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Simultaneous Localizer 22 and Localizer 17 Approaches at KMSP
This has to be my favorite TRACON photo out of all of them.
The single letters indicate the radar contact positions of aircraft being controlled by Minneapolis Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). The 'S' stands for SOUTH controller, the dude in charge of the south of the two runways. Similarly, the 'N' stands for an airplane being controlled by the NORTH controller. Other letters signify different controllers in charge of different airspaces.
Usually the parallel runways are being used (12L+12R or 30L+30R). However, at this point in time runway 12R/30L was closed for resurfacing and maintenance, and with winds out of the southeast, they had to use converging approaches: Localizer 17 and Localizer 22 approaches. This is extremely rare. You can see the stream of SOUTH arrivals coming in on the dashed line (heading ~170 magnetic, nearly south), which is the localizer for runway 17. The L22 (Localizer22 ~heading 220 magnetic) approaches are traveling southwest. Below each airplane identifier is L17 (Localizer17 approach) or L22 and the type of aircraft (BE80 = Beechcraft Baron, CRJ2 = CRJ, SF34 = Saab, B752=Boeing 757, A320=Airbus A320).
Simultaneous Localizer 22 and Localizer 17 Approaches at KMSP
This has to be my favorite TRACON photo out of all of them.
The single letters indicate the radar contact positions of aircraft being controlled by Minneapolis Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). The 'S' stands for SOUTH controller, the dude in charge of the south of the two runways. Similarly, the 'N' stands for an airplane being controlled by the NORTH controller. Other letters signify different controllers in charge of different airspaces.
Usually the parallel runways are being used (12L+12R or 30L+30R). However, at this point in time runway 12R/30L was closed for resurfacing and maintenance, and with winds out of the southeast, they had to use converging approaches: Localizer 17 and Localizer 22 approaches. This is extremely rare. You can see the stream of SOUTH arrivals coming in on the dashed line (heading ~170 magnetic, nearly south), which is the localizer for runway 17. The L22 (Localizer22 ~heading 220 magnetic) approaches are traveling southwest. Below each airplane identifier is L17 (Localizer17 approach) or L22 and the type of aircraft (BE80 = Beechcraft Baron, CRJ2 = CRJ, SF34 = Saab, B752=Boeing 757, A320=Airbus A320).