How Do Runways Get Their Numbers?

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How Do Runways Get Their Numbers?

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2 жыл бұрын

Runways can mark either the beginning or the end of a journey, both literally and symbolically. These paved strips have a special place in certain passengers’ hearts, as, for some of us, either takeoff or landing is our favorite part of a flight. But while on these journeys, you may have noticed that each runway is marked with a number at either end. But how exactly are these decided? For those who haven’t figured it out yet, let’s explain how things work...
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@rajayjain5932 2 жыл бұрын

Take off is the favorite part for listening to the spool up of the engines and landing for looking at the reverse thrust operation 😌

@MaxCheng95 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got people asking me “why is there a runway 7 without a runway 1 to 6” and I find that amusing sometimes

@stradivarioushardhiantz5179 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting Simple Flying contents; 1. Airlines Alliances 2. Long Haul by Simple Flying; Codes behind plane names 3. Aircraft certification 4. Livery Cheatline 5. Runway numbers

@ecclestonsangel 2 жыл бұрын

This was really interesting. I knew that L,R,C meant Left, Right, Centre but not how they got their numbers. Had never heard of the "water runways" either. Take offs and landings are my favourite parts! The rest of it is kinda like sitting around your living room. You are going so fast you can't really feel like you're moving at all! My favourite airport to fly in and out of is MYR. I love how the plane always takes you for a circuit around the beach and ocean before coming in for a landing!

@BREADCRUMB 2 жыл бұрын

Seems like a topic we should make a video about!

@abbeschakchouk9060 2 жыл бұрын

The reference in this case is magnetic north , not true north. Would it be true north , they should not change over time.

@neilsuri 2 жыл бұрын

Just a small correction, the HEADING given to us by ATC are bearings with reference to MAGNETIC NORTH and NOT TRUE NORTH

@aerodynamicist4 2 жыл бұрын

In Grand Theft Auto V, at Los Santos International Airport, the runways have the correct labels. It's a small thing, it has zero impact on the game, but when I noticed that it blew my mind.

@jasonpayne1240 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, never knew about the “w” designation. Thanks!

@tommy150104 2 жыл бұрын

It’s referenced to the magnetic north, not true north.

@solracer66 2 жыл бұрын

Both runway numbering and aircraft headings are relative to magnetic north, correct.

@voidblock4700 2 жыл бұрын

short answer: All runways are numbered based on the magnetic azimuth (compass bearing) in which a runway is aligned. There are 360 degrees on a compass . The opposite end of the runway always deviates 180 degrees and is therefore numbered 18 higher or lower.

@DreamlinerFan2016 2 жыл бұрын

Good topic! Usually airports like SFO or HNL are my favorite airports for takeoffs and landings since they are situated around water.

@audiocrush Жыл бұрын

Agreed, water makes it very scenic. But also for a very abrupt stop if the plane were to overshoot the runway :D

@prajwalramgond4192 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting i had always wondered how they number runways thanks for the info guys!

@sergiostabio 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That was SUPER helpful. I've always been so confused by all the numbers and letters... Now it makes sense.

@Mike-ccu 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thank you !!😀

@09_aviation 2 жыл бұрын

Well explained! Thank you :)

@ivanandhyiswara3333 2 жыл бұрын

Great informative video, again. Runway 10/28 at BON is my favourite, of course when landing on RW 10. Quite sad when I have to go home to AMS.

@mathuringarcier 2 жыл бұрын

*DID you know?* In Brussels Airport, Runways 25L/07R and 25R/07L have *parallel numbers* but actually have a *5° difference:* Runway 25L/07R being *249°/069°* and 25R/07L one being *245°/065°*.

@CATHAYOASIS 2 жыл бұрын

The old Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport 13/ 31 runway is my favorite to take off from and land on

@Andrei8pa3 2 жыл бұрын

Where was this video a few months ago when I needed it?

@alberdehaas9858 2 жыл бұрын

I love Polderbaan at Schiphol airport. I landed and took af a few times back to Canada. I also went to visit the runway one Sunday at the vieuwers side

@garyjeffries1041 2 жыл бұрын

You do videos based on Canadian aviation as myself as Canadian I'd love to see your work Canada 🇨🇦 based

@MarcusNesbitt4 2 жыл бұрын

Go check out Alex Proglowski - he's very into Canadian aviation!

@nurrizadjatmiko21 2 жыл бұрын

Because i am an avgeek for 4 years. My favorite part is both takeoff and landing. Btw, I like this very good topic video👍👍

@grgr3074 2 жыл бұрын

excellent......makes sense now.

@SimpleFlyingNews 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! ✈️😊 - LR

@justplanenuts5541 2 жыл бұрын

I love taking off from Gatwick because you get to see Dunsfold Aerodrome as you leave.

@Zebacha 2 жыл бұрын

@simpleflying Pretty poor effort that you talked about runway magnetic headings being aligned with "True North". I think you need to revisit your PPL Navigation book. True North is the Northern most location of the Earth's spinning axis. It is a fixed location. Magnetic North is the Northern most point on the Earth where the magnetic flux fields go perpendicular to the Earth's surface. This position changes slightly day by day, resulting in the occasional change to runway heading designators such as at Stansted. This would not happen if they were designated based on True North, as it doesn't change. It is a very important distinction for aviation navigation, which you really should have done better on.

@chrisgironde6669 2 жыл бұрын

Not to hot on Copenhagen (kastrup) Airport Has two parallel runways but one only starts a little way beyond the end of the other, hence if the appropriate runway furthest away from airport buildings is being used for takeoff an aircraft could inadvertently cross in front of a landing aircraft even without crossing the physical runway Had a missed approach once because of this

@denelson83 2 жыл бұрын

I do not understand this. How would they inadvertently cross?

@chrisgironde6669 2 жыл бұрын

@@denelson83 simple really To get from airport buildings to start of one of the runways an aircraft has to taxi along taxiways that take them past the end of the other runway If that taxi-ing aircraft doesn’t listen to ATC properly they will cross via taxiway past end of other runway If an aircraft is landing on that runway they become a hazard

@mohamedirshad.10 2 жыл бұрын

2:52 If one side of the runway is 7 shouldn't the other side be 29 ? When added they become 36 (360*)

@taylora5224 2 жыл бұрын

The other side is the reciprocal, so the other side of runway 7 is 25.

@derekturnswood 9 ай бұрын

@@taylora5224on some of the maps shown here, that is clearly not the case.

@737Garrus 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite Runway to land on is the 05 side of SPU/LDSP's 05/23.

@Jet-Pack 2 жыл бұрын

Well actually headings are magnetic compass courses, not true tracks across the ground.

@garyjeffries1041 2 жыл бұрын

Mine favorite runway is from Vancouver BC over the ocean and half loop toward Alberta and 07L at yyz Toronto Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

@timothybogle1461 Жыл бұрын

Yyz doesn't have a 7L. Do you mean 6L which is next to the 401?

@talbothattingh9855 2 жыл бұрын

SIMPLE FLYING , what you said make sense but what if you landing from the other side. Then left is right and right is left so how do they then explain that.

@LeifNelandDk 2 жыл бұрын

You have for instance 9R/27L Just as the right lane going in one direction is the left lane when you turn around.

@talbothattingh9855 2 жыл бұрын

@@LeifNelandDk Thank you

@pilotographer 2 жыл бұрын

Magnetic North not True North

@dewiz9596 2 жыл бұрын

Long before I became a pilot, I would drive by Runway 25 at YOW and wonder where the other 24 were . . . 😀

@737Garrus 2 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! Made me laugh!

@AndreaIppolitoIppo 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure I understand what comes after the slash?

@LeifNelandDk 2 жыл бұрын

The other direction

@magical_catgirl 2 жыл бұрын

An East/West runway is runway 09/27. The aircraft can land from either direction, so each end has its own number to match with the direction the aircraft is moving towards the runway. An aircraft approaching this runway from the east (thus moving west) will land on runway 27, while an aircraft coming from the other direction would land on runway 09, despite both being the same stretch of pavement.

@AndreaIppolitoIppo 2 жыл бұрын

Oh right that makes sense, thanks for to both of you

@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite runway is probably the reef runway (08R/ 26L) at Honolulu

@edvaira6891 2 жыл бұрын

Explains to me why the single runway at my home airport, San Diego International , can be either 27, when taking off to the west, or, rarely, 9, when taking off towards the east (as well as downtown San Diego…Yikes!) when it is particularly foggy…

@LeifNelandDk 2 жыл бұрын

There are 180 degrees between either direction, so the difference between the number is 18. If you fly heading 90, i e. East, you use runway 9, if you fly heading 270, i e. West, you use runway 27. Even if it's the same strip of concrete. And as you always start and land against the wind, noone are using both directions at the same time.

@remigiochilaule1961 2 жыл бұрын

I didnt know. But the L and R distinction has caused confusion in the history of aviation, including some fatal incidents (for instance i remember one in which a plane landing on a closed runway and killing a construction worker). Is it really necessary to keep names as headings? Why not simply choose clearly different names that cannot be confused under any circumstance?

@arinjayurs378 2 жыл бұрын

After a week of seeing airport runway information I got to know that one runway can be used from both the directions and their markings are different.

@bijaysitaula7006 Жыл бұрын

My Favorite Runway is Japan Haneda Airport 05 and 23 .

@marwoodliu 2 жыл бұрын

Runway headings are based on magnetic north, instead of true. Otherwise Gatwick wouldn't have needed to rename their runway because only magnetic heading shifts, not true heading:)

@ankitsharma-gx6wl 2 жыл бұрын

yes i knew that priorly

@jackhay4478 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the direction they’re heading!

@treatswithfaisal5457 2 жыл бұрын

Same content of video published already

@sidewalk__ 2 жыл бұрын

Here to save you 4 minutes: Runways get their number from their heading and, if runways are parallel, L, R, C (Left, Right and Centre) are used to differentiate

@Ali-pt2vy 2 жыл бұрын

The MEA landing at 0:18 tho 😶

@sam-nariman6236 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Iran and interestingly the most of the runways are 29/11. I don't know why but I checked and can't find any other direction.

@shrimpflea 2 жыл бұрын

Runways are usually designed according to prevailing winds. Maybe that's the reason?

@ericdiaz6236 3 ай бұрын

my favorite runways are in los angeles lax

@marilynmonroeaviationhd 2 жыл бұрын

26L at yvr

@theslayzinn 2 жыл бұрын

You lost me SO fast LOL

@PavlosPapageorgiou 2 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed that pilots can navigate airfields more so than that they can fly planes.

@cshan2313 2 жыл бұрын

7L from KDAB

@HesJustSteven 2 жыл бұрын

“You’re clear to land on 22 water”

@ewiz2950 2 жыл бұрын

the only part of runway i like is... "XXXX Go Around, Runway occupied" and followed by toga thrust...

@denelson83 2 жыл бұрын

Planes do not navigate by true headings, except in the far north or in Antarctica.

@bryan52mirabel 2 жыл бұрын

😮

@oxfordz5182 2 жыл бұрын

@mr.verification9993 2 жыл бұрын

To save people 4 minutes of time: Planes have headings to know which direction they're going, so the runways are numbered based on the direction they face from the view you look at it.

@m8rc3l 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite runway is 06/24 at Rotterdam Airport. Used to live in the approach path to rwy 24 and nowadays I’m living near the approach to rwy 6.

@LeifNelandDk 2 жыл бұрын

You should have mentioned why each runway has two numbers, and the relationship between them. I of course know, but for the less educated masses... ;-)