schrieb:

Jay, I've basically only seen the Dubai Airport, and clearly remember
that the taxiways are about a third or a quarter of the runway width.
Unless the airport you mention was quite different, it strikes me as
quite improbable that a strip of asphalt as slender as a taxiway can be
mistaken for a runway.

Taxyways are not only narrower, but illuminated differently. (Remember,
it was night.)

Again of course, in VMC, I suppose all bets are
off, but in VFR??

????

Stefan