With that information, civilian and military aircraft operations can mitigate future bird strikes with minor adjustments to avoid the birds.

As a result, despite a 21 per cent fall in underlying sales in its civil aircraft operations, the fall in 2009's pre-tax profits was limited to 4 per cent.

Soon the ice began to melt and crack, making the airfield unsuitable for aircraft operations.

The airport handles approximately 250 aircraft operations per day.

Currently, there are more than 5.1 million annual passenger movements in almost 60,000 commercial aircraft operations.