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Old 29th Nov 2004, 12:28
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Chilli Monster
 
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In case it is relevant they open at 10-00 on a Sunday (and also on Saturday I think).
0900-1700 Saturday, 1000-1800 Sunday, local times.
There is of course an ILS which they do seem happy to turn on at weekends although the "official" approach services does not seem to be available.
Approach service is always available, and the ILS is always on. What we don't have at weekends is radar.
G-BOAC is there but unfortunately now closed after the sad accident last year
It's G-BOAF
They prefer you to use the westerly runway (cant remember the heading) so you might find you are offered a tail wind but seem happy if you request the easterly
If it's light and variable or a crosswind we tend to use both ends. One of the reasons being to save you time, either by offering a straight in to the out of use end if practicable, or to save taxying time or distance on the ground. You should never get offered anything way out of limits. Same with departure.

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