Dairy From Germany, joined Nov 2003, 237 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 5172 times:
Hi guys.
I was just thinking of airports in the world that have with runways which are used only for departures or only for landings.
FRA / EDDF with RWY 18W comes to my mind which is only used for departures.
Im not sure if ZRH/LSZH RWY32 is only used for departures such as RWY 27 in SXM TNCM ( I think only little aircrafts will land there?) ?
I think there could be just some other airports with such runways.
Is is possible here to name some more and - that s the interesting fact - name the reason(s)?
Thank you!
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14311 posts, RR: 26 Reply 1, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 5176 times:
At, STL I think that runway 29 cannot be used for landings due to the AA MX base at the end of it. Also, 11 is almost never used for takeoffs since it would require a very long taxi.
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DeltaCTO From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 278 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 5142 times:
BOS - Runway 9/27
27 - Departures and Arrivals
9 --- Departures Only --- Approach path would be very low over downtown Boston
B6JFKH81 From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2767 posts, RR: 7 Reply 3, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 5101 times:
In my 5+ years of working here at JFK, I can't remember seeing departures off of 4R/22L...only landings.
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Mmedford From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 524 posts, RR: 9 Reply 4, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 4993 times:
Quoting B6JFKH81 (Reply 3):
In my 5+ years of working here at JFK, I can't remember seeing departures off of 4R/22L...only landings.
I've seen more than a handful, just this year alone....
Jetstar From United States of America, joined exactly 10 years ago today! , 1523 posts, RR: 10 Reply 5, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 4986 times:
It all my departures out of LGA over the past 20 or so years, I have never seen any departures on runway 22.
DALMD88 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2365 posts, RR: 15 Reply 6, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days ago) and read 4951 times:
In ATL it is all about traffic flow. Takeoff from the inner rwys and landings on the outers. This way the conga line of aircraft waiting to takeoff don't have to cross an active. The inbounds are held at crossing points until there is an opening. Sometimes multiple aircraft can cross the takeoff runway at once using different cross taxi ways.
The new runway is used for both takeoffs and landings.
KELPkid From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 5929 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 4925 times:
At ELP, Runway 26R is usually only used for arrivals (and GA aircraft, at that ).
To use 26R for takeoff, you would have to back taxi the runway, as the only taxiway access is to the threshhold end of 8L (the opposite end of the runway).
It cannot be used for air carrier ops, as it is only 5,300' long and 75' wide (IIRC, at least 100' of width is required for transport category ops).
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Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19687 posts, RR: 56 Reply 9, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 4917 times:
Quoting B6JFKH81 (Reply 3): In my 5+ years of working here at JFK, I can't remember seeing departures off of 4R/22L...only landings.
A couple of years back when the TK 340 slid off of 31L after landing in a snowstorm, 4R was the only available runway for a while until they could get 31R plowed, so it saw both arrivals and departures.
At AMS, 18R is used for landings only, and 36L is used for departures only.
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Vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8194 posts, RR: 28 Reply 10, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 4899 times:
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Quoting DeltaCTO (Reply 2): BOS - Runway 9/27
27 - Departures and Arrivals
9 --- Departures Only --- Approach path would be very low over downtown Boston
Additionally for BOS:
14 - Departures only
32 - Arrivals only
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NorCal From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 2383 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 4892 times:
ATL does departure and landing only runways, not for any restrictions but just for ease of operation.
26L/8R and 27R/9L for take offs
26R/8L and 27L/9R for landing
Moose135 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 2009 posts, RR: 12 Reply 12, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 4882 times:
Quoting Jetstar (Reply 5): It all my departures out of LGA over the past 20 or so years, I have never seen any departures on runway 22.
They don't do it much, but it does happen - the first was shot in 2006, the second in 2008, and I've been out spotting at least one other time when they used 22 departures:
IAHFLYR From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 4717 posts, RR: 26 Reply 13, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 4853 times:
IAH has quite a few runways that are used mainly for landing or departure. As example, Runway 27 is almost exclusively used for landings with a rare departure and Runways 15L/R for departures, wind/weather allowing. Runway 8L is primarily a landing runway, very very rarely used for departures.
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DocLightning From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 16807 posts, RR: 57 Reply 15, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 4663 times:
1/19 at SFO is very rarely used for landings. Only in freak wind conditions. Otherwise, all landings occur on 28.
Quoting Moose135 (Reply 12):
They don't do it much, but it does happen - the first was shot in 2006, the second in 2008, and I've been out spotting at least one other time when they used 22 departures:
Maverick623 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 4744 posts, RR: 6 Reply 16, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 4545 times:
DCA - RWY4 Departures only, 22 can't use.
RWY33 Landing only, RWY 15 I don't believe you can use for anything.
Moose135 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 2009 posts, RR: 12 Reply 18, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 4538 times:
Aaron747 From Japan, joined Aug 2003, 7619 posts, RR: 28 Reply 19, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 4479 times:
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 15): 1/19 at SFO is very rarely used for landings. Only in freak wind conditions. Otherwise, all landings occur on 28.
I'd say based on years of observation and ATC commentary on this site that the prevalence of landing usage for SFO runways occurs in the following sequence: (from most used to least used)
Lrockeagle From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 82 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 4362 times:
KJAN was set up for short taxi, staggered layout for the runways. I only have a .pdf from Airnav.com. Land 16L, pull off at the terminal, take off 16R, right next to the terminal. Same for the 34s. It's nice flying in there, never too busy and it's very easy taxiing! I always get Charlie to Bravo to Alpha, bye bye!
TheGMan From United States of America, joined Nov 2008, 606 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 4331 times:
No departures on 23 at CLT. Once I have departed from 5 at CLT.
Jetstar From United States of America, joined exactly 10 years ago today! , 1523 posts, RR: 10 Reply 22, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 4230 times:
Quoting Moose135 (Reply 12): They don't do it much, but it does happen - the first was shot in 2006, the second in 2008, and I've been out spotting at least one other time when they used 22 departures:
At LGA, There are a lot of houses about 2000 feet past the end of Runway 22, on the other side of the Grand Central Parkway so I can imagine the noise in these homes would be almost intolerable with the airplanes passing overhead using take off power. I have read that the noise is bad in these homes when they are landing on Runway 4.
I couldn’t see LGA using 22 for departures unless 13/31 was temporally out of commission for some reason and they had no other choice.
FlyDeltaJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 1623 posts, RR: 3 Reply 23, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 4214 times:
Quoting B6JFKH81 (Reply 3): In my 5+ years of working here at JFK, I can't remember seeing departures off of 4R/22L...only landings.
During the winter when they are plowing 4L/22R they will sometimes switch to the parallel to keep traffic moving.
SB From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2006, 216 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4154 times:
WMKL / LGK: Runway 03 for landing, 21 for take-off, regardless of wind. There's a big rock off the northern end of the runway which gets in the way.
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25 Oryx: LUA (Tenzing Hillary Airport) 06 for landings 24 for deparures
26 OPNLguy: DFW's 13L/13R and 31R/31L has specific uses.... When the airport is on a south operation (17L, 17C, 17R, 18L, 18R, the five major runways), 13R will b
27 71Zulu: Found this for DAL LNDG RWY 18 TKOF RWY 36 NOT AUZD ACFT OVR 60 THSD GWT UNLESS CROSSWIND NW-SE RWYS EXCEED ACFT SAFE OPERG CPBLTY. How often does 18/
28 Timz: Maybe 13/31 was out-- but as I recall LGA has been known to use 22 for departures when the Mets were in a playoff at Shea. In any case I've seen depa
29 Sovietjet: At ORD: 4L, 14L and 32R are never used for landing 4R and 9L/27R(the new runway) are never used for departures Very very rarely used: 27L departure 22
30 NWADC9: At PIT, 32 is landing only (long taxi to the threshold, which would require a backtaxi, and the offices near the end of 32/14 wouldn't appreciate the
31 Mmedford: iirc, every saturday morning you would have 22 Departures...
32 Dairy: What about Runway 12 in KIAD/Washington Dulles? Is it used for Takeoff and/or Landings? Thanks.
33 Mir: They did this again during the recent snowstorm. -Mir
34 Acey: I've departed JFK once in my life... and it was off 4R. They land on 12 and depart 30 at Dulles, at least on occasion. I'm not familiar with how the
35 P3Orion: RWY 14L is used for arrivals when the field is IFR and the wind is strong out of the SE.
36 PC12Fan: Incorrect - mostly. 29 is used during adverse weather, or if another runway is down for some reason, but is not certified for CAT III landings. You a
37 LU9092: Was never aware of that. Do the departures turn to the east right away? I live not too far from LGA, just west of the extended centerline of 4/22 and
38 KingFriday013: I've never landed on 13 at LGA. Can planes even land on that? I've only done 4/22 (both ends) and 31 (the other end of 13). -J.
39 LU9092: Yes, I have seen approaches on 13, though I've never experienced one myself. They seem to happen most often in nasty weather.
40 WestJetForLife: YYC (Calgary) has interesting departure and arrival situations. Six runways (16/34, 10/28 and 7/25). Preference goes for departures off 34, due to the
41 Viscount724: Runways 18L and 36L at AMS have the following restriction: "Not AVBL for landing, except in case of an emergency."
42 Rwessel: Well, ASE has only a single runway, 15/33, but only 33 is approved for takeoffs, and 15 for general landings. Something about the south end of the run
43 SeaBosDca: I have personally landed on 15 on several occasions, and I've also seen departures from it, including on one occasion a US 734.[Edited 2010-01-05 06:
44 SpeedBird128: We do quite frequently... mostly when everybody is asleep though At night when they are doing rubber removal on 03L/21R, we dep off 03R/21L
45 GolfBravoRomeo: But it's strange, 9 has precision instrument markings (sans the aiming point). Any reason?
46 Kparke777: At KPHX, my observation says 7R/25L is only used for landing. 7L/25R is only used for takeoff and 8/26 is 90% + landing only. The 8/26 takeoff #'s inc
47 Maverick623: Sometimes you'll see a bizjet or Cessna use it. It can be used for takeoffs by anyone, but why when you have to cross a longer runway to get to it? N
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