# Will circular runways ever take off?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-circular-runways-ever-take-off/782318>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 16, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-circular-runways-ever-take-off/782318 "2017-03-16T16:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-circular-runways-ever-take-off/782318/1 "2017-03-16T16:33:34Z")

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I just saw a video on the BBC postulating the idea of a circular runway with all the terminal buildings in the middle.

What do our resident airline people think of it?

> **[Will circular runways ever take off?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/magazine-39284294)**
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> Could circular runways be the future of air travel? Video journalist Dougal Shaw went to meet aviation expert Henk Hesselink of the Netherlands Aerospace Centre.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-circular-runways-ever-take-off/782318/2 "2017-03-16T16:41:56Z")

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Existing thread, started earlier today, in MPSIMS:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821682](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821682)

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-circular-runways-ever-take-off/782318/3 "2017-03-16T19:02:22Z")

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Not if they’re on treadmills.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-circular-runways-ever-take-off/782318/4 "2017-03-16T20:21:27Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> Existing thread, started earlier today, in MPSIMS:
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821682](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821682)

Since the OP is asking for opinions, and there is an existing thread in a more appropriate forum, I’m closing this.