Originally Posted by
OverRun
Mostly, airports have more than one runway, and can then close one runway
Certainly here in the UK very few airports have two jet-capable runways, probably no more than half a dozen in all in the whole country, and the few that do have them generally have no ILS etc. Quite different to the situation in the USA for example. Many places used to have more, but have squeezed down to the minimum due to the commercial people thinking it can all be done with a minimum of investment. Which is probably where we came in .......