Departing KORD
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Departing KORD
I haven't been into KORD in a while. I recall that you get your departure runway assignment after Ramp hands you over to Ground. This caused lots of work if you didn't guess the correct runway during preflight. Is there any way to get your departure runway prior to pushback?
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I’m based there. Just call delivery and ask them.
Essentially for heavies, if it’s a West operation, expect R28R/N5 or full length. If it’s an East operation, expect R10L/DD or full length.
If you do get a runway change, let them know early if you need to run the numbers for the new runway and that you’ll need a bit more time. The controllers are some of the best I’ve encountered and they do understand what’s needed with a change and they’ll adjust the departure sequence to accommodate.
Essentially for heavies, if it’s a West operation, expect R28R/N5 or full length. If it’s an East operation, expect R10L/DD or full length.
If you do get a runway change, let them know early if you need to run the numbers for the new runway and that you’ll need a bit more time. The controllers are some of the best I’ve encountered and they do understand what’s needed with a change and they’ll adjust the departure sequence to accommodate.
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I haven't been into KORD in a while. I recall that you get your departure runway assignment after Ramp hands you over to Ground. This caused lots of work if you didn't guess the correct runway during preflight. Is there any way to get your departure runway prior to pushback?
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If you can do that in 45 seconds your a skygod.
If you were really proactive there’s nothing to stop you running numbers for a couple of runways you might expect before you even push off the gate.
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I suppose, having been based there with two different airlines doesn't hurt.
Our runway change checklist is 7 items, maybe a minute. And I don’t have the paperwork in front of me but I think the engine failure procedure for every runway is a straight out climb. Which is item 7 on the checklist.