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Old 8th April 2009 | 18:40
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IO540
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From: EuroGA.org
does any one know why manchester airport has changed its runway bearings from 24 to 23 and the reciprocal runway?
Because runways are marked according to the magnetic heading, and the magnetic north pole moves around, about 0.1 degree per year, so every ten years or so all runways get renamed.
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