Runway Lengths - feet or meters?

[Jabiru7252]

In my ERSA, INTRO-9 section 14.1 it clearly states runway lengths are shown as multiples of 100 feet but throughout ERSA all runway lengths are shown in metres. So, what am I missing here?

 

 

[ossie]

In my ERSA, INTRO-9 section 14.1 it clearly states runway lengths are shown as multiples of 100 feet but throughout ERSA all runway lengths are shown in metres. So, what am I missing here?

ERSA does the conversion to feet for you (in hundreds of feet).

 

for example.....

 

YWOL airport diagram shows RWY 16/34 length to be 1819 metres.

 

The Physical Characteristics shows a length of 60a, the conversion is - 1819m x 3.281 = 5968.139ft, so the 60a means the RWY is between 5900ft to 6000ft and the surface is asphalt or bitumen.

 

Hope this helps.