Sunshine Coast Airport issues a Notice to Airmen after damage is discovered on the two-year-old $334-million runway.
The old 18/36 runway was decommissioned in 2020 when the north-west/south-east runway project was completed."We've been very vocal from the very start when this whole master plan and runway construction had started," he said.'We can't operate with the unknown'"A single runway orientation really leaves you with nothing up your sleeve for an instance like this," he said.
Mr McDermott said his aviation operation often performed medical missions to transport organ donations where time was of the essence. Sunshine Coast Airport management said the old runway was decommissioned by Sunshine Coast Council as part of the runway project. Sunshine Coast Airport says it became aware of pavement repairs on the shoulder of the northern end of the runway early Tuesday.
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