General rant
Ok, let's be clear;
Gatwick operates with a single runway. But it does in fact have two runways in parallel very close to one another. They are too close to operate as separate runways so it is one or the other. The main runway has all the kit and ground taxi ways optimised to service it. The standby runway (used very rarely) has less kit, and the taxi ways are not designed for it. So the standby runway operates rarely, in special conditions, with NOTAMS issued in advance. So in a nut shell, Gatwick has two runways.
Manchester airport has two runways, and operates as a two runway airfield.
Schipol has 5 main runways [emoji33]
Originally posted by SueEllen
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Gatwick operates with a single runway. But it does in fact have two runways in parallel very close to one another. They are too close to operate as separate runways so it is one or the other. The main runway has all the kit and ground taxi ways optimised to service it. The standby runway (used very rarely) has less kit, and the taxi ways are not designed for it. So the standby runway operates rarely, in special conditions, with NOTAMS issued in advance. So in a nut shell, Gatwick has two runways.
Manchester airport has two runways, and operates as a two runway airfield.
Schipol has 5 main runways [emoji33]
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