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Old 29th June 2006 | 12:50
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Wizofoz
 
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Runway Heading

Can anyone point me to a reference for the Pans Ops definition of Runway Heading?

The FAA and JCAB both understand it to mean a heading flown as the runway identifier times ten (e.g off runway 36R at Schipol, you would fly a heading of 390 Deg Mag even thought he QDM is 354.) but common practice in Europe seems to be to fly a heading to make good the extended center line.

Obviously there is scope for error if, in parallel operations, different people have different perceptions of what they should be flying.
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