Timeline for Why might an airliner fly a large U-turn before landing?
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| Jan 28, 2019 at 18:00 | comment | added | StephenS | FYI, the reason that the arrows between the stacks and the runways are so fat is that exactly where each plane turns will vary as needed to establish proper separation for merging traffic streams and variations in the ground speed in each direction due to wind intensity. | |
| Oct 15, 2017 at 13:04 | comment | added | David Richerby | The prevailing wind at Heathrow (and, indeed, in most of the UK) is from the west, so the diagram shows the most common scenario. | |
| Oct 13, 2017 at 19:16 | history | edited | user14897 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 13, 2017 at 19:13 | history | edited | Trevor_G | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 13, 2017 at 19:07 | history | edited | Trevor_G | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 13, 2017 at 17:13 | history | answered | Trevor_G | CC BY-SA 3.0 |