anywhere it talks about shooting the gap in the ATC manual as I would like to read up on it before my training session tomorrow
What is shooting the gap?
Shooting the gap is sending a departure in between tight arrivals. Common practice at airports like SFO where the runways intersect and there is a steady stream of both departures and arrivals
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I donât see it covered anywhere in the Manual.
Itâs a technique used with intersecting runways to make sure that you can use both runways. The ideal procedure for intersecting runways is to use one runway for departures and one runway for arrivals but we train so that you can understand how to use both runways, called âshooting the gapâ where youâll have most aircraft on one runway and then one on the other runway and youâll have to let that one aircraft land without conflicting with other aircraft.
Cameron did a good job of explaining it simply.
Donât worry, I know it can sound confusing, but Iâll be sure to explain it before our training đ
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