Cold_Situation_7803 t1_isqwxbi wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: Airplanes take off and land into the wind. They takeoff into the wind to reduce the groundspeed required to lift and land into it to reduce groundspeed when landing. by Key-Code-4296
No, the runway can be landed on in either direction. An East/west runway will have you land into the west if the wind favors that; if the winds changes direction enough, the airport will begin landing towards the east.
Goalie_deacon t1_isr3naa wrote
I’m sure they can’t land north/south on a east/west runway.
However there are runways that can rotate 360 degrees. They’re called aircraft carriers.
Cold_Situation_7803 t1_isr49hu wrote
No. Most airports have multiple crossing runways.
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