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  2. Airport apron - Wikipedia

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    The airport apron, apron, flight line, or ramp is the area of an airport where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, boarded, or maintained. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although the use of the apron is covered by regulations, such as lighting on vehicles, it is typically more accessible to users than the runway or taxiway .

  3. Airfield traffic pattern - Wikipedia

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    The climbing flight path along the extended runway centerline which begins at takeoff and continues to at least 1/2 mile beyond the runway's departure end and not less than 300 feet below the traffic pattern altitude. The names of the legs are logical and based on the relative wind as seen looking down a runway facing into the wind.

  4. Runway - Wikipedia

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    Runway 13R at Palm Springs International Airport An MD-11 at one end of a runway. In aviation, a runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. [1] Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (grass, dirt, gravel, ice, sand or salt).

  5. Flightline - Wikipedia

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    Flightline may refer to: Flightline (airline) - former British airline company; Flightline (horse) - American thoroughbred racehorse See also. Airport apron ...

  6. How did the DC plane crash happen? Experts tell The ... - AOL

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    With a runway nearly half as long as the standard 13,000-foot runways of other airports built to accommodate large commercial jets, landing is tricky for incoming planes, according to former DC ...

  7. Marston Mat - Wikipedia

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    An early in-theater use of PSP was in constructing a 5,000-foot (1,500 m) runway on Greenland's 'Bluie West One' (BW-1), an Allied Ferry Command and U.S.A.A.F airfield located on the extreme southwest corner of Greenland, at the termination of Eriksfjord, and near the coastal community of Narsarsuaq. Construction began in early fall 1941, and ...

  8. Private jet blocking Tenerife runway sparks flight diversion ...

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    Thousands of passengers had their flights diverted and delayed after a private jet blocked the runway at the main airport in Tenerife. The plane landed at Reina Sofía airport in the south of the ...

  9. List of longest runways - Wikipedia

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    ^D Paved runway 14R/32L, closed (length approximate) ^E Unpaved runway located on Rosamond Lake and not marked on the Federal Aviation Administration airport diagram. [14] ^F Paved runway 14/32, closed (new 4,500 m (14,800 ft) runway constructed)