This chart is something I found now I have a little more time:
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0805/00625AD.PDF (PDF warning)
It shows the general ground layout of KPIE/PIE St Petersburg/Clearwater International, Florida.
The gist:
There are four physical strips of concrete, making a total of eight runways, since each strip can be used in two directions. They are numbered 17L (left), 17R (Right), 35L, 35R, 27, 9, 22, 4. The numbers refer to the rough compass heading on each runway - runway 9 is pointing roughly 90 degrees compass heading, rounded. So the same strip, when used in the opposite direction, is runway 27 - it points roughly 270 degrees. When referring to that actual piece of concrete, we could call it “runway 9/27”. The “left” and “right” designations are used when two runways have the same compass orientation. So at KPIE 17L and 17R are parallel, as we can see from the chart.
Now assume that a departing aircraft will fly the runway heading for a few miles after takeoff. After that, it will join a published pattern for departures, depending on where it is ultimately headed. Those are the SIDs I mentioned earlier. The noise issue is most critical when our plane is close to the ground, so procedures may involve steep climbouts and perhaps some twists and turns, depending on the local geography. The general idea is to get the engine noise away from the ground as quickly as safely possible.
Other notes on that chart:
In the top left, it gives radio frequencies, starting with the ATIS (Air Terminal Information Service, I think, don’t quote me on that), which is a basic recorded announcement giving general weather conditions, runways in use and other basic information that may be useful to pilots. Other frequencies listed are the control tower, ground control and “Clearance Delivery”, which basically approves filed flight plans before the aircraft actually moves anywhere.
The elevation of each runway threshold (the point where aircraft should ideally touch down) is given in feet above sea level. This is useful information since an aircraft’s altimeter reads this way. That is, it shows altitude above sea level, not above the ground. It is thus helpful to know the altitude of your landing runway. Over most of the USA, I could quite safely fly at 20,000 feet, but that wouldn’t work over the Himalayas.
Next to each runway on the chart is the length X width of the runway in feet. So, for example, runway 17L/35R is 9730 feet long by 150 feet wide. That, incidentally, is quite long.
The precise compass heading of the runways are also quoted in the chart.
A SID chart, which I haven’t yet found for KPIE, would also list required altitudes for specific points on the route. Some of these altitudes may be defined by local obstructions - mountains and so on, but others could be specified for noise abatement reasons.