Now, every runway has two ends, and each end gets its own number, 180 degrees apart. For example, if one side is Runway 09, facing 90° east, the opposite end will be Runway 27, facing 270° west.

Now, every runway has two ends, and each end gets its own number, 180 degrees apart. For example, if one side is Runway 09, facing 90° east, the opposite end will be Runway 27, facing 270° west.

Question: For decades the runway of the airport I fly out of has had Runway 16-34. In a few weeks the runway will be closed for a month so that the runway can be resurfaced and renumbered 17-35.

CHICAGO — Confusion over similar-sounding flight numbers is under investigation as the cause of a close call between two airliners taking off on intersecting runways at Midway Airport, an ...

The co-pilot in his reply to the DGCA’s notice “accepted his mistake and explained that it happened due to anther aircraft its similar call sign ahead of SG 2763, IndiGo’s flight 6E-063 ...