Palestine International Airport (Al-Auja)

(Noor Al-Dian Rabaya) #1

Based on the wind coverage analysis with 16 knots crosswinds, any direction will achieve
about 100% wind coverage. This percentage is exceeding 95.0%, so a crosswind runway
is not required.
As for selecting the most appropriate direction for the runway, other factors further than
wind direction were taken into consideration; to obtain safe operations without any
obstacles.
The runway is oriented 360° - 180° ) Northward (.


Figure 6 - 2 Al-Auja Airport Runway's Direction

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