Interview Prep

Question 1

What are the airports opening hours

Answer 1

0630-2130
0530-2030 (summer)

Question 2

Who handles the Scheduled/Charter aircraft?

Answer 2

Bournemouth Airport Handling

Question 3

Who handles the Executive jets?

Answer 3

XLR Aviation

Question 4

Who handles GA?

Answer 4

Bliss Aviation

Question 5

Who else operates at the airport and what do they do?

Answer 5

Draken- RAF Training Contracts (believed to be multiengine, unsure of aircraft types)

Gama Aviation- Hospital Flights with BE20s

Eurocargo- Fleet of A340s that fly to numerous different destinations, is an area of expansion for the airport after it started flying PPE into the airport during COVID.

UKP- Police Helicopter also based on the northside

Various maintenance facilities including paint shops and a PC12 hangar

Question 6

What RFFS cat is Bournemouth?

Answer 6

A7
A8 under remission
A9 with 24hrs notice

Question 7

What are the taxiway widths?

Answer 7

A-16m
B-23m
C-16m
D-16m
E-16m
G-16
M-16m
N-16m
R-23m
T-23m
V-16m
W-16m

Question 8

What Nav Aids are available?

Answer 8

NDB- BIA (339)
DME- I-BH
ILS- (Cat I Rwy 08, Cat III Rwy 26)
VOR- SAM

Question 9

What type of approaches are available?

Answer 9

NDB
ILS (CAT I 08, CAT III 26)
RNAV5

Question 10

What are the runway dimensions and designators?

Answer 10

RWY 26/08
2272m x 46m- AIP (website and John say 2271mx 45m)

Question 11

What Approach Lights are there?

Answer 11

Rwy 26- 5 Bar Approach Lights
Rwy 08- 3 Bar Approach Lights

Question 12

What Taxiway Lighting is there?

Answer 12

Green CL- A, B, R & T
Blue EL- C, D, E, G, M & N

Question 13

What is the size of Bournemouth’s ATZ?

Answer 13

2.5nm radius, SFC to 2000ft AGL

Question 14

What is the height of the Bournemouth CTR?

Answer 14

SFC to 2000ft AMSL

Question 15

What is Bournemouth’s Transition Alt?

Answer 15

6,000ft

Question 16

What is TWR’s Frequency?

Answer 16

125.605MHz
DOC 25nm, SFC to 4000ft

Question 17

What is Ground’s Frequency?

Answer 17

121.705MHz

Question 18

What is Bournemouth RADAR Frequency?

Answer 18

119.480

Question 19

What is Bournemouth Director Frequency?

Answer 19

118.655

Question 20

What is the ATIS frequency?

Answer 20

133.730

Question 21

What are the CCT heights?

Answer 21

1200ft QNH for A/C MTWA of less than 5700kgs
1500ft QNH for all Turbine A/C and those with a MTWA of greater than 5700kgs
700ft Low level cct to south of runway (max of 2 per sortie)
Helicopters 700ft

Question 22

What are the main issues at Bournemouth?

Answer 22

Amount of WIP

Installation of new RADAR, Leonardo being retired and replaced by a new Indra RADAR

Parking of the increasing number of A340s

Handling is currently located in the same building as ATC requiring akward positioning of Critical Parts

Closure and opening of different Critical Parts dependent on Aircraft Parking

Staffing

Taxiway layout, especially regarding rwy 26 end and taxiway N, and condition of certain taxiways

Large number of crossing vehicles necessitated by Airport layout, large amount of ground vehicles

Relationship with Southampton Airport can be difficult at times due to Southampton historically controlling the airspace. Lots of co-ordination required for departure clearances

Noise abatement off runway 26

Question 23

What does the future hold for Bournemouth?

Answer 23

Expansion of passenger numbers to over 1 million predicted and planned for this year

Extra Ryanair flight to be based, 20th destination from Airport to be added.

WIP to expand and modernise, uncertain of budget off the top of my head believe its £5m

Bringing new RADAR into service

Question 24

What A/C operators work out of Bournemouth?

Answer 24

Ryanair (based)
Tui (based)
Easyjet
Gama
Draken
UKP
Xcel Air

Question 25

How many destinations does the airport fly to?

Answer 25

36

Question 26

Who is the Managing Director of the Airport?

Answer 26

Steve Gill

Question 27

Who owns Bournemouth Airport?

Answer 27

Regional and Citiy Airports (RCA), part of the Rigby Group

Question 28

What other airports does RCA own?

Answer 28

Bournemouth Coventry Norwich Exeter

Question 29

What are the VFR criteria for Class D Airspace?

Answer 29

Below 3000ft- Flight vis-5km, 1500m from cloud laterally and 1000ft vertically If less than 140KIAS then Flight Vis- 5km, COCSIS Helicopters if less than 140KIAS then flight vis 1500m, COCSIS If night then 140KIAS exceptions no longer apply

Question 30

Describe Class D airspace

Answer 30

ATC permission required to enter IFR & VFR Permitted IFR separated from IFR IFR and SVFR TX info on VFR VFR TX info on IFR and other VFRs

Question 31

What are the conditions for the refusal of a SVFR clearance?

Answer 31

Fixed- Ground Vis less than 1,500m and/or C.C. less than 600ft Heli- Ground Vis less than 800m and/or C.C. less than 600ft When the reported ground visibility at the aerodrome is less than 1500 m, ATC may issue a Special VFR clearance for a flight crossing the control zone and not intending to take off or land at an aerodrome within a control zone, or enter the aerodrome traffic zone or aerodrome traffic circuit when the flight visibility reported by the pilot is not less than 1500 m, or for helicopters, not less than 800 m (GM1 SERA.5010(c)).

Question 32

What were the movement numbers for EGHH last year?

Answer 32

20,504 Monthly Avg was 1,708 busiest months Jun-Sep

Question 33

What were the movement numbers for EGHI and EGSC?

Answer 33

HI- 21,988 (+7.3% on EGHH), monthly avg 1,833 SC- 16,466 (-19.7%), monthly avg, 1,372