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What is the relationship between aircraft wing and runway length?
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Pretty much the more efficient the wing design is, the less runway you will need.
The wing of an aircraft is essential because it is tasked with the generation of lift, the force required to both get an aircraft off the ground and the keep it airborne. During take-off, the former is the primary objective of the wing. The better the wing is at generating lift, the faster the aircraft will get off the ground. Accordingly, the less runway length it will use.
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There are a lot of factors that come in to play when it comes to designing a wing, and that is where it gets complicated. Such questions as the following are asked: will the wing be swept or un-swept? Long & slender or short & stubby? Winglets or no winglets? What kind of airfoil? etc. These issues are all addressed during the design process.
Ideally, a wing with an elliptical lift distribution is the most aerodynamically efficient when it comes to generating lift. To attain this, the wing is pretty much shaped like an ellipse (a great historical example is the British Spitfire of WWII). However, elliptical wings are very hard to manufacture (which also leads to them being more expensive than your standard rectangular wing). Accordingly, most aircraft incorporate tapered wings which provide a similar effect to elliptical wings (thought not exactly the same) but are much easier and less expensive to manufacture.
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