This thread prompted me to fire up my Summit Aviation CD and search for all
usages of "runway number." (The CD includes just about every piece of paper
issued by the FAA.) In all of their examples of radio transmissions, they
use two-digit runway numbers. Other references just use a parenthetical
(runway number) to indicate where the runway number belongs. There is not
one instance where a leading zero is called for.

Bob Gardner

"Daniel L. Lieberman" wrote in message
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AIM 4-2-10 "Directions:
...
Examples
1. (Magnetic course) 005 .....zero zero five
2. (True course) 050.............zero five zero true
...."

The magnetic heading of Runway 5 is zero five zero.

The discussion of name versus direction reminds me of the discussion by
the Mad Hatter in Through the Looking Glass. It was used in a computer
class to exemplify the difference between something and its name.

"Lakeview Bill" wrote in message
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The original poster got it right with his use of the phrase "Runway ID",
because it is, in fact, an ID based on a number, as opposed to some type
of
number.

What is the magnetic heading of Runway 5?

If someone is named "Fred", do you refer to them as "Zero Fred"?

The point is, we are dealing with a "name" which consists of a numeral,
as
opposed to an actual number.

The runway is NAMED Runway 5. Why would you prepend a zero to a NAME?