Why are they runways? Why not flyways?
By JoyceP2007
@JoyceP2007 (230)
United States
July 21, 2007 10:12pm CST
Ok if you really think about it, planes fly. They don't have feet to run anywhere. They have wheels to take off. It doesn't make sense to call the strip of pavement that airplanes take off from the runway.
You could say that they're offways but then again there are planes landing on them. So then they'd have to be onways and offways. This of course would be too confusing.
Why not call them flyways? Planes are flying onto them and flying off of them.
Do you think these strips of land should be called runways or flyways or something else? Why do you think this?
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3 responses
@sexyman2514 (38)
• India
30 Oct 07
hmmm.... good question this question comes from a lame man who has no knowledge about it well there are diff headings each and every plane take off or land into the wind which gives them total control of the plane as our friend has cleared why it is called run way instead of flyway, planes roll out thats why they are called runways
@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
19 Dec 07
Like a swan or seabird, a jet aircraft needs a long running start. This running start usually takes place on land, although some planes and birds can do it in water! The jet's wheels act like the bird's feet. As this is done on the ground to get momentum to get in the air, the tarmac is called a 'runway'.
