Re:Tampa Airport: Moving magnetic poles forces runway changes
by AndrewDucker on Friday January 07, 2011 @11:24AM
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Thankfully, runways are numbered with _both_ numbers. So 18/36 or 9/27. Total reversal would leave the numbers the same...
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Re:Tampa Airport: Moving magnetic poles forces runway changes
by yogipatel on Friday January 07, 2011 @01:39PM
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No, they'd still have to be swapped (under the current scheme of runway numbering). If you're landing on runway 18, you know your compass better be reading ~180° (after correction for deviation). Similarly, when taking off from runway 18, your compass should read the same.
You can see just how much the magnetic variation changes around the world in this graphic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_Magnetic_Field_Decli...