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It might be a disadvantage to take off uphill, but I believe that it's desirable to take off into a head wind. The wind generates some of the lift required for
by lfam 10y ago
It might be a disadvantage to take off uphill, but I believe that it's desirable to take off into a head wind.
The wind generates some of the lift required for take off, and by taking off sooner there is more runway available in case you need to make an emergency landing.
- masklinn 10y ago> It might be a disadvantage to take off uphill, but I believe that it's desirable to take off into a head wind. Both takeoff and landing are safer and more efficient in headwind, since lift is a function of airspeed an increase in airspeed (from headwinds) a larger margin or security or lower groundspeed in both situations. GP's point is if your runways are slanted (rather than flat), instead of having both takeoff and landing use the same runway in the same direction (headwinds) you now need a runway slanting into the headwind (for takeoffs) and one slanting away from it (for landings).
- lfam 10y agoAh, I misunderstood. Thanks for explaining.