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With increased movement rates, there would also come increased scrutiny by aviation
safety agencies to ensure appropriate air traffic services and surveillance were in place.
If there was a change in the mix of traffic at the airport, this may also impact on total
movement rates given strict separation requirements between Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
aircraft and Visual Flight Rules (VFR) aircraft such as training operations.
Noting long term forecasts community representatives of the Taskforce, supported by the
Local Council, suggested a total movement cap be examined based on current traffic levels.
However MAC notes that the Aviation White Paper and broader policy statements by the
Victorian Government indicate support for the continued operation of the airport. MAC also
notes no other general aviation capital city airport is subject to such measures and the
White Paper indicated no current intention to introduce additional airport curfews.
MAC also notes significant operational issues in establishing movement caps.
For example, given operations at the airport can be affected by a number of unscheduled
factors, such as bad weather, a cap could lead to perverse outcomes whereby operations at
the airport would effectively be stopped simply because a daily or yearly number had been
reached despite previous days of inactivity. This would have serious economic and viability
consequences for operations of businesses such as flying schools.
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