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Two airplanes landing at the same time with close proximity (i.imgur.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not necessarily standard, but not likely an emergency. Loads of places have the setup required for parallel landings / takeoffs, it's just usually more efficient to have them alternating

Here's a list of the places that have parallel runways (bottom of the page)