Depending on the tower location, the angle might not allow
seeing the error, it is even possible the end of the runway
could be hidden behind a building. The controller has many
duties, watching an airplane taxi is not the highest
priority, getting the hand-off to Center, possible radio
contact with other airplanes, many things could be required.

Just looked at the airport diagram, the tower is located
with a clear view of runway 22 and 26 , if there are no
uncharted builds or trees. Still in the dark, lights alone
do not necessarily allow determination of enough details to
over come the expectation that they were on 22.


"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote
in message
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| "Kyler Laird" wrote in message
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| So...how'd it go? Ground cleared the plane to taxi to
the correct
| runway, observed the plane go to the wrong runway, then
tower cleared
| the plane to depart the right runway, and observed it
pull onto the
| wrong runway. Anything like that?
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| Probably not. The runways are not far apart. You have to
taxi past the
| departure end of runway 26, the wrong runway, to reach the
departure end of
| runway 22, the right runway. I believe there was just one
controller in the
| tower.
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|
| I hope I'm missing something obvious. Was there dense
fog involved?
| Lots of other traffic?
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|
| The weather observation taken about 13 minutes prior
showed six miles
| visibility. I don't know if there was other traffic, but
probably not a lot
| on an early weekend morning.
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