Bill Daniels wrote:
"Mike the Strike" wrote in message
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So why is the new Moriarty runway being called a "crosswind runway?" I
thought you already had one of those!

Mike


Typical throughout the mountain west of the USA. I think there must have
been a bad copy of AC-150 (FAA doucument on how to build an airport .) going
around where it said, "add 90 degrees to the prevailing wind direction to
get runway heading".

That copy was corrected with the addition of the criteria "that airports
requiring two runways shall have the prevailing wind bisect the angle
between the runways". Our airport (Richland, WA) had three runways
initially. Years ago, the two that faced the major prevailing winds
(21/03 and 30/12) were removed, and a new one (19/01) was added. Our
worst wind now bisects the two runways!

Despite our griping, there were sensible reasons for the change, but
it's still annoying when the winds exceed 20 knots.

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