Flightradar24 Thread Part II

Growler!!!

Good for take off. Bad for landing:D

fr336

Growler!!! wrote: »

Good for take off. Bad for landing:D

Isn't that always the way...

CardinalJ

RAF Spitfire over peterborough

http://fr24.com/TE311/69e9383

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Growler!!! wrote: »

Good for take off. Bad for landing:D

Hardly good
Question though, does fog affect take off at all?

Also it's probably likely that the fog won't materialise until 1am and it will be gone again before the first arrival.

Growler!!!

Carnacalla wrote: »

Hardly good
Question though, does fog affect take off at all?

Also it's probably likely that the fog won't materialise until 1am and it will be gone again before the first arrival.

I'm more concerned for the first departures in the morning!

For us once there is 125m Runway Visual Range, we can take off. We need 300m for landing. SNN and DUB look good for take off alternates should the fog linger in the morning.

fr336

Growler!!! wrote: »

I'm more concerned for the first departures in the morning!

For us once there is 125m Runway Visual Range, we can take off. We need 300m for landing. SNN and DUB look good for take off alternates should the fog linger in the morning.

:D:D

Peregrine

Growler!!! wrote: »

SNN and DUB look good for take off alternates should the fog linger in the morning.

How do you take off from another airport? :P

fr336

Nim wrote: »

How do you take off from another airport? :P

I think it was one of Growler's more subtle jokes...worked for me

Fred Swanson

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Fred Swanson wrote: »

Taxi onto the M1/M50 down the M7!

Jaysus you wouldn't want to be taxing to a foggy airport!

drdeadlift

fr336 wrote: »

Yeah but still, am I alone here

No im also slowly going blind too.I think the text colour doesnt help

Growler!!!

fr336 wrote: »

:D:D

Nim wrote: »

How do you take off from another airport? :P

You don't:)

A take off alternate is an airport you can go to if the weather at your departure airport is within limits for take off but not for landing.

As above, we can take off in 125m but only land in 300m. A take off alternate must be nominated before departure to remain legal.

A destination alternate is what's more commonly spoken about:D

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Im confused....

Peregrine

Growler!!! wrote: »

You don't:)

A take off alternate is an airport you can go to if the weather at your departure airport is within limits for take off but not for landing.

As above, we can take off in 125m but only land in 300m. A take off alternate must be nominated before departure to remain legal.

A destination alternate is what's more commonly spoken about:D

That makes a lot more sense. I don't why I didn't think of that

fr336

So it wasn't a joke then? Well bah humbug to you.

Growler!!!

Carnacalla wrote: »

Im confused....

If the RVR is 200m, I can take off. If a problem occurs on takeoff and I have to land I cannot land where I took off from as I need 300m RVR.

So where do I go? The take off alternate, probably SNN.

Hope that helps.

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Growler!!! wrote: »

If the RVR is 200m, I can take off. If a problem occurs on takeoff and I have to land I cannot land where I took off from as I need 300m RVR.

So where do I go? The take off alternate, probably SNN.

Hope that helps.

Now I understand, thanks .

Then the flight is either cancelled or flown from the alternate airport?

Growler!!!

Nim wrote: »

That makes a lot more sense. I don't why I didn't think of that

Ha ha, unless you're used to ORK then it's normally never spoken about:D

fr336 wrote: »

So it wasn't a joke then? Well bah humbug to you.

humbug? Reminds me to do my Christmas shopping early again this year:D:D

Growler!!!

Carnacalla wrote: »

Now I understand, thanks .

Then the flight is either cancelled or flown from the alternate airport?

Depends on the problem.

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Growler!!! wrote: »

Depends on the problem.

In the case of fog that's not forecast to clear.

Growler!!!

Carnacalla wrote: »

In the case of fog that's not forecast to clear.

I'm talking about a technical problem that requires an immediate landing.

Fog that doesn't clear is a problem for the return leg. If a diversion is required then it will be called a destination alternate. Oh, and you'll need two of them then!

Confused?? Try thinking about all this on the fly (pun intended for Fr336:pac::pac::D)

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Fog expected for NOC until 11am as well visibility 200m.

Trebor176

Two MD-11s over Ireland now!

http://www.flightradar24.com/UPS214/69e94be

smurfjed

If the RVR is 200m, I can take off. If a problem occurs on takeoff and I have to land I cannot land where I took off from as I need 300m RVR.

To expand on what Growler is saying.... he needs 200 meters to takeoff, but if he then suffers an engine failure or similar he cannot land in that airport, so he must divert.....

99.9% of the time, passengers will never know that this alternate airport is planned.

smurfjed

Actually Carnacalla, thats a TEMPO until 11z....

kub

Ryanair 1, the mechanics tidy little tool box is heading in SNN right now

mr.anonymous

The highest I've seen on FR24. 55,700ft at time of writing. The aircraft is a military bomber introduced in 1954!

fr336

kub wrote: »

Ryanair 1, the mechanics tidy little tool box is heading in SNN right now

Only left at 1:30, now on way back into STN!

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Straight over Luton at 9,000ft.

fr336

Carnacalla wrote: »

Straight over Luton at 9,000ft.

I think that counts as a flypast.