The runway orientation is made so that landing and take off are

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along the wind direction

perpendicular to wind direction

against the wind direction

None of the above

Correct Answer : against the wind direction

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In an airport, if 4 groups of 5 gates each located well separated are considered for traffic and the future to present traffic ratio is 3, then the total requirement of future gates will be

Correct Answer : Option (B) : 36

For determining the basic runway length, the landing case requires that aircraft should come to a stop within p % of the landing distance. The value of p is

60 %

75 %

80 %

85 %

Correct Answer : Option (A) : 60 %

The capacity of parallel runway pattern depends upon

Weather conditions and navigational aids available

Lateral spacing between two runways and weather conditions

Lateral spacing between two runways and navigational aids available

Lateral spacing between two runways, weather conditions and navigational aids available

Correct Answer : Option (D) : Lateral spacing between two runways, weather conditions and navigational aids available