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Originally Posted by RonnieFoos
I've always wondered why Sky Harbor didn't reconfigure the runways to run NE to SW back in the day? Doing so would avoided flight paths over both Downtown Phoenix and Downtown Tempe and everybody would be happy. At least that would have seemed more plausible than creating a completely new airport out in the middle of nowhere  |
Runways are aligned with prevailing winds. Fixed wing aircraft takeoff and land into headwinds. Phoenix winds are predominately east-west. Winds are most often from the west from early March to late September and from the east from late September to early March.