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Old 4th October 2025 | 16:58
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Originally Posted by artee
It's only from PPRuNe that I learnt that some runways are renumbered from time-to-time due to magnetic North moving. You learn something every day.
What has been odd is that the magnetic north stared moving very rapidly in the 1980's - it now seems to have slowed somewhat. Hence the need to keep altering the paintwork



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