Originally Posted by
michaelbinary
Use this link
https://earth.google.com/web/@28.201...9.58734423t,0r to bring up google earth.
you are above the old airfield with the new airfield top right
move yourself over the new airfield.
use the keys to do a 360 rotation and you will see why it was a circling approach, it doesnt leave a lot of room for 5 mile finals.
google earth is really cool for this sort of perspective.
In fact I remember reading that, due to terrain considerations to the west, neither landing on 12 nor departing on 30 is available to anything much bigger than an ATR.