Originally Posted by
admuffin
Thank you! I guess there's no point in asking about circuit patterns. I'll need to be prepared for anything. Are there any joins which are particularly more common than others when arriving from the North?
Runway 32 is a right hand circuit, so if joining from the North along the coast it is a downwind join. If it’s 14 then it’s the same, except the opposite direction. People try and barge into a base leg join screwing things up.
Aircraft form the UK can arrive form any direction. Some from the south west if coming from Bournemouth/Exeter etc. along the French coast. Others from the North west if arriving from Seaford or Lydd, which is what I would often do from North Weald as the whole flight is a straight line and you only need to talk to Lydd on the way! Then change direct to Le Touquet. Bit more sea though.
Before Covid you would often see a couple of hundred aircraft there on a nice day. Maybe not so many now.