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Old 11th Jul 2017, 18:29
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chevvron
 
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If you look at some Spanish airports, you'll see the parallel taxiways have runway markings so that can be used as 'emergency' runways if the main one is blocked.
The same was true of some 'NATO' runways in Germany eg Bruggen, where although not marked as a runway, the northern taxiway was designated as the emergency runway.
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