Brize runway Black

[thevulcan]

Brizes runway is currently down and unserviceable due to the tarmac melting.

ZZ333 is at RAF mildenhall for QRA after diverting to EMA yesterday rather lucky as otherwise the UK would have no QRA tankers.

[thevulcan]

RAF Brize Norton's runway is currently code Black due to the runway surface melting yesterday so far no movements have occurred since the damage was created yesterday.

RAF Mildenhall:
ZZ333 Voyager on QRA duties while the runway is being repaired. This aircraft diverted to EMA yesterday due to the damage.

RAF Northolt
ZH871 C-130J
ZH866 C-130J

Birmingham Airport:
ZZ178 C-17A
ZZ174 C-17A

Newquay Airport:
ZM413 A-400M

Stansted Airport:
G-VYGL voyayer Airtanker Ltd

Start Date UTC: 07/05/2021 0001
End Date UTC: 08/02/2021 2359
U3898/21 NOTAMN
Q) EGTT/QMXLC/IV/M /A /000/999/5145N00135W005
A) EGVN B) 2107050001 C) 2108022359
E) TAXIWAY B/C/G INTERSECTIONS CLOSED TO ALL AIRCRAFT DUE TO REPAIRS

Start Date UTC: 07/19/2021 1801
End Date UTC: 07/21/2021 2100
U4394/21 NOTAMN
Q) EGTT/QFALC/IV/NBO/A /000/999/5145N00135W005
A) EGVN B) 2107191801 C) 2107212100
E) AD CLOSED DUE TO POOR RWY SFC CONDITIONS.MILITARY EMERGENCY
DIVERSION AERODROME DOWN DECLARED

Start Date UTC: 07/23/2021 1800
End Date UTC: 07/24/2021 0600
U4341/21 NOTAMN
Q) EGTT/QFALT/IV/NBO/A /000/999/5145N00135W005
A) EGVN B) 2107231800 C) 2107240600
E) MILITARY EMERGENCY DIVERSON AD DOWN DECLARED DUE TO RWY SFC WORKS

Start Date UTC: 07/24/2021 1800
End Date UTC: 07/25/2021 0600
U4342/21 NOTAMN
Q) EGTT/QFALT/IV/NBO/A /000/999/5145N00135W005
A) EGVN B) 2107241800 C) 2107250600
E) MILITARY EMERGENCY DIVERSON AD DOWN DECLARED DUE TO RWY SFC WORKS

[POL]

ZZ178 is at Birmingham

[Boneyard1]

Cheers Vulcan,and EGVP for your posts!As ever always appreciated.Great work.

[thevulcan]

https://www.forces.net/news/raf-brize-n ... ed-repairs

[John flightpath]

ZZ174 is now also at Birmingham.

Cheers
John

[wessexspotter]

I may have dreamt it but I heard a Herc departing this morning

[thevulcan]

ZH866 repositioned to RAF Northolt this morning. very short take off runs from all the aircraft today and yesterday.

[sherriff]

The problem area of the runway is reportedly mainly from the mid-point intersection to the West.
I suspect yesterday's and this morning's departures were instructed to rotate before the intersection on a 25 departure direction. Not an issue for C130 and A400....close for a C17 with a load on.

[Doughnut]

It is maybe easier for the departing transports flights, C-130, A400 and C-17, to avoid certain parts of the runway and deploy or return to alternative airfields.
Of more concern must be the tanker operations, unless the A330 is simply relocating to another airfield, all missions either deployment support, standard AAR training or QRA will require maximum fuel and thus maximum runway.

[thevulcan]

It was just lucky ZZ333 diverted to EMA on Monday and then moved to mildenhall to take up QRA duties. G-VYGL is at Stansted airport and should be doing the Falklands flight today from Stansted.

[Scuba 11]

It was just lucky ZZ333 diverted to EMA on Monday and then moved to mildenhall to take up QRA duties. G-VYGL is at Stansted airport and should be doing the Falklands flight today from Stansted.

GL is pointing towards AKT

[thevulcan]

Thanks Scuba 11 I knew it was going to either AKT or the Falklands but couldn't remember which one.

[CHINOOKER]

Brize up and running again?…..ZH871 departed Northolt for home as RR143….. edit as I typed ZH871 looks to be returning to Northolt!!

Edit to the Edit…..looks to be circuit bashing at Northolt!…….C-17A ZZ177 just gone ott Northolt as RRR6629 inbound Brize

[d555]

A400 - ZM413 has been operating out of NQY since 21/07

edit. looks to be heading back to Brize now

[thevulcan]

Runway is still not fixed should be fixed by Monday about a 400m stretch is broken. Aircraft are turning off at the middle intersection and have been given permission to use full reverse thrust.

[The Cat]

ZZ178 on it's way from BHX. ZZ171 being refuled at BHX for departure

[CHINOOKER]

Runway is still not fixed should be fixed by Monday about a 400m stretch is broken. Aircraft are turning off at the middle intersection and have been given permission to use full reverse thrust.

Assume then that ops are ok if on easterlies? and that movements are limited to A400/C-17A and C-130 still?

[StuBie]

ZZ177 landed just after 178 according to ADS-B ex.

Stu

[thevulcan]

Runway is still not fixed should be fixed by Monday about a 400m stretch is broken. Aircraft are turning off at the middle intersection and have been given permission to use full reverse thrust.

Assume then that ops are ok if on easterlies? and that movements are limited to A400/C-17A and C-130 still?

Correct.