lppr95 From Portugal, joined Mar 2010, 99 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 3594 times:
Inspired by this topic: Airports With 4 Or More Runways (by Fly-K May 19 2011 in Civil Aviation)
I would like to know how many airports have 3 parallel runways (eg 18L, 18C and 18R not 25L, 25R, 24L, 24R like LAX).
Some I could think:
AMS, JED, FRA (3rd rwy under construction), FCO, DFW, SEA, CAI.
Can you think of any more?
Thanks!
"Cathay 018, expect very late landing clearance, 747 departing ahead", tower said.
thegeek From Australia, joined Nov 2007, 2627 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3460 times:
Bankstown airport in Sydney (BWU) is a general aviation airport with 3 parallel runways! Used to have two cross runways also. I think that one may be unique as a general aviation airport? Even Van Nuys only has two.
portcolumbus From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 1612 posts, RR: 4 Reply 5, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3343 times:
26point2 From United States of America, joined Mar 2010, 688 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3254 times:
SJC and MDW.
And what's the logic that some airports assign parallel runways XXL; C; R and others assign parallel runways XXL, R and XY? Example, SJC has runways 30L, R and 29 but they are all on heading 302.
InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 9, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3199 times:
This is going to be a very long list. Plenty of places have the ARR/DEP pair model (a la LAX and pre-expansion ATL) that put 4 runways out there.
You sure you aren't fishing for 3 parallel that have enough separation to do 3x parallel approaches? e.g. DFW and the way ATL and ORD are now?
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lppr95 From Portugal, joined Mar 2010, 99 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3193 times:
Quoting InnocuousFox (Reply 9): You sure you aren't fishing for 3 parallel that have enough separation to do 3x parallel approaches? e.g. DFW and the way ATL and ORD are now?
Actually I am fishing for 3 parallel with with the same number and the midle runway with a "C"
Quoting lppr95 (Thread starter): (eg 18L, 18C and 18R not 25L, 25R, 24L, 24R like LAX).
"Cathay 018, expect very late landing clearance, 747 departing ahead", tower said.
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6328 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3189 times:
MIA has 8R/26L and 8L/26R but runway 9/27 is also just about the same exact heading. As it used to be 9L/27R and 9R/27L before the third runway 8L/26R was built.
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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23 Reply 18, posted (2 years 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2922 times:
Quoting lppr95 (Reply 10): Quoting InnocuousFox (Reply 9):
You sure you aren't fishing for 3 parallel that have enough separation to do 3x parallel approaches? e.g. DFW and the way ATL and ORD are now?
Actually I am fishing for 3 parallel with with the same number and the midle runway with a "C"
Why do you consider the runway designation significant? If they're parallel, they're parallel, regardless whether they have the same numeric designation or not.
Coal From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1628 posts, RR: 6 Reply 19, posted (2 years 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2919 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 18): Why do you consider the runway designation significant? If they're parallel, they're parallel, regardless whether they have the same numeric designation or not.
Well, technically if they do not have the same number they are not parallel
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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23 Reply 21, posted (2 years 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2906 times:
Quoting Coal (Reply 19): Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 18):
Why do you consider the runway designation significant? If they're parallel, they're parallel, regardless whether they have the same numeric designation or not.
Well, technically if they do not have the same number they are not parallel
Not correct. Runways are often parallel but are given a one digit difference in numeric designation to avoid confusion with the use of L/R/C, especially when one or more of the parallel runways are located very far apart.
InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 22, posted (2 years 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2903 times:
Quoting Coal (Reply 19): Well, technically if they do not have the same number they are not parallel
In some ways its a logistical thing -- especially for those places that have 4 parallel runways. What are you going to do, have L, LC, RC, R?
In others, it's a psychological thing. If the runways are grouped 2 + 1, you might name the pair with the same number and give the solo one a different number. The human mind perceives the separation (such as a terminal in the way) and naturally expects a designation difference.
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lppr95 From Portugal, joined Mar 2010, 99 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (2 years 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2879 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 18): Why do you consider the runway designation significant?
Because I am looking for airports that designate the runways L, C, R and for this they can only have 3 runways...? or are there airports with 4 parallel runways whose designation is the designation below?
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21293 posts, RR: 19 Reply 24, posted (2 years 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2833 times:
Quoting lppr95 (Reply 23): or are there airports with 4 parallel runways whose designation is the designation below?
No, so the only tricky part of this is the MIA/PHX/STL model, where you have 3 parallels but they do not use the L/C/R designation. 4 parallels will always use different numbers. Generally, airports like MIA and PHX use that numbering because the two with the same number are close together whilst the one with a different number is farther away, often on the other side of the terminal. At airports like CVG, CLT or BNA, the runways are more equally distributed (or, as is the case at MDW, quite close together).
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25 Viscount724: YYZ is also like that. There are 2 north-south parallel runways numbered 15-33 (L and R) and 3 east-west parallel runways, 2 of which are fairly clos
26 fshplns: [ 71Z is correct. ATL also spans 2 counties, Fulton and Clayton, with 3 of the 5 runways being in Clayton County.
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