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Old 1st Jun 2012, 11:41
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DaveReidUK
 
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I thought a North-South runway would be used to maintain capacity during days that prevaiiing winds restrict the traffic flow on existing runways.
In an ideal world, Heathrow would have six runways, cunningly arranged in pairs, at 60° to each other, so that aircraft could land and take off in any wind conditions.

I can't understand why nobody has ever though of that.
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