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I'm so confused how airport numbering works. If an airport has a single runway oriented 063 degrees and 243 degrees M. What would be the runway designator?

IceCold
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    06/24... what is the confusing part? Rounding? – Ron Beyer Feb 17 '17 at 03:52
  • I know that runways are determined by their heading so runway 243 is like South West and 063 would be North East. – IceCold Feb 17 '17 at 04:04
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    Right, so I'm wondering what the confusing part is, how the numbers are rounded? Runways aren't identified by cardinal points (NE, NW, SW, etc). – Ron Beyer Feb 17 '17 at 04:08
  • I'm confused myself because its one of the questions on this textbook that im studying and it says the following. "An Airport has a single runway oriented 063 degrees/243 degrees M. What is the appropriate runway designato?" So what i dont get is how runways are designated or i guess identified. – IceCold Feb 17 '17 at 04:12
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    06/24 like I said, runways are designated by the first two digits of the 3-digit magnetic heading. 025 = 02, 122 = 12, etc. Take a look at the duplicate question I marked. – Ron Beyer Feb 17 '17 at 04:14

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When a runway is at Magnetic Heading 063, it is rounded to the nearest 10° , which is 60°, so its designation is Runway 06

When a runway is at Magnetic Heading 243, it is rounded to the nearest 10° , which is 240°, so its designation is Runway 24

Since you can take off or land on a runway from either end, a single strip of asphalt will typically have two numbers, one for each end. These two numbers will always be 180° apart, or their designations will be 18 different.

So Runway 06/24 refers to a single runway, that you can use from either end.

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