The Simple Secret of Runway Digits

truly a moment

Hah! Nice fifth element reference.

The simple, i-need-17-minutes-to-explain-this, secret of runway digits.

Grey please stop flirting with... the universe itself(?)

All along, I thought those numbers on the runway were lucky numbers....

That was a fantastic video. Thank you. Wasn't expecting that.

This is definitely NOT not a physics video!

The only CGP grey video i don't understand

How did we go from runways to the inside of earth?

I really like your metric paper zooming 😀

You can’t beat Physics, it’s everywhere.

Im glad this wasn't a physics video

Grey had too much coffee this morning

Wow

It's just a shorthand for the runway's heading.

Saved y'all 17 minutes.

Video: The “SIMPLE” secret of runway digits

Me: 😵‍💫

Grid, True and Magnetic North, so glad I live where the declination is <1° much less of a pain

As always, a pleasure watching you de-confusing confusion.

this is why there's so much maths in engineering, all of this just to number a runway.

I'm a physics student and OMG the physcis bit was so amazingly done.
The use of true terminology like "curl", explained in such an easy way was stunning. You perfectly described one of Maxwell's equations, the curl of a a magnetic field being proportional to the current passing through, which is in a mathematical notation 🔻xB= mu • J, with the triangle multiplied by B being said curl, J current density and mu the permeability of space.
It's so well done and I didn't expect such an insight into such a complex yet beautiful physics topic in a video about airport runaways
Keep it up friend!

Being honest, I did not expect to find as complicated a topic as electron spin in this video!

halfway through the physics video, i remembered that this started as a video about numbers on airport runways.

When you have to say “this isn’t a physics video” fifteen times… It’s a physics video. 😄

they should have done i like






16LL 16LR 16CL 16CR 16RL 16RR




34LL 34LR 34CL 34CR 34RL 34RR

Magnet lore💀

I just realised, there is no north star when watching the night sky rotate around the pole... or am I to believe the north star isn't actually true geographic north? :(
I mean, I know its not exactly north and it arches a little but its not noticeable and even so, there isn't bright enough star close to the rotation center of the night sky

I love how it's not simple at all.

What is the required crosswind speed when an airplane takes off from a runway?????

I thoroughly enjoy aviation

777

Helm to 108 - thanks for the reference to the best movie ever!

Umeona KCAA? 😃

This videos already has voice in spanish? this channel among others are pure gold (speaking of knowledge)
It would be nice try to put my voice over it to share this content to the world😳💜

Grey is smart and all, but also he didnt have airplane mode on. (just a joke ofc)

Wait, are we talking about magnets or airplane runways?

phenomenal video

how hard would it have been to do 34A, 34B, 34C and so on? misaligning the numbers is super weird, i agree with you, me don't like it

I gotta say this video made me laugh more than once. Who knew runway numbers had so much too them? :D

WHY NOT 18-1, 18-2, 18-3 ;-;

Insanely excited about seeing KCAA here 😂

The amount of details made topic so so clear fr, even for those who don't know A of aviation can understand the video very well I believe. This is one of the best explanation for the runway number thing

I'm in eight grade, and in an airport numbers video, Grey summarized my seventh and eight grade science education.