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Boeing 737-800 (N530AS) - Although runway 17L was the designated arrival-departure runway, ASA's N530AS is captured here as the first of three "wrong way" departures from the other end of 17L ... runway 35R.br /br /Departing toward the direction of oncoming aircraft making landing approaches is (to put it lightly) frowned upon. However, the circumstances that existed at this time necessitated the decision to have aircraft arriving at RNO use the designated runway (17L-35R) while aircraft departing use the opposite end (35R-17L) and take off toward the approach path of arriving planes.br /The ATC personnel in the RNO tower handled the situation quite proficiently. Departures such as this Alaska Boeing and a United and Delta aircraft were queued at the 35R end of 17L and landing aircraft were given priority. Then, when the approach route to 17L was clear and airspace north of RNO was empty, the aircraft in the queue at 35R were cleared to take off. It was all very "routinely' handled, despite the increased stress caused by the heavy smoke and ash being blown into the southern end of the airport by the high winds from the southwest that were whipping up the Davis wildfire just a few miles SW of the airport. And added to the danger of the thick smoke and ash at low altitude level was the presence of 15 firefighting aircraft (jets, props, and helicopters) operating in the airspace just south of runway 17L-35R.
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Boeing 737-800 (N530AS)

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Although runway 17L was the designated arrival-departure runway, ASA's N530AS is captured here as the first of three "wrong way" departures from the other end of 17L ... runway 35R.

Departing toward the direction of oncoming aircraft making landing approaches is (to put it lightly) frowned upon. However, the circumstances that existed at this time necessitated the decision to have aircraft arriving at RNO use the designated runway (17L-35R) while aircraft departing use the opposite end (35R-17L) and take off toward the approach path of arriving planes.
The ATC personnel in the RNO tower handled the situation quite proficiently. Departures such as this Alaska Boeing and a United and Delta aircraft were queued at the 35R end of 17L and landing aircraft were given priority. Then, when the approach route to 17L was clear and airspace north of RNO was empty, the aircraft in the queue at 35R were cleared to take off. It was all very "routinely' handled, despite the increased stress caused by the heavy smoke and ash being blown into the southern end of the airport by the high winds from the southwest that were whipping up the Davis wildfire just a few miles SW of the airport. And added to the danger of the thick smoke and ash at low altitude level was the presence of 15 firefighting aircraft (jets, props, and helicopters) operating in the airspace just south of runway 17L-35R.

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Gary SchenauerPhoto Uploader
There are 3 runways at RNO; however, two of the three are closed. The only open runway is the second-longest one ... 17L-35R ... which is 9000 feet long. Repairs to the intersection of runways 17R-35L and 8-26 are being made, with the obvious result being that both of those runways are closed.
Darryl Sarno
Great perspective with the mountains in back! Well done!
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07-Apr-2025 B738Milwaukee Mitchell Intl Airport ()Seattle-Tacoma Intl () 15:08 CDT 17:12 PDT Scheduled
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06-Apr-2025 B738Lihue ()Seattle-Tacoma Intl () 13:13 HST 21:10 PDT Scheduled
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03-Apr-2025 B738Okc Will Rogers Intl ()Okc Will Rogers Intl () 18:40 CDT 20:09 CDT 1:29
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