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I'm not sure why this is a problem with airports with two runways (doesn't Austin have two?). I've been in a helicopter hovering over Heathrow airport where yo

I'm not sure why this is a problem with airports with two runways (doesn't Austin have two?). I've been in a helicopter hovering over Heathrow airport where you can see the lights from the line of planes coming in to land every 45 seconds that looks like it goes off to infinity. Whatever technique they use there seems to work.

blitzar 4y ago
I assume it leads to a longer "cleared approach" phase and a shorter "cleared to land" phase and as a courtesy to the pilot behind, clearing the runway as quick as possible. Taking a quick look at Heathrow approach, looks like runway is clear of the first plane landing when the following plane is 1-2 miles out and around 500ft.
mhandley 4y ago
For the most part, Heathrow doesn't do mixed-mode operation (where you have takeoffs and landings on the same runway). However, my understanding is that this is not for safety reasons, but mostly to give people living under the flight paths some periods of respite from the noise. They did use mixed-mode single-runway operation for a while during covid. https://www.heathrow.com/company/local-community/noise/operations/runway-alternation https://www.heathrow.com/company/local-community/noise/opera...