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Oakland International Airport Changes Runway Numbers
« on: October 21, 2013, 11:24:34 AM »
Those listening to KOAK may hear something unusual these days?
The old familiar South Field Runway 29 has been re-numbered to Runway 30.
North Field Runways 27L/R has been re-numbered as well to 28L/R
It's going to take some getting used to!
http://ww1.jeppesen.com/documents/aviation/notices-alerts/chart-alert/KOAK_10-9_1311_eChart_Alert.pdf



Offline RonR

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Re: Oakland International Airport Changes Runway Numbers
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2013, 09:14:00 AM »

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Re: Oakland International Airport Changes Runway Numbers
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2013, 11:08:17 AM »
Thanks Ron! This is an interesting article that explains the change. Great find! :-D
Ken

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Re: Oakland International Airport Changes Runway Numbers
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2013, 11:55:14 AM »
No problem Ken  :wink:

To be honest, I never even thought about the shifting of the Earth's magnetic field is being a reason for the change, but it does seem to make sense...

I hope you had a good Turkey Day!

Ron

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Re: Oakland International Airport Changes Runway Numbers
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2013, 12:47:04 PM »
I like this sentence, "Pilots use the numbers to navigate, so it's critical that they be accurate."  I really do not think the actual runway numbers are "critical." Pilots care about the actual degrees, not the number designation.

For example at KORD; 9R, 9L, 10L, 10C are 93.2, 93.2, 93.1, 93.0 respectively. I sure the when 10R finally opens in a year or so, it will also be 93.1 or 93.0. All four and eventually all five runways are within two-tenths of a degree, but have number designations separated by ten degrees.

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Re: Oakland International Airport Changes Runway Numbers
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2013, 01:54:47 PM »

Looks like KOAK isn't the only casualty of this. Numbers are changing at Orange County (KSNA) as well. They also explain it well:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/airport-537855-runway-degrees.html

Expect some charts and arrivals to change.

BL.