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Question for aviation geeks, pilots, or ATC controllers
Posted on 1/7/22 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 1/7/22 at 10:24 pm
How is the San Diego airport able to function with only a single runway?
Seems like that would be a logistical nightmare.
Seems like that would be a logistical nightmare.
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Posted on 1/7/22 at 10:28 pm to TROCKS50
It’s much easier when all flights are outbound full of people fleeing democrat policies in California.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 10:35 pm to TROCKS50
There aren’t as many gates as a bigger airport and the gates are leased to individual airlines. Those airlines work the times for the gates so theoretically the gate is open when the next plane for that gate lands. They also run slots into the busy airports with ATC to not overwhelm the system.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:21 pm to jacost7
Thanks.
San Diego airport has 15 more gates than New Orleans (MSY) and handles about 3,000,000 more passengers a year.
MSY has 2 runways.
San Diego airport has 15 more gates than New Orleans (MSY) and handles about 3,000,000 more passengers a year.
MSY has 2 runways.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:34 pm to TROCKS50
quote:Eery thing you loathe about New Ahwleans is …..
How is the San Diego airport able to function with only a single runway?
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:41 pm to TROCKS50
Favorable weather nearly year-round and likely a prevailing wind direction that does not alter much certainly helps…
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:49 pm to Zapps4Life
Wind Rose for San Diego Intl Airport:
Posted on 1/8/22 at 12:08 am to TROCKS50
It’s cool coming in next to downtown SD when flying in. It’s equally cool flying out over the Pacific. I’m sure the view is even better for the flight crew.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 12:23 am to Eightballjacket
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It’s cool coming in next to downtown SD when flying in.
The landing always freaks me out tbh. I feel like the winds always throw the plane out of alignment causing corrections to be made.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 12:39 am to TROCKS50
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MSY has 2 runways.
Only one is active at a time based on wind direction.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 12:42 am to PhilipMarlowe
In boot we had to yell at the planes. I miss SD and southern cal.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 12:46 am to EA6B
What happens at MSY when the British Airways 787 comes in from London then?
Is it capable of landing on the 7,000 foot North South runway versus the 10,000 foot east-west runway.
I would presume this airplane must use the east-west runway or face diversion?
Is it capable of landing on the 7,000 foot North South runway versus the 10,000 foot east-west runway.
I would presume this airplane must use the east-west runway or face diversion?
Posted on 1/8/22 at 1:38 am to TROCKS50
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MSY has 2 runways.
Not parallel, so it is not like you are using 2 all of the time.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 2:12 am to TROCKS50
Re British Air 787, he landed on East-West runway when all other incoming flights were using the North-South runway. Guess he wanted the extra 3,000 or so feet.
This post was edited on 1/8/22 at 2:13 am
Posted on 1/8/22 at 2:47 am to EA6B
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Only one is active at a time based on wind direction.
Not true. Both can be and are used for landing at the same time during good weather conditions.
This post was edited on 1/8/22 at 2:49 am
Posted on 1/8/22 at 3:03 am to m57
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Not true. Both can be and are used for landing at the same time during good weather conditions.
Not typical. You can use both runways at MSY. You have non intersecting perpendicular runways. Sure if the wind is calm, during light traffic where it would be more advantageous to the pilot and more efficient for the controller than yeah you can use the non active runway. When you got normal operations with multiple aircraft landing and departing you will feed everything into the active runway especially if you are landing/departing 11.
This post was edited on 1/8/22 at 3:04 am
Posted on 1/8/22 at 3:19 am to stelly1025
Landing/departing 11 isn’t generally used unless it’s extremely windy out of the east, or 2/20 is closed. This is because of noise abatement for 11 departures.
Landing 11/2, departing 2……or Landing 11/20 departing 20, based off wind and VFR conditions, are the two most practical configs.
Landing 11/2, departing 2……or Landing 11/20 departing 20, based off wind and VFR conditions, are the two most practical configs.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:18 am to TROCKS50
SAN also has a displaced runway threshold for 27, which means you have about 2000 feet less to work with for landing.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 4:23 am to TROCKS50
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ATC controllers
Wouldn’t this be air traffic controller controllers?
Posted on 1/8/22 at 5:15 am to dirtsandwich
quote:Those are the bosses of ATCs.
Wouldn’t this be air traffic controller controllers?
Or SOs?
The several times I flew on the BA NS flights to/from LHR, it took off and landed to and from the BR direction on the East/West runway.
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