how taking off towards aljunied n kallang area can reduce noise disturbance to ppl living there. taking off on runway 20 @ PLAB, it would head off to minimal residential areas and thus, engine noise won't affect almost anyone... -
Yup that's true. Their hangar is so huge, from my old flat balcony, you could see the tails stick high high, I once spotted JAL flight outside the hangar. If I use my bino, I can see the huge "NO SMOKING" sign plastered on the wall.Originally posted by Quirinus:PLAB already allows commercial planes to land there. It's just that the planes landing there aren't used for passenger service. Commercial planes landing there usually cross the street to go for servicing at ST Aero. -
You sure? You passed geometry in sec sch?Originally posted by Pablo:The first picture actually shows the take off on runway 02... not 20. -
Pablo is right. If you really take a good look at the pic, you see a small arrow showing the take off on a heading of 023 before a left turn to hook down southwards to go out to sea....Originally posted by eurofighter:You sure? You passed geometry in sec sch? -
do u know that southwards is 20 and not 02? 02 would be heading north. 20 would be heading south in the case of the picture.Originally posted by Pablo:The first picture actually shows the take off on runway 02... not 20. -
u also nv pass geometry ? pls read abvOriginally posted by cheeze:Pablo is right. If you really take a good look at the pic, you see a small arrow showing the take off on a heading of 023 before a left turn to hook down southwards to go out to sea.... -
2.from the map,i confirm take off towards NNE then make a 180 degree left turn to SSW and turn to SW to jurong Island direction and turn to SSW....Originally posted by cheeze:Pablo is right. If you really take a good look at the pic, you see a small arrow showing the take off on a heading of 023 before a left turn to hook down southwards to go out to sea.... -
Ish PLAB able to handle A380 and other Airport issue like handle bags etc?
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shouldnt be a problem. to handle A380 you can use the airport vechicle with those kinda stairs instead of aerobridges. baggage and etc shouldnt be a prob too. CAAS and SATS can always send ppl over if needed and dun forget PLAB was our international airport before changi operated. moreover even ulu ulu airports like those in rural parts of indonesia can also handle baggage.Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:Ish PLAB able to handle A380 and other Airport issue like handle bags etc? -
Yes, it is an emergency measure to have PLAB as a back-up to Changi international airport. Therefore you can't expect it to be as good and so lots of improvisions need to be done.Originally posted by ah_kwang:shouldnt be a problem. to handle A380 you can use the airport vechicle with those kinda stairs instead of aerobridges. baggage and etc shouldnt be a prob too. CAAS and SATS can always send ppl over if needed and dun forget PLAB was our international airport before changi operated. moreover even ulu ulu airports like those in rural parts of indonesia can also handle baggage.
Further more should there be an event serious enough to warrant the full/partial closure of Changi Airport then i don't think many people will be flying here in the 1st place.
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Ya hor, miss out thatOriginally posted by tankee1981:Yes, it is an emergency measure to have PLAB as a back-up to Changi international airport. Therefore you can't expect it to be as good and so lots of improvisions need to be done.
Further more should there be an event serious enough to warrant the full/partial closure of Changi Airport then i don't think many people will be flying here in the 1st place. -
hope ICQ procedures will be practised in PLAB just in case PLAB to replace
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When the runway says 02, it means the runway is heading 020 lar.Originally posted by Pablo:The first picture actually shows the take off on runway 02... not 20.
Approach from the other end would be 20, short for 200.
Runway 27, means 270, 09 means 090. -
Originally posted by lionnoisy:hope ICQ procedures will be practised in PLAB just in case PLAB to replace
Changi,
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do you know your aviation stuff or not?Originally posted by Moonstriker:u also nv pass geometry ? pls read abv -
I cannot read the map clearly.. but according to
Lionoisy who can confirm that take off is towards NNE.
SO it means u line up heading 020.
WHich means u are using runway 02 for take off.
after airborne, 180degrees left turn SSW.
WHich means bearing heading 200.
Runway numbers are actually a indication of the bearing of the runway itself.
U take North to be 0 degrees. And go clockwise which means 3oclock is 90 degrees....n so on....
So pablo is right.
And it is wdely known that the runways will be used in an event of the unfortunate.
If u notice, i think the immigration booths and everything still there........
WSAP can take a A380 landing.. but i without modifications to the taxiways... i dont think the A380 can get off the runway... -
Thanks, Pitot.
Those living around Sengkang and Punggol area would probably notice that the aircraft from PLAB always take off in the northerly direction and then make an immediate turn to the south.