Stupid Nube Question

[rpm]

I've been virtual flying since 1996. But there's a few reality questions I still have. One of them is runway designations. What is the difference between Runway 29er and Runway22?

[Delirium]

It depends on the orientation/compass heading of the runway, ie runway 22 is the runway that has a heading of 220.

[rpm]

I thought it would be something as simple as that, but you never know...

[Delirium]

Here is an assembly picture of the 303rd Bomb Group, you can see the compass headings of each runway.

[CAP1]

I've been virtual flying since 1996. But there's a few reality questions I still have. One of them is runway designations. What is the difference between Runway 29er and Runway22?

RUWAY NUMBERS ARE FROM COMPASS HEADINGS. 2runway 29 would be a heading of 290 . 22 would be 220.

07 would be 070, and so on.


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[eskimo2]

As a general rule, anything that you don’t need to fly in Aces High, you don’t really need to fly in real life.  It’s all just code talk so pilots can sound cool on the radio.  Carb heat, de-icing, radio protocol, flight plans, wheel chocks, runway identification, flight patterns, navigation: all B.S.  Don’t buy into the cool buzzword stereotype!

[SD67]

And to make it all more confusing you can have two runways on the same heading, e.g. 22L and 22R. Then at the other end of runway 22R would be runway 04L and 22L would have 04R at it's end.

[cpxxx]

It’s all just code talk so pilots can sound cool on the radio.  Carb heat, de-icing, radio protocol, flight plans, wheel chocks, runway identification, flight patterns, navigation: all B.S.  Don’t buy into the cool buzzword stereotype!

LOL Time to replace those dumb buzzwords. They are so uncool these days.

Carb heat = hot air
de-icing    = um hot air! melt de ice.
radio protocol = who needs it. Just talk.
flight plans = who needs them, just drive down the runway and go.
wheel chock = chocks away, I say
runway identification = paint out those numbers.
flight patterns = circles in the sky
navigation = turn on the GPS, wait GPS is a buzzword too. Switch on the map thingy or follow the highway!

[DiabloTX]

LAWLZ...n00b!1!!11!!!11

[CAP1]

As a general rule, anything that you don’t need to fly in Aces High, you don’t really need to fly in real life.  It’s all just code talk so pilots can sound cool on the radio.  Carb heat, de-icing, radio protocol, flight plans, wheel chocks, runway identification, flight patterns, navigation: all B.S.  Don’t buy into the cool buzzword stereotype!

i seriously hope you're joking......i can't imagine that you'd actually be on these boards being that uninformed.

[CAP1]

I've been virtual flying since 1996. But there's a few reality questions I still have. One of them is runway designations. What is the difference between Runway 29er and Runway22?

by the way..it wasn't really a stupid question

[Golfer]

I have a feeling he's being as serious as his encounter with a deer, Cap.

[Casca]

Runway numbers are based on magnetic headings.  Compass heading is magnetic heading corrected for local deviation in the airplane.

[CAP1]

Runway numbers are based on magnetic headings.  Compass heading is magnetic heading corrected for local deviation in the airplane.

compass always points to magnetic north. in the south jersey area, there's a 11 degree difference between magnetic north and true north.

sheesh, it's been awhile since i've been up...gonna hafta break out the books!

[bcadoo]

The numbers aren't exact.  They are rounded to the nearest 10.  Example the centerline of the runway is actually 257 magnetic is rounded to 25.  If it were 258 then its runway 26.

(Interesting side note:  Easy way to figure reciprocal runway or course heading.  +2/-2 rule.  On a 3 digit course heading if you can add 2 to the first digit, then subtract 2 from the second, otherwise subtract 2 from the first digit and add 2 to the second. (last digit always stays the same)  so.....reciprocal course of 257 is 077. )  Remember 1st digit will always be 3 or less.