From Reuters.
"With O'Hare being the busiest airport in the world, anything that we can do safely to increase the number of flights the airport can handle is a benefit to the traveling public," Shumann said. The new procedure will decrease the distance between aircraft at O'Hare to allow for more departures on an east-west runway, called 27 Left, and more arrivals on the intersecting runway, 14 Right.
The current rule requires about 10,000 feet between aircraft. That means that a plane taking off has to be through the intersection before a landing plane is over the end of the runway, Shumann said. Under the new rule, a plane taking off from runway 27 Left can be passing through the intersection while a plane that has landed and is slowing down on 14 Right is within 5,000 feet of the intersection."
This doesn't sound like the best idea to me but....
"With O'Hare being the busiest airport in the world, anything that we can do safely to increase the number of flights the airport can handle is a benefit to the traveling public," Shumann said. The new procedure will decrease the distance between aircraft at O'Hare to allow for more departures on an east-west runway, called 27 Left, and more arrivals on the intersecting runway, 14 Right.
The current rule requires about 10,000 feet between aircraft. That means that a plane taking off has to be through the intersection before a landing plane is over the end of the runway, Shumann said. Under the new rule, a plane taking off from runway 27 Left can be passing through the intersection while a plane that has landed and is slowing down on 14 Right is within 5,000 feet of the intersection."
This doesn't sound like the best idea to me but....