I know that in the UK the CAA has documents on airfield operations (licenced and unlicenced) which identifies the safety issues about obstacle clearance limits, etc. I wondered if anyone has empirical research or case studies on the impact in terms of turbulence, curlover effect, etc. when the runway is downwind of a large building?
Genghis the Engineer
7th Oct 2010, 12:46
Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&q=runway%20downwind%20of%20building&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ws) is your friend.
G
Piltdown Man
7th Oct 2010, 19:49
...or just take a flight into LCY on a windy day, especially with a wind direction of 250˚ or so on the ground. There is an extra SOP call added at 1,500' (in the the style of a Cowboy) - "Yee-harrrr!"
PM