{"id":19774,"date":"2022-09-12T09:39:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=19774"},"modified":"2022-09-14T06:32:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:32:02","slug":"the-toronto-slot-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/the-toronto-slot-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Toronto Slot Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CYYZ\/Toronto Pearson has construction works planned this Fall (that’s autumn for European folk),<\/em> which is going to mean some slot restrictions. Here’s the info on it.<\/p>\n

What are they doing?<\/h4>\n

They have been rehabilitating one of the runways – 06L\/24R<\/strong> – since April 2022. The overhaul will give it another 30 or so years of life.<\/p>\n

So far they’ve sort of done one third of it, and are finishing up the mid section, so just have the end bit to go – but this is the longest section to complete.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After this they’ll be whacking in a lot of LED lights and also working on new bay areas.<\/p>\n

You can read all about it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Straight out a children’s picture book on airport construction.<\/p><\/div>\n

What does it mean for traffic?<\/h4>\n

This is actually their second busiest runway which means fairly big disruption. Normally Toronto runs a dual or triple runway configuration<\/strong> when it gets busy, but since they can’t do that, they’ve been maximising the efficiency of the other two where they can.<\/p>\n

With the biggest bit of the construction coming up, they have put some slot restrictions<\/strong> in place to manage the traffic, effective Aug 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This will mainly impact Business and General Aviation flights.<\/strong><\/p>\n