South Korea Jeju air plane crash

It isn't one run way. It is two. If atc tells you to land on 01 or 19 they are different. The runways are numbered in degrees so 01 is 10 degrees or north east and 19 is 190 degrees or south west.

Runways will have two sides to them so generally you can land into the wind.

Amazing how you contradict yourself with your second sentence and paragraph. It is one runway.
 
Amazing how you contradict yourself with your second sentence and paragraph. It is one runway.
You're making such a positively silly argument. Everyone can see it is a singular bit of asphalt. The point is it is labelled 01 and 19 so it isn't incorrect to use the plural.
 
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Amazing how you contradict yourself with your second sentence and paragraph. It is one runway.
In the industry, we do not refer to one strip of tarmac as one runway. It is two runways. This is critically important to reduce the chance of confusion. There are some exceptions, but they are quite nuanced and not readily understood by laypeople.
 
Amazing how you contradict yourself with your second sentence and paragraph. It is one runway.
He's not not though.

A runway IF it's usable from both ends is always noted as two different numbers as those refer to the direction of the runway from that direction and using that number gives everyone involved an exact idea of position of the aircraft and how they're going to have to approach it normally (it removes a massive potential for confusion)

Some (not many though) Runways only have the one direction and thus one number because either landing or takeoff is not advisable/possible in one direction.

Technically and in piloting terms runway 10 is not the same as runway 19, because the way you prepare for it, the course you take, and even things like the approach heights and rate at which you descend to it can all be wildly different (for example if the runway has a hill or mountain beyond it in one direction you need to come in higher and potentially drop faster to land than if you came in from the other direction).

It's a bit like we refer to the M1 Southbound or the M1 Northbound at Junction 3, it's the same stretch of road but for technical purposes they are separate.

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Scuzi posted whilst I was answering the door:)
 
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In the industry, we do not refer to one strip of tarmac as one runway. It is two runways. This is critically important to reduce the chance of confusion. There are some exceptions, but they are quite nuanced and not readily understood by laypeople.

Is everyone here 'in the industry'?

Is a two directional road two roads? Is a footpath you can walk on in two directions two footpaths?

Could two planes land at once in opposite directions at that airport? No. Why not?
 
Is everyone here 'in the industry'?
I can already see that you would win this discussion with your experience, so I’m going to back out of this one. Enjoy.

Edit: For clarity, I'm not referring to technical experience. I mean the experience that comes into play after the thread has been dragged down to your level.
 
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Why is the one/two runway thing even an argument?

This is the internet dear boy, one does not clear up any confusion, one digs one's heels in and fights until the bitter end, regardless of cost. All other considerations are secondary to *tut tut* being mistaken on the internet.
 
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The second line is totally irrelevant.
It's not. Context is very important.
If the runway is used in both directions, then each of them receives its own designator. This means that although there is one physical surface used for take-offs and landings, it is treated as two runways.

Why is the one/two runway thing even an argument?
The approach will be different depending on which side they are coming in from.
 
Is everyone here 'in the industry'?

Is a two directional road two roads? Is a footpath you can walk on in two directions two footpaths?

Could two planes land at once in opposite directions at that airport? No. Why not?
Wow, you're really digging your heals in huh
 
Why is the one/two runway thing even an argument?

Dlockers claimed the plane was sent to a different runway. The airport only has one but it can be approached from two directions. The plane nerds are busy whipping themselves in to a frenzy because 'in the industry' this means there's two runways. Ignoring the fact that 99.99% of people aren't 'in the industry' and there is in fact only one runway way at the airport.
 
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