GC3XWRC Traditional Cache AIRPLANE LOVERS - "THREE FIVE LEFT"
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: RckMtnMic @ | Hide Date: 10/01/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 34.120 W104° 39.637 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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I  have enjoyed hiding caches for everyone, and I've wanted to make them fun and educational for everyone. I am an aviation enthusiast ans so I decided to start a series on aviation - I hope you will enjoy it!

This is the second in my series called "Airplane Lovers, which I call "THREE FIVE LEFT". Here is why ...

Delbert Road happens to be straight in line with a runway called "THREE FIVE LEFT. Airplanes that are cleared for landing on this runway will line up in a direction of 350 degrees, and since there are two of them, they are called "LEFT" and "RIGHT". They will sometimes line up on this heading for about 20-30 miles out. In other words, you might see them flight straight over Delbert Road as they line for landing on this runway, a good place to see all kinds of airplanes fly over.

Denver is huge international airport. It has6 long runways pointed in many directions to accommodate the changing winds (airplanes try to land 'into the wind' as much as possible), and can land just about any kind of aircraft - almost. More on that in my cache on A380's. The two runways that are used the most frequent for landing though are "THREE FIVE LEFT" and THREE FIVE RIGHT". When the winds are more westerly the landing pattern will switch to "TWO SIX". As you already guessed, those numbers relate to the magnetic heading of the runway

THIS IS A TOP-DOWN VIEW OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL.

Denver is very busy place! This Google Earth snapshot gives you an idea with all the runways going everywhere. Now you can see the directions they take. The lower two are Runway "THREE FIVE LEFT" and THREE FIVE RIGHT".

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12 Logs: Found it 11  Didn't find it 1  

Found it 03/24/2019 By Lifesaverlover
First time out. Great fun!

Found it 03/24/2019 By LukeAndLisaR
Our first cache! Thanks for the new hobby!

Found it 03/24/2019 By jmsoiza2015
My first one! Awesome and thanks

Found it 11/09/2018 By ericmillerfire
Fi

Didn't find it 10/26/2018 By Bobross4201
Tiny didn’t want to check in the rocks in case of wildlife

Found it 09/01/2018 By DOUG&CINDY09
Out grabbing some caches with LandD7475 we made a quick grab TFTC SL D&D

Found it 09/01/2018 By LandD7475
TFTC out with Doug&Cindy09 singed log D&D.

Found it 08/20/2018 By Abraxas
Found this cache because it was nearest the county highpoint! The log was sopping wet. Picture to come. None-the-less, thanks for the cache! They are building right next door. I imagine this cache will be property five years hence.

Found it 07/24/2018 By lifed49
I was doing a late night cache run for the Hidden Creatures. Glad to find a few strings of caches. Thanks for putting it out. TFTC

Found it 07/02/2018 By Madsadog
It is really tiny but we found it

Found it 06/19/2018 By ladditude
Best geocaching buddies, DASHON visiting here from California and we decided to do a day of caching together! The weather was perfect, the fun together even better! Thanks to all you COs who placed these caches and keep them maintained. TFTC SL

Found it 06/19/2018 By DASHON
Visiting from California with our friends Ladditude, who introduced us to Geocaching in 2004. Enjoyed the beautiful Colorado sky and picked up 35 caches on the run. Thanks to the CO's for placing these great caches. SL