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Old October 16th, 2006, 19:49   #8
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Default Re: Exiting a runway on to the active runway

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Both times I landed at Kalamazoo Michigan, I was Instructed (on my progressive taxi) to turn left onto another runway off the active and didn't touch taxiway until basically I was right in front of the FBO. Granted, less traffic there, and runway winds, AND tower was the same guy as ground...The other runway was just the easiest way to get to where I was going. It was a straight shot and the taxiway system from where I was would have led me in a huge circle around the airport.

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That's pretty typical, depending upon who is working tower/ground (when combined). There is a taxiway (foxtrot) that is parallel to that runway (9/27), but it is skinnier than most and they will often (usually?) send planes down the runway instead. FBO is at the west end of 9/27.
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