Have you ever wondered why all runways used for take-offs and landings of aircraft are numbered? What is the significance of these numbers and are they just numbered randomly? Actually, the numbers signify the name for every runway, and it is important in helping the Pilot's determine which runway to use. This becomes critical for the Pilot to know at airports with more than one parallel runway used for both takeoff's and landing's.How are the runway numbers determined?Runway numbers are...
Things just keep getting busier at Dubai, the Pearl City of the Gulf. Dubai International (DXB) welcomed over 36.9 million passengers at DXB in the first five months of this year. The average monthly traffic volumes remained high in 2018 at 7.4 million passengers. In addition, passenger traffic for the past 12 months totaled 88,216,118, up 2.6% compared to 85,974,096 recorded during the corresponding period in 2016-2017. India remained the top destination country by passe...