NMIA will feature four parallel runways with four times the constrained capacity of the existing
intersecting runways of NAIA.
Airfield facilities include two
intersecting runways extending 8,320 feet and 3,611 feet, respectively.
The senator said he had also discussed the matter with aviation experts who confirmed that slow boarding and deplaning of passengers cause longer turnaround times for aircraft, effectively decreasing the 'maximum events per hour,' referring to takeoffs and landings per hour, on Naia's two
intersecting runways.
Congestion on its two
intersecting runways also curtails further growth and causes flight delays.
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport has
intersecting runways. Runway 7/25 handles all of the airlines and most private jets while the parallel 15/33 pair is for private piston aircraft--long as the normal westerly winds cooperate.
The Douglas Aircraft Company manufactured the iconic DC-3 workhorse before, during and after World War II at SMO, which had two
intersecting runways until the war, when the current single basically east-west runway was built.
That may be a possibility if the airport has
intersecting runways but may require capital investment the airport operator is unwilling to make.
Even during peak months, its two right-angle
intersecting runways handle an average of fewer than six aircraft movements per hour.
Sensor activated lightings alongside runways allows takeoff aircrafts to identify runway usage to incoming aircrafts and warn others on
intersecting runways. Aircrafts in the vicinity receive audible warning that runway is in use.
With its two
intersecting runways likely to reach capacity soon after 2020, VIE aims to build a third runway.
One thing in common: the airports that have to make the changes all have
intersecting runways. Right now, when planes are landing and taking off on
intersecting runways, air traffic controllers accountfor the collision possibility and create a space so the two never intersect.
