Originally Posted by
ash666
I flew into AMS on Tuesday in very dense fog with no problems while it sounds chaos at LHR.
Does AMS have any extra landing aids compared to LHR?
I suspect the main difference is the fact that AMS has 6 (or is it 7?) runways compared to the 2 at LHR and seems to be generally less congested (simply down to more space & gates perhaps?) which presumably eases the load under bad weather conditions. I would expect both airports have the same Cat3 landing capability. Just wait till it snows in Holland though, complete chaos is guaranteed then, it seems to be the one thing that stops Schiphol working...