Ilovenz From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 149 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 3196 times:
I read a few years ago about arrival and departure runway assignments at ORD. It was in an article describing funny ATC terms and jargon (Squirrels, Flibs, Mad-dog bang right, etc.) Apparently two of the arrival/departure layouts are called "Plan Weird" and "Plan Strange". Are these the only two layouts ORD ATC uses, or are they abnormal layouts that are seldom used?
Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4654 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (7 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3055 times:
I don't know any of the specifics about what you've described. There are patterns that are very uncommon, such as arrivals on 22L, because of the long taxi to the terminals, and arrivals on 32L, which involves an intersection with 9L/27R and flying over 4R/22L about 2000 feet from the end of the runway.
It usually takes very gusty winds to get either of those runways into use for arrivals.
Ordpark From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 543 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (7 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3018 times:
Plan 'weird' is the name of the arrival plan that includes arrivals on 4R and the Parallel 9R/9L with departures on 4L/9L/32L....
Plan strange I can't shed any light on....sorry...
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21242 posts, RR: 19 Reply 3, posted (7 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 2919 times:
Plan "weird" is, in fact, not very weird then as they use it a lot.
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SLUAviator From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 357 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (7 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 2827 times:
If you want to check out the various runway configurations and conditons when they are used at O'Hare, check out www.bigairport.com. Its a pretty cool website with all kinds of info on the airport. I don't think they give the name of the actual plans, but it does give the runway numbers.
Airfinair From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 650 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (7 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2602 times:
RDUDDJI: Cool FAA link. Thanks. Can you or anyone else help me decifer some abbreviations and/or codes on that chart?
What is "AAR"? Is it something about arrival rates?
What is "TRIP"?
What are the meanings for these weather minimums?
700-2, 1000-3
SLUAviator From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 357 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (7 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2546 times:
AAR is Aircraft Arrival Rate.
No idea what TRIP means.
700-2 means 700 ft. ceilings and 2 miles visibility
1000-3 means 1000 ft ceilings and 3 miles visibility
CWAFlyer From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 621 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (7 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2539 times:
TRIP is the use of a third arrival runway. It will typically give an
arrival rate of 96-100 an hour depending on the configuration.
When gusty winds or wet runways preclude the use of a third
arrival runway, the rate goes to 80 (less with wet or certain
configurations) and then watch out...here come the delays.
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