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When segregated operations apply on two parallel runways, how will the two runways be used?

  • A

    One runway will be used only for takeoffs, and the other runway will be used only for landings.

  • B

    Both runways will alternate between takeoffs and landings.

  • C

    One runway will be used predominantly for takeoffs, with landings permitted as needed.

  • D

    Both runways will be used exclusively for arrivals.

Learning Objective 010.06.07.01.02: Describe the following different operations: simultaneous instrument departures; segregated parallel approaches/departures; semi-mixed and mixed operations.
Source: ICAO Doc 8168, Volume III, Section 3, Chapter 1

Modes of operation for parallel runways (ICAO Doc 8168 Volume III):

  • simultaneous parallel approaches (approaches on both runways)
    • dependent parallel approaches
    • independent parallel approaches
  • simultaneous parallel departures (departures on both runways)
  • segragated parallel operations (approaches on one runway and departures on the other runway)
  • semi-mixed operations (one runway has a fixed role, but the other runway can perform either approaches or departures)
  • mixed operations (both approaches and departures at each runway)

ICAO Doc 8168 Volume III - Definitions

Segregated parallel operations. Simultaneous operations on parallel or near-parallel instrument runways in which one runway is used exclusively for approaches and the other runway is used exclusively for departures.

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