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• Cyrrus House
• Concept Court, Allendale Road, Thirsk
• North Yorkshire, YO7 3NY
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Airspace Change at Norwich International Airport

Following the closure of RAF Coltishall and the disestablishment of its Military Air Traffic Zone (MATZ), Cyrrus was requested to assist the development of improved airspace arrangements in the vicinity of Norwich International Airport.  After a brief assessment, it was decided that the priority task was to establish revised instrument approach procedures (IAP) as the off-airport NDB was no longer supportable in its current configuration.   This change required the Airport to implement a consultation exercise in accordance with the UK CAA ACP.  This is the first time that changes to UK IAP have resulted in the requirement to apply the ACP and Cyrrus director Barry Hawkins remarked “Cyrrus is used to trail-blazing and is confident that we can meet the challenge and provide Norwich with the positive outcome it desires”.   It is planned that the consultation will end on 25 February 2008.  Subsequently the responses will be analysed and if appropriate a formal application made to the UK CAA to implement the changes.

Introduction of Runway End Safety Areas (RESA) Configuration Options at Kerry Airport

The management at Kerry Airport in Ireland contracted Cyrrus to produce a report on the impact of employing 240m RESA in accordance with emerging policy from the Irish Aviation Authority.  Cyrrus and its partner companies (ASAP sro and Osprey-CSL) evaluated the effect such a change could have on the declared distances of the runway for current and future generation aircraft that could operate to the Airport.  The runway operation was optimised to enable precision approaches to be used on both ends and the opportunity was taken to develop draft GNSS procedures in anticipation that the IAA will permit their use in the near future.  The Final Report was successfully delivered on 9 November 2007. It is anticipated that the announcement to move forward with one of the options will be made in early 2008.

Oxford Airport

Cyrrus managed the upgrade of the runway and airport air navigation equipment (AANE) at Oxford Airport which was successfully completed in August 2007.  This upgrade has helped to transform the airfield into a vibrant executive jet airport.  The Cyrrus Project Manager was responsible for the ensuring that limited air operations could be conducted throughout the period of the upgrade with required close co-ordination of the Aggregates Industries and other suppliers.  The AANE included:

• The Installation of a Category I ILS/DME for runway 19 with its associated remote control and monitoring system (RCMS);
• IRVR and Meteorological equipment;
• Production and supply of relevant supporting documentation to enable licensed operations to commence upon completion.