Wake turbulence limits on paired approaches to parallel runways

Burnham, Davis C.; Hallock, James N.; Greene, George C.

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Wake turbulence limits on paired approaches to parallel runways

2002-07-01
By Burnham, Davis C. ; Hallock, James N. ; Greene, George C.

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Alternative Title:

Journal of Aircraft
Creators:

Burnham, Davis C. ; Hallock, James N. ; Greene, George C.
Corporate Creators:

Scientific and Engineering Solutions, Inc. ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; Federal Aviation Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Aircraft Separation Airport Runways Flow Flow Control (Air Traffic Control) Parallel Runways Turbulence Vortices Wakes Wake Turbulence
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Journal
Geographical Coverage:

Chicago (Illinois) ; Texas
Abstract:

Wake turbulence considerations currently restrict the use of parallel runways less than 2500 ft (762 m) apart.

However, wake turbulence is not a factor if there are appropriate limits on allowed longitudinal pair spacings

and/or allowed crosswinds. The tradeoffs between longitudinal spacing and crosswind, needed to prevent wake

encounters, are assessed by modeling and by examining existing wake lateral transport data from O’Hare and

Dallas/Ft. Worth airports at distances of 1500–3000 ft (457–914m) from runway threshold.
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PDF
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Volpe Center
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urn:sha256:f5b585db2f6fc458975a02b7b2cb609290aa6692bd5d07bd08ad18142e7c7fa7
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9650/dot_9650_DS1.pdf
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File Language:

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