By using the fourth runway, Frankfurt Airport is able for the first time to handle simultaneous parallel landings, because the distance between the north and the north-west runways is 1,400 m (4,593 ft).
第四條跑道的啟用使得法蘭克福機場首次能夠進行獨立平行降落，這是因為西北與北跑道間的距離為1,400公尺(4,593 ft)。