ORIGINAL: Mr67Stang
Guvar, put a wind sock out in the area you want to put your runway and watch it for a while (weeks, months) and cut your runway in the same direction as the prevailing winds in your area.
That's exactly what one of my clubs in Calif. did. The runway was perfect for the prevailing wind directions. Then during the turn of the season the wind would come in from the opposite direction. I was both shocked and amazed at how many people couldn't land from right to left. You do tend to get into a habit. One day I took a pilot that couldn't take off or land in what he thought of as the wrong direction across to the other side of the runway, problem solved.
