"jan olieslagers" wrote in message
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john89 schreef:

Alas, no rule without exception ;-)


That's true enough, but on top of that the rules that do exist have their
bounds, geographical or other.
One example: here in Belgium, we have the notion of an "active runway" and
this is communicated either per radio (on controlled aerodromes) or in the
signal square. But in France the concept of an active runway is not
universally applied (to say the least), I remember hearing a visiting
pilot inquiring what run runway to use, and getting for answer "ah, you
know, there's not too much wind, you just pick the 12 or 30 as you
prefer..."


KA

If the winds are calm (4 Kts, IIRC) and there is no traffic, you could get
a similar response here in the US; although, other factors are trivial, some
airports do have a preferred take off direction for noise abatement. I
suppose that the approved "phraseology" would be different, but the sense of
it should still work.

Peter