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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 7:51 am
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Lost
 
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Right now arrivals and departures are based on aircraft arriving and departing in the same direction. Aircraft that could potentially take off in any direction means that you can't have any landing aircraft within miles of the airport until the departing aircraft has departed the area. This is the aviation example of driving the wrong way down the freeway.

Many major airports have multiple parallel runways to accommodate increased traffic (DFW, ORD, and LAX's runway layouts are perfect examples). This design eliminates the possibility of having multiple runways.

Any public entity spending any serious money on this idea needs to have their funding revoked ASAP.
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