Tuesday, July 17, 2012

San Jose Airport Takeoff Clearance

On a recent flight, we landed at SJC airport on the left runway, 30L. There is some construction there as they seem to be converting what used to be runway 11/29 into a taxiway so the airport diagram no longer matches the actual airport configuration. We exited the runway on Golf and requested taxi back for takeoff. The taxi clearance was taxi to 30L via Whiskey One, Delta, Whiskey. Upon reaching the end of the taxiway we saw the runway entrance sign as pictured below. As you can see, the runway entrance sign is slightly different than the usual sign in that it has both runway #s (12R and 30L) which indicates that this is not the start of the runway, however this is where SJC tower expects you to depart. So your clearance will explicitly state Runway 30L at Bravo, cleared for takeoff. The read back should also indicate 30L at Bravo.

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