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Atlanta has five parallel runways: 27R, 27L, 9R, 9L, and 28/10. It appears the main four that are close to each other are set alternating east landing and west
by Mountain_Skies 4y ago
Atlanta has five parallel runways: 27R, 27L, 9R, 9L, and 28/10. It appears the main four that are close to each other are set alternating east landing and west landing as they're not marked on both ends like 28/10 is.
- sokoloff 4y agoThey are numbered on both ends on both the satellite view (real-world) and on the FAA diagram: http://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2213/00026AD.PDF http://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2213/00026AD.PDF There would be no (or extremely rare, at a minimum) operational reason to alternate directions for takeoff and landings on parallel runways. (There are rules for simultaneous operations to parallel runways and having them be in opposite directions would be problematic as you have to assume some aircraft will execute a missed approach and would then be climbing into opposite direction landing traffic with only a small lateral offset.)
- TylerE 4y agoAbout the closest I can think of to that is some mountain airports that do all takeoffs one way and all landings the other. I’m not aware of any of those with more than one runway and traffic is usually extremely limited.
- addaon 4y ago27L and 9R are the same runway, always. 27R and 9L are the same runway. In Atlanta, besides 27L/9R and 27R/9L, there's also 26L/8R and 26R/8L, as well as the 28/10 you mention. See https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2213/00026AD.PDF https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2213/00026AD.PDF