Multiple runway operations

[SailorOrion]

Hello people,

it's one of my very first questions in this forum so please don't flame me if it's already been asked the 100,000th time :)

I am looking for information in multiple runway operations, as I have found some stuff from the FAA, but that is mostly outdated. It would be great if anyone of you could point me to some resources.

Main questions are:
1) Whats the minimum separation between runways for fully independent operations, be it VFR or IFR. How much does this depend on the hardware (normal, FMA, PRM)?

2) What's the current status of IFR operations on runways separated by less than 2500ft? Is it still just one runway?

3) What about multiple (3 or more) parallel runways when two are separated by more than 5000ft and two others are spaced 2500ft, 3400ft, 4300ft, 5000? Is the triple and quadruple IFR approaches operation still limited to airfields with an elevation of less than 1000ft?

4) What about LAHSO on wet runways? Go or No-go?

Thanks in advance,
SailorOrion

[Warped Factor]

The US Manual of ATC is on-line here (http://www1.faa.gov/atpubs/ATC/index.htm), if that helps.

WF.

[SailorOrion]

WF,

thanks, that link at least answered parts of my questions :ok:

SailorOrion

btw: The JAA sucks big time, you hardly get any info from them.

[vector4fun]

Whatever you find in the books, in the U.S. at least, it's going to depend on other factors such as the type radar available, and staffing etc. For example, my facility has parallels separated by more than 6000', and we have the hardware for simultaneous approaches, but do not have the staffing nor procedures in place for two final positions and a monitor. We just don't suffer that many delays with IFR weather, as much of our traffic is VFR. If we ever do start getting seriously backlogged in IFR, we'll likely get to work on that....

[375ml]

Some oz info on Parallels and LAHSO (about 1/2-way through PDF file)
http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/pilotcentre/aip2/aip/enr/111110.pdf