Oddly, YVR still uses an intersecting runway. It seems that approaches are only permitted from the northwest, which matches to the direction of most light traffic coming from the northern part of Vancouver Island or the B.C. interior. It also approaches slightly over the university so only prop traffic is permitted. .. and I don't think they've used it as a departure runway since a Dash-8 (?) bit-it just where the No. 2 road bridge lands on the Lulu island side. Anyone know the full details. Matthew On Jun 24, 2004, at 6:45 PM, Allan9 wrote: > 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 >>