No helicopters<\/strong> will be allowed (except probably a lot of police helicopters over London, look out for them)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDemand is already building so get your requests in soon if you need to operate in. Important folk from about 120 countries are likely to be attend and guess where they’ll all be flying into…<\/p>\n
Security<\/strong> is going to be significantly higher as well.<\/p>\nEGLL\/London Heathrow<\/h4>\n
The issue is noise levels<\/strong>, and trying to manage it alongside where the procession will be taking place, which is why they have something called\u00a0“Operation London Bridge”.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The main ‘quiet time’ will likely be from 1350-1440z.<\/p>\nAt the moment, a full stop on operations has not been suggested. However, there is probably going to be significant reductions in operations. So, here’s the current plan:<\/p>\n
Westerlies are expected<\/strong> to be in use, and if they are then the plan is this:<\/p>\n\n- 0900-1230\u00a0<\/strong>Stop on all arrivals<\/strong>, but departures will still operate<\/li>\n
- 1050-1105\u00a0<\/strong>Stop on\u00a0all arrivals and departures\u00a0<\/strong>during the National two minutes silence. This will be managed tactically (so you’ll probably just hold a little longer)<\/li>\n
- 1230-1400 <\/strong>Stop on all arrivals and all departures<\/strong><\/li>\n
- 1400-1900<\/strong> Stop on all departures<\/strong>, arrivals will still operate<\/li>\n
- 1900<\/strong> Operations will begin to return to normal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If Easterlies are in use\u00a0<\/strong>then\u00a0it gets a bit more complicated.<\/p>\n\n- Departures will be stopped in the morning<\/li>\n
- Arrivals will be stopped in the afternoon<\/li>\n
- But no\u00a0departures means no space on the ground<\/strong>, which means a further reduction in the morning for arrivals as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The CAA has confirmed that any cancellations due to all this will be alleviated<\/strong>, so make sure you reference ‘London Bridge’<\/em> when making your request.<\/p>\nFiling EGLL as an alternate on this date is probably not advisable<\/strong> as they are unlikely to be able to accept you (except on an Emergency). In fact, the AIP says not to.<\/p>\nEGKK\/Gatwick<\/h4>\n
Gatwick has some closures\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0Sep 14-16:<\/p>\n\n- 15 Sep Whole airport closed\u00a0<\/strong>0355-0415z<\/li>\n
- 16 Sep Whole airport closed\u00a0<\/strong>0250-0405z<\/li>\n
- 17 Sep Open but no arrivals or departures\u00a0<\/strong>0225-0420z<\/li>\n
- 18 Sep Open but no arrivals or departures\u00a0<\/strong>0310-0425z<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So basically tiny night closures<\/strong>. Notams A6976\/22, A6977\/22, A7020\/22 and A7021\/22 are the ones to check. We haven’t seen anything specific for the 19th.<\/p>\nSignature Handling is also going to be temporarily handed over to the\u00a0Foreign Commonwealth and Development office so expect slower responses to slot requests and monitor for more restrictions by notam.<\/p>\n
EGKB\/Biggin Hill<\/h4>\n
We’ve not see any restrictions on Sep 19th, but there is a flypast on the 17th<\/strong> so it will be closed\u00a01650-1700z (Notam C5209\/22)<\/p>\nEGLC\/London City<\/h4>\n
If the westerly R<\/strong>unway 27<\/strong> is in use then arrivals will be impacted less, but departures that continue west may be an issue. Early turns and significant extra routing might be required.<\/p>\nIf it is the easterly R<\/strong>unway 09<\/strong> in use its more difficult again because northerly arrivals and the approach are over the City. There are likely to be restrictions here as well in that case.<\/p>\nEGGW\/Luton<\/h4>\n\n- Closed on Sep 18th from 1845-1915 (Notam\u00a0A6988\/22)<\/li>\n
- Closed on Sep 19th for 2 hours… but we’re not sure the time yet<\/li>\n
- Also closed 0000-0530 17-18 for annual maintenance (Notam A6554\/22)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
EGSS\/Stansted<\/h4>\n
Stansted is expected to be handling the majority of traffic<\/strong> coming in for the funeral. Currently, slots are taking longer to get approved because the FCDO is sorting this.<\/p>\nParking is already filling up fast too so if you need it, book it soon.<\/p>\n
\n- Night Restrictions<\/strong> are still in place between 0520-2220z daily<\/li>\n
- Only emergency diversions<\/strong> will be accepted on Sep 19th due parking and ground capacity limits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
EGMC\/Southend<\/h4>\n\n- Closed 0530-1300z on the 19th (we haven’t seen a notam for this yet)<\/li>\n
- The airport is ‘strictly PPR’<\/strong> until the 22nd (Notam\u00a0P0144\/22)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
EGTK\/Oxford<\/h4>\n
(Because it’s not really London) they aren’t expecting any restrictions or capacity problems.<\/p>\n
EGLF\/Farnborough<\/h4>\n
We haven’t spotted any restrictions for here. The FBO says ‘normal weekend\/public holiday<\/strong> restrictions’.<\/p>\nEGWU\/Northolt<\/h4>\n
RAF Northolt has a full civilian ban in place between 1215- 1300z and an arrivals embargo between 1710-1810z on the 19th. The airport itself will operate 1100-1800z<\/p>\n
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<\/h4>\nOther UK Airports<\/h4>\n
The operational stop during the 2 minutes silence can be expected at airports across the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\nOther bits of the World<\/h4>\n
The UK Monarch is Head of State for 14 Commonwealth countries, and has ties with another 44 or so. So a fair few countries may turn Sep 19 into a Public Holiday.<\/p>\n
\n- Bermuda\u00a0<\/strong>Sep 19th<\/li>\n
- New Zealand<\/strong> One off Memorial Day Sep 26th<\/li>\n
- Australia\u00a0<\/strong>Public Holiday Sep 22nd<\/li>\n
- Canada\u00a0<\/strong>Sep 19th<\/li>\n
- British overseas territories\u00a0<\/b>Sep 19th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Notams<\/h4>\n
Notams will be published confirming the planned restrictions. However, the situation may change short notice<\/strong> due a change in wind direction.<\/p>\nIf a departure cancellation is required, it is likely the arrival will be as well (and vice versa, although that’s rather obvious). They won’t be accepting rescheduling of flights<\/strong> until they have a better idea of capacity levels, how quickly it will return to normal, and how many stands they have available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will take place on September 19th, from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":19846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19826"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19851,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826\/revisions\/19851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}