BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caM to AskACanadian@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agoMontrealers, do (most) planes at Trudeau airport land and take off towards the South-West? That would put it over the water, so the noise wouldn't be as bad.message-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareMontrealers, do (most) planes at Trudeau airport land and take off towards the South-West? That would put it over the water, so the noise wouldn't be as bad.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caM to AskACanadian@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoPlanes take off and land into the wind so they don’t crash. Runways are built in the directions wind blows, and wind direction tends to be pretty consistant, so an airport’s runways often all face the same direction.
Planes take off and land into the wind so they don’t crash. Runways are built in the directions wind blows, and wind direction tends to be pretty consistant, so an airport’s runways often all face the same direction.