[Moose4]

It looks like he taxiied out of the terminal, got on taxiway A to the end of runway 26, and instead of continuing across runway 26 to taxiway A7 and then taking that dogleg over to 22, he just turned left onto 26 and took off. I would love to see what the runway/taxiway signage looks like right there.

Another question. I'm assuming, since KLEX is a fairly big airport, that 04/22 is lit full-time? 08/26 isn't--there's a note about "MIRL out of service." Are the MIRL the runway edge lights? And is 04/22 not lit full-time?

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[Sting 11]

4/22 would be lit sunset to sunrise. MIRL stands for "medium intensity runway lights", and yes, those are the runway edge lights. So, 8/26 would not be lit at all, and if LEX is on eastern daylight time (are they? I don't know), it would still be dark at 6:00am.

Also, along taxiway A at the intersection of runway 8/26, there would be big red signs with white lettering that say "8-26" on them.

These are all reasons why the runway 26 scenario is almost inconceivable...but at this point, apparently true.