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Old 5th May 2015, 20:46
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LCY Tonight

Earlier this evening FR24 showed a number of LCY inbounds holding around FL20-25 in the Honiley area. Once released they were taking a circuitous route almost as far as Clacton before routing up the river to destination.

At least one (BCY from Dublin landing at LUT) diverted.

What was the issue?

Wind?
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2000 to 2500 feet in the Honiley area? I seriously think not.
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Oops typo. Should of course have read FL200-250
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Hi airbanda

Yes you are right. The wind caused quite a bit of disruption to arrivals into LCY last night. Arriving aircraft were asked to hold at HON & WCO. It was purely down to the backlog of arrivals.
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Originally Posted by Airbanda
a circuitous route almost as far as Clacton before routing up the river to destination
…which is the STandard ARrival, BKY-BRAIN-MAYLA-SPEAR
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which is the STandard ARrival, BKY-BRAIN-MAYLA-SPEAR
Indeed, but most flights cut the corner and route BPK>LAM (or vicinity) to westerly finals @ LCY. Having been three or four times round a HON hold is it surprising that some services may be too low on fuel to do the full STAR?
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