{"id":386419,"date":"2026-03-13T15:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1429502"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:56:42","slug":"bankstown-airspace-changes-could-hit-ga-hard-aero-clubs-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=386419","title":{"rendered":"Bankstown airspace changes could hit GA hard, aero clubs warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYxIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1393442 wp-post-1429502\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/78483438_467959567184123_8405053468431089664_n_y9h5e5\/78483438_467959567184123_8405053468431089664_n_y9h5e5.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1724809698\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 361\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>Speaking to Australian Aviation, RFACA president Lachlan Hyde said Airservices Australia\u2019s proposed &#8220;traffic levelling&#8221; and 3-minute departure spacing at Bankstown would cut capacity by 37 per cent at peak windows, representing a \u201cfundamental threat to the viability of GA and flight training\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to Australian Aviation, RFACA president Lachlan Hyde said Airservices Australia\u2019s proposed &#8220;traffic levelling&#8221; and 3-minute departure spacing at Bankstown would cut capacity by 37 per cent at peak windows, representing a \u201cfundamental threat to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1028,273,312,1472,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-386419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-traffic-management","category-australia","category-aviation","category-general-aviation","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=386419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388142,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386419\/revisions\/388142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=386419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=386419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=386419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}