Palestine International Airport (Al-Auja)

Runway Landing Designator Marking

• Purpose.

The runway landing designator marking identifies a runway end.

• Location.

Runway landing designator marking must be located from the runway threshold, as shown

in Figure 10- 2. All dimensions as FAA requirements

• Color.

The FAA requires Runway landing designator markings is white.

• Characteristics.


• A single-digit runway landing designation number is never preceded by a zero.


• The designator number is the whole number nearest one-tenth of the magnetic azimuth along
  the runway centerline when viewed from the direction of approach. For Al-Auja Airport; the
  runway is oriented 360° - 180° )Northward( , the runway designator marking would be 36, 18.


• For parallel runways, each runway landing designator number must be supplemented by a
  letter, in the order from left to right when viewed from the direction of approach.


• Two parallel runways having a magnetic azimuth of 180 degrees are designated “18L”, “36L”
  and “18R”, “36L”.


• The spacing between numbers and letters is 6m as specified in AC 150/5340-1M.