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Old 4th Jun 2005, 15:27
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YYZ's 06L/24R and 06R/24L are 1000 feet apart centreline to centreline but are not used for simultaneous arrivals, but a land one, depart the other. Unlike Manchester there is no stagger and we always land on the outer and depart the inner. In VFR weather (3 miles or more/ceiling 1000 feet or more) we can land and depart simultaneously. In poor weather the arrival must be on the ground or outside 2 miles from touchdown as the departure commences take off roll. This is done without a PRM but there is a "monitor" controller.

Runway 05/23 is used at the same time (tripling) in mixed mode. The arrival runways are 2 miles apart and simultaneous arrivals and departures are in progress. We need an ILS and a LOC to be able to do this in IFR weather. Departures must diverge by 10 degress which is a Transport Canada waiver from the 15 degree norm.

When using 33L and 33R simultaneous arrivals are permitted but there must be a stagger distance of 1.5 miles between the aircraft on different approaches. These runways are about 3500 feet apart.

SFO's runways are 750 feet apart centreline to centreline and are used for simultaneous arrivals usinga combination of an offset LOC, PRM and visual separation.
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