31 Jan 2011 : A lot SQ flights out of Sin delayed

[KC*]

Ha ha. I saw you. I was on SQ308. Scheduled departure 0905h. Push back 0930h. Actual take off 1020h. Got pics of long traffic jam in front of, and behind, us.

Wow. Would love to see those pics.

[9V-SIA]

I was sitting on the ground at Changi for about an hour, in SQ16..... fortunately I did not have a connecting in Seoul.

Ha ha. I saw you. I was on SQ308. Scheduled departure 0905h. Push back 0930h. Actual take off 1020h. Got pics of long traffic jam in front of, and behind, us.

[sealalula]

Today SQ377 is delayed by approximately 6 hours.

[kapitan]

Another day of very heavy rain in Singapore early today, causing floods in downtown Singapore. All flights out of Singapore were affected too, between 8am-12pm flights, most took off after 1-1.5 hours of the scheduled flight time.

And attention Kyo, did you leave anything in PEK again, I am now again in PEK. Hope I don't need to bring back anything for you this time...

I was sitting on the ground at Changi for about an hour, in SQ16..... fortunately I did not have a connecting in Seoul.

[Kyo]

Oh, I left a couple of roast ducks you can pick up from the same place as last time, try not to delay the delivery too much ya!

My Fri SQ285 left on time, hope my SQ282 this evening also leaves on time o'wise I ain't getting to the office on time tmrw 'yo... don't tell me you left a Kiwi bird behind here, now..

[feb01mel]

Another day of very heavy rain in Singapore early today, causing floods in downtown Singapore. All flights out of Singapore were affected too, between 8am-12pm flights, most took off after 1-1.5 hours of the scheduled flight time.

And attention Kyo, did you leave anything in PEK again, I am now again in PEK. Hope I don't need to bring back anything for you this time...

[wsssaero]

Traditionally, the peak times has always been 8 to 11pm. That has extended to morning now.

I'm not sure about the daytime but if my suspicions are true, its a matter of spreading flight slots to ease congestion.

The peak times now are roughly 6am-8am in the morning, 5pm-7pm in the evening and a third wave of widebodies at 9pm-11pm.

[feb01mel]

SQ 15 arrived in Singapore close to 6am today, over 4 hours delay in ICN, not sure what happened, could be technical fault with the 77W.

[zvezda]

its a matter of spreading flight slots to ease congestion.

Flights are timed the way they are for good reasons. Changing the times can kill loads or yields or both.

The third runway will need to open to commercial use before Terminal 4 opens.

[RHG]

There is a master plan for the airport which existed when T1 was first built. Thats why the area around the airport was empty.

Traditionally, the peak times has always been 8 to 11pm. That has extended to morning now.

I'm not sure about the daytime but if my suspicions are true, its a matter of spreading flight slots to ease congestion.

[wsssaero]

That's right, but all small stuff compared to extending the runway, which has been the long-term plan since it was first built.

Look at how fast Singapore built MBS and RWS. I'm sure they can do it if they wanted to.

[zvezda]

That would probably take some time as there is now no taxiway contecting to this runway. A perimeter fence and public road also separates Changi airport from the military runway, which is some distance away.

That's right, but all small stuff compared to extending the runway, which has been the long-term plan since it was first built.

[SQKevin]

Perhaps it's time to extend the third runway (now only used by the military).

That would probably take some time as there is now no taxiway contecting to this runway. A perimeter fence and public road also separates Changi airport from the military runway, which is some distance away.

[zvezda]

Perhaps it's time to extend the third runway (now only used by the military).

[wsssaero]

Morning time in SIN is rush hour for regional departures - my 9.50am flight to Hanoi queued for 35mins to get to the runway and there was a whole long line of planes queueing behind. Also around this time runway 02L/20R is scheduled to be closed for inspection (20-40min) which may add to the jam.