Airports with glider 'ports' on field?
11-30-2009, 07:50 AM
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12-03-2009, 03:46 PM
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Quick question...
The minimum separation between parallel runway centerlines for simultaneous VFR ops is 700'. I'm trying to find if this only applies to paved runways. There are many small airports that have a paved runway with a glider 'strip' (unpaved runway) parallel to a paved a runway and at a distance much closer than 700'.
I would have to think by the existance of this type of runway configuration that dirt/grass strips are not recognized as a 'runway' by technical definition and thus do not apply to the min separation?
To quote paragraph 207 & 208 of AC 150_5300_13 part 1:
"For simultaneous landings and takeoffs using visual flight rules (VFR), the minimum separation between centerlines of parallel runways is 700 feet (214 m)."
It makes no specification as to runway surface type.
Yet there are NUMEROUS unpaved "runways" at small non-towered fields across the country with less than 200' separation from the paved runway, even though the AIM defines a runway as "A defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." And just how defined does a 'rectangular area' have to be before its defined enough to be considered a runway? A flat open smooth grass clearing can serve as a 'runway' just fine, but that isn't very 'defined'. :/
EDIT: Nevermind....I think I've answered my own question....runway separation can be less than 700', however simultaneous approaches/takeoffs cannot be executed..at least thats the conclusion I'm drawing!
The minimum separation between parallel runway centerlines for simultaneous VFR ops is 700'. I'm trying to find if this only applies to paved runways. There are many small airports that have a paved runway with a glider 'strip' (unpaved runway) parallel to a paved a runway and at a distance much closer than 700'.
I would have to think by the existance of this type of runway configuration that dirt/grass strips are not recognized as a 'runway' by technical definition and thus do not apply to the min separation?
To quote paragraph 207 & 208 of AC 150_5300_13 part 1:
"For simultaneous landings and takeoffs using visual flight rules (VFR), the minimum separation between centerlines of parallel runways is 700 feet (214 m)."
It makes no specification as to runway surface type.
Yet there are NUMEROUS unpaved "runways" at small non-towered fields across the country with less than 200' separation from the paved runway, even though the AIM defines a runway as "A defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." And just how defined does a 'rectangular area' have to be before its defined enough to be considered a runway? A flat open smooth grass clearing can serve as a 'runway' just fine, but that isn't very 'defined'. :/
EDIT: Nevermind....I think I've answered my own question....runway separation can be less than 700', however simultaneous approaches/takeoffs cannot be executed..at least thats the conclusion I'm drawing!
Last edited by AZFlyer; 12-03-2009 at 06:56 PM.
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