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IMRAN HAFEEZ
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 Carefully use weather record from two or more

nearby stations if wind data is not readily available
at the proposed airport site (be very careful of local
weather effects)
 For mountain terrain with data without wind data, the
use of nearby stations is of questionable value.
 Take one year of wind data if possible.
 Use 5-10 years of data for airport planning purposes
(except when you are collecting data yourself.)
How to use WIND ROSE for determining
the Runway Orientation
 Optimum runways directions can be
determined from the wind rose by the use of
a strip of transparent material on which three
parallel and equally spaced lines have been
plotted.
 The middle line represents the runway center
line and the distance between this line &
each outside line is, to scale, equal to
allowable cross wind component
How to use WIND ROSE for determining
the Runway Orientation
 The transparent strip is placed over the wind
rose in such a manner that the center line on
the strip passes through the center of the
wind rose.
 With the center of the wind rose as pivot
point, the transparent overlay is rotated until
the sum of the percentage included between
the outside line is a maximum.
How to use WIND ROSE for determining
the Runway Orientation
 The next step is to read the bearing for the
runway on the outer scale of the wind rose
where the center line on the transparent strip
crosses the direction scale. True north is
used for designating the bearing.
 The next step is to examine wind data during
restricted visibility conditions cited previously.
 Plot a wind rose for this condition.
 From this analysis it can be analyzed that
whether the runways are capable of
accepting planes at 95% of the time when
restricted visibility conditions prevails.