Active Runways - Runway(s) where aircraft are taking off and landing.

Assigned Runway - Runway you have been instructed to take off from (or land
on).




"Peter Clark" wrote in message
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On 11 Apr 2004 14:58:19 GMT, (Teacherjh)
wrote:


EXCEPT the active runway.

Precisely what I just said.


More than one runway may be active. However only one runway is the
ASSIGNED
(and active) runway.

What about airports with parallel runway operations? KBOS perhaps?
If they're using both 4L and 4R for takeoffs and landings, which one
is the assigned and active runway? If it's 4R, can I land and cross
4L without clearance? I also believe the German way is strange - if
I'm landing 4R, and the tower tells me "taxi to the ramp via Henry,
Frank, ground on .5 once clear 4L" I'm reading that clearance to mean
that they aren't planning on rolling someone on 4L before they've seen
me cross, not that I'm going to use H, F to the ramp, stopping before
4L to call up again and make sure that the runway is clear before I
cross it.