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The LARGE numbers at the end of the runway is the Heading of the runway but divided by 10. So a Runway 36 means you would fly a heading of 360 degrees based on the compass directions. If you flew past the runway and turned around to land, the marking would read 18 for 180 degree heading. The opposite end is 180 degrees different. Letters- For large airports, they will have two parallel runways so they can land 2 aircraft at same time. One will be marke 36L and one 36R. If they have three runways, they can have a 36C or simply rotate it 10 degrees and call it 35.

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