jetblastdubai wrote:airstatdfw wrote:
We can depart Rwy 9C from FF or use the full length if we are also landing the Rwy.
I'm curious if ORD Plans and Procedures office has worked out traffic flows when 27L/9R is lengthened and usable.
On west flow: departing 27L while landing 27C or 27R (similar to the flow on the south complex) could result in some substantial congestion on adjacent taxiways. With the west end of 27L at taxiway Z, there will not be any place for 27C/R arrivals to cross 27L unrestricted, unless they taxi all the way back to PP...assuming departures will be from TT or another intersection. I can see the departure line stretching back to block the T1 north port very quickly. Additionally a lineup over the bridge will block block sides of the L alley pretty fast.
I would think it might be simpler to land 27L and make 27C a departure runway and feed it via KK and E.
What have you heard?
This makes sense to me, but I think the problem you’ll run into is there won’t be anywhere to run inbounds from 27R. Departing 27C would mean they would have to line up departures on twy E, and now we have the same problem where we have to hold short of other arriving runways again.
My thought is a LAHSO operation could be employed so 27C arrivals could be instructed to hold short of KK, and then have the inbounds use E and cross 27L at PP. 27R arrivals could also join E unrestricted and follow the line.
True, you still have the departure line problem for 27L, they will probably depart from G2 or G3 and line up on G. But, with departures from 22L, 28R@N5, and 27L@G2, the line shouldn’t be horrible with 3 departure runways.