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Offline texasmom

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Re: Chuck Norris and aviation
« Reply #30 on: April 29, 2009, 07:23:35 AM »
and... what happens when the runaway has a heading of 36 degrees?

It's heading would be either 030 or 040, making it runway 3 or 4
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Offline Marauding Conan

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Re: Chuck Norris and aviation
« Reply #31 on: April 29, 2009, 08:35:50 AM »
It's heading would be either 030 or 040, making it runway 3 or 4

Right, got it, thank you  :aok

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Re: Chuck Norris and aviation
« Reply #32 on: April 29, 2009, 08:04:02 PM »
It's heading would be either 030 or 040, making it runway 3 or 4

Would be 4 because of rounding methinks.

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Re: Chuck Norris and aviation
« Reply #33 on: April 30, 2009, 01:50:52 AM »
and... what happens when the runaway has a heading of 36 degrees?

The true heading doesn't matter, the runway numbers are based on magnetic heading so it would depend on the amount of declination.  If it were 36 degrees magnetic then the runway would be 4.

(In International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and some United States military (such as Edwards Air Force Base) airports, numbers for runways less than 100° include the leading "zero", for example, Runway Zero Two or Runway Zero One Left. However in the United States at most civil aviation airports, numbers for runways less than 100° are often given as single digits)

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