North Runway Dublin Airport

born2bwild

Hi, this has probably been asked and answered a billion times on here already but here goes:
When/why/under which circumstances is the runway where planes land coming from the north at Dublin airport used?
I see them sometimes coming in this way (I live nearby) and it's the cheapest thrill in Dublin to drive up and wait under the flight path on the back road.

globemaster1986

Depends on the wind direction. Aircraft usually try and land heading into the wind

ian_m

It is generally used when the wind is blowing from the south or when the other runway is closed for maintenance.

IngazZagni

Yeah it's used when there are strong southerly winds.

STEVE35

Should be in use over the next few days as strong to gale force southerly winds developing from tomorrow.

Bearcat

from a drivers pov, its a pig of a rwy in the dark......no centre line lights and non standard of 60m wide as against 45m wide.....perspective in the pitch black, with driving rain and gusty winds can lead to a to early flare which is not what you want. Rwy itself is smooth.

Tropheus

May not be greating flying into it, but it's great for plane spotting. You can't get anywhere closer to the action than RWY 16. Always good for go-arounds in high winds too:)

Bearcat

You guys are lookin for the action and we are trying to avoid it!!!

lord lucan

Bearcat wrote: »

You guys are lookin for the action and we are trying to avoid it!!!

Spotters: Woohoo,a go around,deadly!

Flight crew: Contact line maintenance and tell them we need 2 new pairs of jocks!

:pac::pac::pac:

Tenger

ksimpson wrote: »

May not be greating flying into it, but it's great for plane spotting. You can't get anywhere closer to the action than RWY 16. Always good for go-arounds in high winds too:)

I have a great memory from about 6-8 years ago. Winds were so high in DUB that the jetbridges were out of service. We landed in from LHR (sporty) and knew we had a long delay before our next departure. We were allocated parking at the old remote stands opposite Pier C (facing the threshold of the runway)

So we sat there for about 2 hours in the cockpit drinking tea and watching the go-arounds and hard landings of many aircraft. (Incidently we spotted a wing strike and the captain reported it to airport ops)

Now that was a ringside seat!!

Plowman

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