Quote: "Does EDI even need the cross runway as an active runway? LHR survives without 05/23, GLA moved on without 10/27 and BHX lost their own cross strip which clearly I cannot recall the designation. Tis the way of things.
The only one that REALLY needs a cross runway is PIK as the cross runway is the one they built into the prevailing wind!!! "
Exactly, cross rwys have had their day. LHR's 05/23 has been built on, or soon will be (terminal reconstruction).
Nowadays it's all about parallel rwys.