Hi all,
I wanted to know why ATC and users are using runway 26R/08L and why it is used as a valid arrival and departure runway when it is only used as a taxiway in real life ? Something that does frustrate me a little coming over from Vatsim.
Thanks,
Calum
Since it is classified as a rwy in IF, then controllers will utilize it as such. I know it’s a taxiway irl, but in IF it is still a rwy.
It is a runway in real life but only used in an emergency, but yes it is used as a taxiway. I don’t understand why IFATC didn’t know this.
As Blue said, ATC Use it to spread traffic more easily and efficiently, but in real life it is used as a taxi way and the real runway is 8R-26L.
We’re well aware of the way it is used in real life. Blue explained it in the post above.
I try to get IFATC to not send me to that runway but I think they don’t realise it isn’t a runway, close to getting ghosted before cause I used it as a taxiway
If you don’t want to use it don’t request to be sent there
It’s officially a runway so we can use it. Surely you’d rather get off the ground 10 mins quicker if it’s busier using 2 runways instead of one
People can do that but I prefer being realistic. Despite this I find myself not going to EGKK anymore due to most of my ULH flights landing in Heathrow
We have the whole globe now, pilots aren’t squeezed into regions anymore. Apart from major events then I don’t see why it couldn’t be handled on 1 runway (seeing as nobody is complaining about runway queues).
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