The two runways are only a couple miles apart and run in pretty much the same direction.
The main difference is the one is 3 times longer.
i know, i used to live in Tampa... the length would be the hardest thing to miss, but, seeing all those little planes on the ramp and NEITHER ONE of them thought a thing about it??? but i guess if they didn't give the length of the runway a second thought, well...
and what about the tower?
and one’s rated for 200,000 lbs....
the AC weights 170,900 empty
Sounds like what happened to Comair Flight 191 out of Lexington back in August 2006. They were supposed to take off from runway 22, which was over 7,000-feet long, but instead tried to take off from runway 26, which was only 3,500 feet long. Forty-nine of the fifty people onboard died in the crash.
Always double chec the ILS identifier.
Always double chec the ILS identifier.
MacDill runway is approximately 30 and 210.
Not kinda same direction!
When I was in the Air Force I was the Air Traffic Control Officer and one of the favorite jokes of our FAA guys went like this
"Control Center this is Flight 255 and we wish landing instruction" Flight 255 you are cleared to land on R 90.
At the same time Flight 644 calls, control this is flight 644 and request landing instructions. Control responds Flight 644 you are cleared to land on runway K 270. (The flights are cleared to the same runway from direct opposite direction)
The pilots scream "Control you've cleared us to land on the same runway from opposite directions!"
Control replies
Y'all be careful now, Ya Hear!
I was stationed in Texas!
Ha! Ha!