David Luff wrote: > Andy Ross writes: > > >>Carsten Hoefer wrote: >> >>>when I start Flightgear at EDDF my plane is allways positioned at the >>>end of runway 36. Unfortunately there is no runway 36. There is a runway >>>18, but it is only used in one direction (18). >> >>Is this the airport? : >> >> http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.025718,8.555946&spn=0.093349,0.166992&t=k >> >>Google doesn't have enough photo resolution in this area to read the >>numbers on the south end of the runway, but it certainly looks from >>the layout like runway 36 should be usable and marked, even if normal >>operations never use the northbound direction. I've never heard of a >>unidirectional runway... >> > > > Isn't one of the Nepalese ones with a big mountain at one end (Lukla?) > effectively unidirectional due to the obstacle? > > Lack of per-end runway details in the data format is a pain though - a lot of > runways have precision markings at one end only. > > Cheers - Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d >
It can't be, since you have to take off in the opposite direction that you land. A one direction runway would have you landing *and* taking off in the same direction. Or maybe not: Lukla control: "Air Yak flight 1, you are cleared for departure on runway 60, just make sure you do it backwards, there's a mountain range at the end or it." Air Yak: "Umm, I think I'll just use runway 24 if it's all ok. Happy to land on runway 60 whe I come back though!" Actually, It looks like it's marked going away from the mountain, and I would assume that it is marked coming towards it as well, since landing is when you really want to see those big markings. http://www.maion.com/photography/nepal/khumbu_people_p31.html Josh _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
