Runway 34 Melbourne

Most mornings the Katabatic winds from the Great Dividing Range determine that the runway for the international arrivals will be on runway 34. That is, if you are sitting on the threshold waiting to take off, the magnetic heading will be 340 degrees. You drop the zero, so the name of the runway is runway 34.

To find an airport in a big city at night, look for the dark area, it makes the runway's approach lighting stand out.

Here the runway is the red line in the middle of the picture and the A380's heading is pointing the left. The wind from the left causes the aircraft to drift onto the correct track.