Parallel Runways - Is distance between them published anywhere?

[kontiki]

Ref . Subject, I took a look in A f/d and in airport diagrams, if it's there, I missed it.

 

[HPNPilot1200]

Not really. Try the measurement tool in Google Earth.

 

[jpower]

Not really. Try the measurement tool in Google Earth.

Minimums are here: http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/atc/atc0308.html#Tn850atc

To know what it actually is, Google Earth is probably your best bet.

 

[oldShar]

How about the Airport Diagrams?

If not actual separation distances, the Diagrams provide the Lat/Long grid, so you can convert the grid to miles or feet and calculate separations (may have to use some trig if RNWYs aren't E-W or N-S, but shouldn't be a problem for pilots or some of the new fangled electronic gizmos to decipher)

 

[jpower]

...the Diagrams provide the Lat/Long grid, so you can convert the grid to miles or feet and calculate separations (may have to use some trig if RNWYs aren't E-W or N-S, but shouldn't be a problem for pilots or some of the new fangled electronic gizmos to decipher)

I have to say that Google Earth sounds a whole lot easier.... . For example, at Dulles, centerline to centerline of 1L and 1C:

 

[MultiMediaWill]

Not really. Try the measurement tool in Google Earth.

How do you do this on google maps?

 

[HPNPilot1200]

How do you do this on google maps?

I don't know if a way to do this in Google Maps. Only in Google Earth.

 

[alfadog]

How do you do this on google maps?

Doubt you can. You can get the lat/long of two points in Google Maps and use an online calculator to get the distance between two lat/long points.

Edit: You can use the "Draw a Line" function in Google Maps. You might have to be signed in. I am using Chrome but it worked fine for me at KTMB (3535 feet).

 

[BillTIZ]

Every airport is different. Dependent on land available, width of the runways, etc.

 

[ZeroPapaGolf]

You can do it in Google Maps by clicking My Places/Create Map/Draw Line

 

[flyingron]

On airports where they're close enough to make simoultaneous operations interesting (like SFO) it's a note on the approach plate. IAD has like 6000 between 1C and 1R and as shown up there over 4000 between 1L and 1C.

 

[MAKG1]

You guys are missing a REALLY important simplification.

You don't have a usable Google Earth while airborne. It only works with an active internet connection. You should have the A/FD.

Airport diagrams have two intrinsic easy-to-use rulers. One is that a nautical mile is equal to one minute of latitude. The other is that the runway length is labeled and to scale, fir all the runways.

 

[kkoran]

Ref . Subject, I took a look in A f/d and in airport diagrams, if it's there, I missed it.

Why do you need to know the distance between runways?

 

[Ken Ibold]

The airport's approved Airport Layout Plan is the definitive reference. However, getting your hands on one can sometimes be difficult. Some airports put them online; most do not.

 

[jonnyjetprop]

I'd use the 10-9 jepp plate and measure the distance using the scale.