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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 8:49 am
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Originally Posted by g_leyser
How do they decide on the numbers for runways anyways? I understand the L and R are left and right, but what do the numbers mean?
Add a zero to the runway number and you have its direction. So runway 28 means it is at a heading of 280.
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