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ORIA runway expansion plans under review
Plans to extend the Owen Roberts International Airport into the North Sound to accommodate larger aircraft have been met with scrutiny from members of the public.
During the first of three public consultation sessions, several residents questioned whether the potential increase in passengers was worth the quality-of-life changes that would stem from an extended runway.
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Cayman Compass
Runway safety areas proposed for Brac airport
The Cayman Islands Airports Authority is planning to build runway safety areas at either end of the runway at the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport on Cayman Brac.
The proposed work is part of an Airports Master Plan that explores the development of all three of Cayman’s airports in the coming years and is subject to an environmental impact assessment.
A draft Environmental Impact Assessment Terms of Reference document, which is currently subject to a public consultation, notes that runway end safety areas, or RESAs, must be constructed and a part of the runway widened to meet international aviation standards.
RESAs are designed to protect aircraft and passengers from runway overruns.
