This is a modest part 2 of Airport Runway Design from last week. Last time, I explained a little about the nomenclature of runways, from the 10-degree approximated angles in the direction they are pointed. As review, the “09″ marker below indicates 90 degrees (which we know as pointing to the right). Note that the [...]

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Understanding airport runway design is probably unnecessary if you aren’t in the business or industry of caring about it, but it is actually pretty cool stuff. (It’s not likely that you’ll be running around on the tarmac anyway.)
What’s a runway for? It is for airplanes to take off and land. That one’s easy. But what [...]

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