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====Runway 23L - rotation and take-off==== | ====Runway 23L - rotation and take-off==== | ||
[[Image:Runway 2 landing manchester.JPGZthumb|right|A Thomsonly 737-300 lands on Runway 05R]] | |||
The second option is to walk from the hotel back to the roundabout. On the other side of the road you just came in on, you will see a footpath of steep steps rising to the top of the hill. Follow this path for roughly 15 minutes past the side of the new fire station and up to the runway security fence. | The second option is to walk from the hotel back to the roundabout. On the other side of the road you just came in on, you will see a footpath of steep steps rising to the top of the hill. Follow this path for roughly 15 minutes past the side of the new fire station and up to the runway security fence. | ||
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As an alternative, turn left after the fire station and follow the path downhill to the lowest lowest point of the valley. Then turn right and follow the river through the tunnel under runway 2. As you exit the tunnel turn right up the hill for a viewing spot half way between runway 1 and runway 2 | As an alternative, turn left after the fire station and follow the path downhill to the lowest lowest point of the valley. Then turn right and follow the river through the tunnel under runway 2. As you exit the tunnel turn right up the hill for a viewing spot half way between runway 1 and runway 2 | ||
Please note that runway 2 is usually closed between | Please note that runway 2 is usually closed between 12:00 and 15;00 hours. Also check before making any journey which way the aircraft are flying!. For approx 20% of the year, the wind shifts and the flying changes direction. | ||
===South Side (Runway 1 - 05L/23R)=== | ===South Side (Runway 1 - 05L/23R)=== | ||