Originally Posted by
S.o.S.
Hello
Seamless and welcome to the Cabin of PPRuNe!
Your question is reasonable and others new to the experience would also like to know. Airports that have multiple runways have stringent process' for this. For example, the aircraft that is departing will, on take off, NEVER turn towards the runway where landings are taking place - even if that is the direction of their destination. This is so that, if the landing aircraft has to go around (not land) for some reason, their path will not cross with those departing. Some big airports have 4, 5 or 6 runways so these events are well known and planned for around the world.
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Thx for the warm welcome.
I do understand your explanation. It just didn't feel right considering the little distance between both runways. Taking in account, that it has happened that pilots mistakingly landed on the wrong runway or lost control on landing, I thougt it would be more shifted.
At least I think this should be considered. There are just to many "what ifs" at an airport like Tegel, where everything is very tight.