Intersecting Runways

[mkafula]

I’m currently at EIDW with the new A330 and firstly I would like to say congratulations to the ATC team juggling a busy airport, you have my respect!

So my question to the amazing IFATC team!

How do you manage dealing with intersecting runways?

[CaptainSooraj]

Hey!

There’s a fantastic tutorial for dealing with intersecting runways here. This is the starting guideline:

ATC Intersecting Runways Tutorial

[Heading 1] Your Guide to Intersecting Runway Operations Understanding the Basics Intersecting runway operations should never be taken lightly. The easiest way to go would be to integrate everyone onto one runway, but that’s not what I am showing you today. I will be showing you how to let multiple aircraft fly patterns on two runways that intersect. This is quite difficult, but once you get the hang of it it’s one of the best things to do, my former local trainees can definitely attest …

[JetSuperior5192]

Hey!

In my personal opinion, on a busy situation I’d use 1 runway for arrivals and depatures, and the intersecting runway for depatures. This would be in 2 runways for depatures and 1 for arrivals.

So many great examples are SFO (1s and 28s), EIDW, JFK, Midway, and the list goes on :)