From: "Allan9" <exatc@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:04 PM > NO way to designate the fourth runway. I think you'll find DFW has the same > situation > Al > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael C. Berch" <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:42 PM > > > > On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 10:01 PM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > > > I like the LAX setup. 2 sets of nearly paralel paralels. > > > > The 4 runways at LAX *are* indeed parallel. The differing numerical > > designations (24L/R, 25L/R) are simply for the convenience of ATC > > communications. Take a look at an aerial photo: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/j4me > > You could try 24SL, 24SR, 24NL, 24NR, but the differing numbers are certainly better. They probably aren't exactly 240 anyway, and as we have heard on the list, when the magnetic deviation changes enough they may or may not renumber them. Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html