Originally Posted by
Johnny F@rt Pants
I am a professional and I have had to tech stop en route from ACE to the U.K. in the past. It isn’t common, but it does happen. ACE isn’t the longest of runways, and if you have to take off towards the hills you are take off weight restricted. This means that, with a heavy load on, and perhaps a headwind thus requiring more fuel to be carried you just can’t make it.
Thanks for the professional insight, JF@P..
I guess then that FUE, only a few miles south, doesnt have that problem. (Or does it?)
Runway is a cool 1000mtrs longer and the immediate right hand bank once airborne (to avoid flying straight over the Capital, Puerto del Rosario) will take you over the sea.