Ideally you want to eliminate all intersecting/crossing runways. An aircraft landing on a crossing runway ties up all the runways it crosses until it is physically clear of them. Other aircraft have to wait. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Montano" <mmontano@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:19 PM Subject: Re: ORD reconfig > I found a great book on the history of ATL, and there are remnants of > the old runway layout still visible. > > But it was a book, not a web-site. > > I think ATL is one of the only airports that has essentially (up until > the recent fifth runway) gotten smaller. ATL went from a intersecting > runway config to four parallel runways. And I do believe some old > runways are now taxi ways (the north middle taxi-way I believe.) > > Matthew > > On Jun 24, 2004, at 9:47 AM, Clay Wardlow wrote: > > > Every major airport? > > > > LAX? DFW? IAD? LGA? ATL? > > > > Is there a place I could go to see the difference between then and now? > > > > Clay - SEA > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Allan9 [mailto:exatc@xxxxxxxxxx]=20 > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:34 PM > > Subject: Re: ORD reconfig > > > > Almost every major airport > > Al > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Clay Wardlow" <clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx> > > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:13 PM > > Subject: ORD reconfig > > > > > > Has ORD been reconfigured from what it originally designed and built? I > > think I remember seeing an old picture that had a different runway > > config. > > > > > > > > What other airports have been reconfigured? > > > > > > > > Clay - SEA >