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Old October 17th 05, 12:30 PM
Stefan
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Lakeview Bill wrote:

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


Because the ICAO standard says that a runway name has always two digits.
Why? To minimize the possibility of misunderstandings, especially with
pilots and/or controllers who don't speak English as their first
language and/or when the radio quality is marginal. As far as I know,
all countries adhere to this standard... well, all except one, of course.

Stefan