Simviation Forum - Runway heading.

Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:30pm

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Today I was flying an IFR flight from Bradley Itnl to Newark Liberty (KEWR). When it came time to descend for the approach, i followed all instructions. When the tower told me to "make straight-in rwy 4L", how do I figure out the runway heading.? After this transmission, I only get cleared to land but i am never told the rwy heading. Is there any way to find out?

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Reply #1 - Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:36pm

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Double_Farvel wrote on Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:30pm:

Today I was flying an IFR flight from Bradley Itnl to Newark Liberty (KEWR). When it came time to descend for the approach, i followed all instructions. When the tower told me to "make straight-in rwy 4L", how do I figure out the runway heading.? After this transmission, I only get cleared to land but i am never told the rwy heading. Is there any way to find out?

....it will be at 40 degrees on your Compass....the Left-Hand runway... Wink

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Reply #2 - Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:44pm

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Fozzer wrote on Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:36pm:

Double_Farvel wrote on Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:30pm:

Today I was flying an IFR flight from Bradley Itnl to Newark Liberty (KEWR). When it came time to descend for the approach, i followed all instructions. When the tower told me to "make straight-in rwy 4L", how do I figure out the runway heading.? After this transmission, I only get cleared to land but i am never told the rwy heading. Is there any way to find out?

....it will be at 40 degrees on your Compass....the Left-Hand runway... Wink

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Well, somewhere between 036 and 045 degrees, and the left hand runway. When flying to another airfield, it's always a good idea to have a look at a chart to give you a mental idea of the layout, terrain (elevation), runway sizes and exact headings etc.

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Reply #3 - Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:46pm

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Runway numbers indicate their magnetic headings, rounded to the nearest ten, and named thusly:
Runway 01: 10 degrees
Runway 02: 20 degrees
Runway 03:30 degrees
Runway 04: 40 degrees

Etc., etc.

Might want to get that memorized before you go flying IFR... Wink

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Just in case what you really mean by "runway heading" is a vector (heading) that will bring you to a good point to line up with the runway for landing, that would generally be a bearing to the localizer, somewhere beyond the outer marker. Or just take up a heading that is 45 or 90 degrees off the runway heading and turn when appropriate...

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Reply #4 - Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:50pm

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Using your HSI/Heading indicator is a good tool to use when figuring out which runways are which when landing at an unfamiliar airport Wink

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