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Old 6th Feb 2023, 21:26
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Originally Posted by waito
Are we sure about 3NM Final when Southwest passed the hold short position and entered the runway?


The moment SWA turned into the rwy (heading change from 090° towards 174° and beyond), FDX was just under 2nm from the threshold.

Originally Posted by AerocatS2A
ATC told SW that FedEx was on 3NM final.
But that information was passed on by TWR when SWA was still on twy B, either still going northbound or maybe already in the eastward hold short position.
As LiveATC recordings are not reliably timestamped up-to the second, synchronizing it with FR24 timestamped data, is unreliable...
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