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Old 05-July-2006, 10:39 PM
Dave J Dave J is offline
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Originally Posted by Erik Freitag
No, if your electrical system fails and the only thing working in the cockpit is your magnetic compass, it turns out to be easier to find the runway using magnetic north.

As an example, here are the magnetic and true headings for runway 9L-27R at the Oakland, CA airport:

Runway heading: 096 magnetic, 112 true 276 magnetic, 292 true
Come to Denver...they have 16L&R, and 17L&R, all pointed 350/170 (no dummy...your OTHER right!!!)
Atlanta Hartsfield also has such a setup I believe...
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