is the end of 23L classed as a turning circle, or just a taxiway that happens to go back on itself
The charts seem to class it as the latter, I think its just commonly known as a turning circle due to its primary use (to enable a backtrack along the runway)
Correctish
Although it's often referred to as the "Whiskey-Yankee loop" .... try saying that on the R/T quickly .....
It's not normally called a turning circle ... that's used for the "midpoint turning circle" ..... this clarifies it from the second turning circle which used to be at the exit onto Twy Whiskey.
The loop is also used to hold landing a/c before backtracking while the following a/c land ....
this confuses many as out of three landing a/c it'll often be the third one which arrives northside first ... the first two get held in the loop ... the last one uses the mid-point to turn.
