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To: David Isaac

I googled for what percent incline but failed to find it. Does anyone here know what percent slope or incline that runway has? I suspect some civilian stateside runways may have similar slopes.


4 posted on 02/13/2008 2:48:06 AM PST by Solitar ("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
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To: Solitar

From Google Earth—

SW end elevation ~1126 ft

NE end elevation ~1179 ft

Length ~10 000 ft

So slope is upward to the NE 53 in 10 000, or .0053, or 0.3 degrees.

BTW, off both ends there are dropoffs on the order of 200 feet. These may be a factor in the optical illusions.


10 posted on 02/13/2008 7:15:18 AM PST by Erasmus (Exile from Gondwanaland)
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