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Victoria International (YYJ) in the province of British Columbia is Canada’s 11th-busiest airport. While it largely holds a domestic focus, limited international flights to and from Mexico and the US also serve it. Last year, it opened a new taxiway, in a move that it hoped would make airport operations more efficient, but this has remained unusable due to being in a blind spot for ATC.
WestJet has a significant leisure-focused presence at Victoria. Photo: Johnnyw3 via Wikimedia Commons
The new taxiway
Victoria’s new taxiway was constructed as part of a CAD$4.3 million (USD$3.4 million) terminal expansion project at the airport. It measures 366 meters long and is situated at the eastern end of runway 09/27. This asphalt-paved runway is the longest landing strip at Victoria, measuring 2,133 meters long. The extension reached completion last year.
VICTORIA A new taxi-way completed as part of the Victoria International Airport’s terminal expansion is not in use because it can’t be seen from the airport’s control tower. The $4.3 million project expanded the taxi-way on the east side of the airport by approximately 366 meters and was completed in 2020. It is intended to improve safety for aircraft by eliminating access points close to runways during take-off. Victoria Airport Authority president and CEO Geoff Dickson says the extension was seen as a way to improve efficiency for the control tower operator. He says that due to the current location of the airport’s control tower, the taxi-way is in a blind spot to air traffic controllers.
Nothing fearless about girlsâ regatta decision
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It looks like one rule for the boys and another for the girls.
Regatta season is fast approaching, with two key school events scheduled for later this month. Thereâs the Head of Schoolgirls Regatta held on March 12-14 on the Barwon River outside Geelong with the Associated Public Schools of Victoria Sport Regatta (mainly boys but which does include girls) on March 20 at Lake Nagambie.
Guess which event is allowing spectators?
Yes, convoys of four-wheel drives full of long-suffering rowing parents from Firbank and Melbourne Girlsâ Grammar will head down to Geelong in full knowledge that spectators have been banned from the HOSG Regatta. While the APS Head of the River (traditionally boys but mixed gender from schools including Brighton Grammar and St Kevinâs) is allowed 1050 people, or two spectators f
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