In message , at 12:00:56 on
Thu, 13 Oct 2011, Bruce remarked:
Confused, yes some might be. But don't miss the essential point that
when people say Gatwick is a "one runway" airport, what that means is
"only one runway in operation at any particular time".

Gatwick is a one runway airport with a parallel taxiway that can be
pressed into service as an emergency runway in a severely limited
range of conditions. It is not routinely used.

But it won't matter how many times you are told that, will it? You
will continue spouting the same nonsense, because you are Roland
Perry, and the Gatwick airport on your planet has two runways. ;-)

Steady on, I'm the person here most in tune with your interpretation.
It's the "two proper runways" impression that I'm trying to defuse.

I regard it as one runway, plus a rarely used alternative (the taxiway
with its own runway number).
--
Roland Perry