Google Earth and the Wind Stats
Why are airport runways built in a certain direction? Ideally planes like to take off and land into the wind. The Wind Stats website gives the prevailing wind as a circular histogram, and Google Earth can zoom in on a runway - did they get it right? We fly to the little coastal town of Mackay in Queensland to find out.
Why is Mackay’s runway labelled ‘32’?
The Wind Stats website gives the prevailing wind as a circular histogram, and Google Earth can zoom in on a runway - did they get it right? We fly to the little coastal town of Mackay in Queensland to find out.
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