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Old 10th Feb 2011, 16:30
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White Knight
 
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Originally Posted by big pistons forever
The weather was reported as fog with 375 meters vis and the cloud base was 100 ft. Since this was a Cat 1 approach there is no way you can have had the required visual references to land when at the DH
I have personally seen Cork go from CAVOK to below CAT II from TOD to arriving at the LOC... (Off to Shannon we went) Vice versa, I've seen Cork go from NO-GO to CAT I in a couple of minutes. Ergo your comment vis a vis 375m/100' doesn't mean anything at this airport. Cork airport is on top of a cloudy and windy hill.... The weather changes very rapidly!

Besides - I've been cleared for CAT I approach (this is back in the 90s') only to be given RVR of 300m with the landing clearance As I say this was a while ago... Otherwise Cork is a great airport to operate to!
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