On 14/03/2014 1:42 PM, george152 wrote:
On 14/03/14 14:49, Dave Doe wrote:
In article ,
, says...

On Saturday, May 3, 1997 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Andrew M. Sarangan wrote:
I was taught to always call out runway number in two digits. When I was
training in Ottawa, the tower and all pilots refer to Runway Zero-Four,
not Runway Four. Similarly Runway Three-Five, not Runway Thirty Five.

In Albuquerque, USA, where I fly now, I have noticed the opposite.

Today, the tower instructed me to fly a left base for Runway Three.
Every
other time at this airport, I landed on Runway 30. For a brief
moment I was
confused. When I asked for clarification how they want me to enter a
left
pattern for Three-Zero, they said, "I said Runway Three, not runway
Thirty".

How do other pilots like to refer to runway numbers ?

In the US, painted on the runway would be 19 - 1. Not 01

And in the *rest* of the world, outside US juristiction etc, it'd be 01.


I rather suspect that its the same in the US.
Just some-one doing a Walter Mitty

See

37.782976,-81.124887

in Google Earth.

Nice example of how the runway number looks like part of the centre line
markings. If it were 01, it would be so much clearer.

Sylvia.