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Figure 11.2 shows Birmingham (UK) airport
layout – a mid-size regional airport with crossed
runway design. Figure 11.3 shows a large
national airport with a crossed and indepen­
dent parallel runway layout.

Fig. 11.3 A crossed and independent parallel runway
layout

11.1.4 Aircraft:airport compatibility
A prime issue in the design of a new airport, or
the upgrading of an existing one, is
aircraft:airport compatibility. Aircraft and
airport design both have long lead times, which
means that new airports have to be designed to
meet the constraints of existing and planned
aircraft designs, and vice versa. These
constraints extend across the various elements
of airport design, i.e. runway length, width and