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Old 31st Aug 2016, 12:59
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Ian W
 
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Originally Posted by cooperplace
Presumably you mean to prevent or reduce mechanical turbulence? -you could ask yourself if "airport/hangar infrastructure" has been wind tunnel tested for this anywhere on earth; I think the answer will be no, no-one does this. Having trees and buildings near a runway is a fact of life for pilots.
Wind tunnel testing is actually quite common for architects. A brief look into research in this area shows Effect of terrain and building structures on the airflow in an airport | SpringerLink a study at Hong Kong.

If airports do not do this then they should. A long time ago in a previous existence when doing talkdown controllers learned where there would be significant changes in wind in certain conditions over some ground features.

Before airports make use of their real estate to put up hangars in addition to the impact on the obstacle clearance surface and thus DAs, they should really confirm that winds would not result in rotor streaming or concentrated straight line winds from or between the buildings across the runways and their approach paths.
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