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An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why do they need numbers? There's only one runway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Gives you a rough magnetic heading so you can line up easier and keep your pattern straight. Also to tell others which way you're going to keep from crashing head-on (a north/south strip might be 36/18, for example, so ppl know which way you're going).

[–] captain_aggravated 3 points 1 year ago

A runway with two ends. And you'd probably be surprised how easy it is to choose one end when you mean another.

Also to identify it from the air as a runway. It's paved and they painted a centerline; I would have also painted numbers and thresholds.