DFW has 5 parallel north south runways and will conduct simultaneous landings on the outer 3 while departing on the inner 2. It was designed 50 years ago out in the middle of nowhere. Even then they bought up much of the surrounding land for a noise buffer and it is leased for commercial use. There is a plan to add a sixth N/S runway on the west side to allow quad landings. However it's arrival would fly over the center of the town of Grapevine which was there before the the airport was built. Currently I believe the 6th runway is on hold.
DFW has A380 ops and normally use the west side. The international terminal is on the west side. And while not a problem with pax ops, I heard there were concerns the freighter version of the A380 with it's higher gross weight would overload the bridges between the east and west side.
The prevailing winds are southerly so I'd say 80 percent of the ops are south flow.
Last edited by MarkerInbound; 27th Nov 2015 at 14:49.
Reason: Added weather