Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I don't know if it was planned this way - but from my understanding, the *new* parallel runway was built to close to the original runway and they will be using the *old* runway as a parallel surface as a taxiway.
This could be an old wive's tale
I don't think XNA is big enough to warrant parallel runways. I think the previous post about needing a new runway was more accurate. It may have something to do with a minimum distance needed between the runway and the parallel taxiway. I know a few airports that had to move the runway further from the taxiway.