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Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport #117834
01/19/2017 10:38 AM
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Daily Herald story It almost sounds like to me that this extension is just so private jets can land in Grand Case, but maybe I'm reading it wrong.


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Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: Carol_Hill] #117835
01/19/2017 12:21 PM
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Carol I think you're partially right, mostly private jets but there was also something stated about charter flights to other islands and a fact that if they allow night landings & takeoffs people won't have to stay overnight elsewhere to catch flight back to SXM. They'll do it in same day. Sounds like business people.

But that photo looks like ext is very close to the rotary at Cul de Sac. And what happens to the road to Grand Case at the far end, to hotels, one on hill & GCBC. If you can't go in that way and the road near water is one way, what happens? I can remember when that road was two ways and a horror show. Can remember being pressed up against a wall with all the 2 way traffic. Don't want that again. Maybe a change to the road near the school to come in by Spiga?

Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: RonDon] #117836
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I don't know on the road, other than the story does mention that the road will have to be re-routed.


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Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: Carol_Hill] #117837
01/19/2017 03:30 PM
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In looking at the drawing, the road will be relocated to come in where the roundabout is.


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Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: Mbrott] #117838
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Hope they widen the new road!




Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: Mbrott] #117839
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In looking at the drawing, the road will be relocated to come in where the roundabout is.


The road always left that cup de sac. It's the road that is taken by the extension marked in green that I'm wondering about. In the drawing the ext cuts right through it and I doubt they plan to recess it and have the runway ext go over it.

Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: RonDon] #117840
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I also see the new access road leave the top of the rotary and go round the fence of the extension, where it will meet up with the original road above where the yellow/green of the runway extension starts. The multiple red lines above the runway extension is where they will relocate the original road that the extension will be cutting off.



Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: Carol_Hill] #117841
01/20/2017 08:56 AM
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Runway length and/or the presence of an instrument landing system (ils) with glideslope are often dictated by insurance companies as to whether private jets are covered. I love airplanes, and like to see the few that takeoff when
N on orient, but not sure I want to see a steady stream of gulf streams and falcon jets from France.

Might change the dinner ambiance.

Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: PelicanPirate] #117842
01/20/2017 10:46 AM
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Not sure if this had any influence on their plans but at Christmas SXM had over 100 private jets come onto the island.....they ran out of places to park them. Maybe GC could have taken some of them?

Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: JMSH] #117843
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That's correct, that's at least part of the thinking, as often there is no parking left for private jets at the holidays.


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Re: Runway to be extended at Grand Case airport [Re: Carol_Hill] #117844
01/24/2017 11:37 AM
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Daily Herald story Apparently the deal is not yet done to purchase the land, talks continue.


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