The Airport Operator Spring 2025
David Winstanly
March 2025
London Biggin Hill Airport will start a £20m runway resurfacing programme this month as part of a capital investment programme designed to strengthen its position in business aviation.
Asked about his expectations for traffic in the coming years, the airport’s CEO, David Winstanley, told The Airport Operator “We would expect to see a significant increase, approximately 10 to 12%, and that is based on the investments we are making in infrastructure”.
Work on the runway resurfacing programme, which will be carried out at night to avoid closing the airport, will include LED centre line lighting, edge lighting and run-off and runon lighting. Other elements of the investment programme include:
• a new Instrumented Runway Visual Range system, which uses specialised sensors located on the runway to provide an automated assessment of runway visibility,
• new 24-hour weather forecasting, providing pilots particularly inbound from North America, with the latest information on weather conditions at the airport and
• a plan for a new instrument approach to the airport’s Runway 03 that will effectively make London Biggin Hill an all-weather airport, with a trial expected to begin in the third quarter of the next financial year
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