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FIGURE 6-3 Example of intersecting runways: LaGuardia Airport, New York.

this configuration will yield the highest capacity compared with other
configurations. For air traffic control the routing of aircraft in a single
direction is less complex than routing in multiple directions. Com-
paring the divergent configurations, the open-V runway pattern is
more desirable than an intersecting runway configuration. In the
open-V configuration an operating strategy that routes aircraft away
from the V will yield higher capacities than if the operations are
reversed. If intersecting runways cannot be avoided, every effort