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Interesting choice of username!
Just for info, Cardiff airport is a Cat I ILS airport.
This means that ANY public transport aircraft is limited to 550meters minimum visibility in order to be allowed to even make an approach.
This is different from most other airports, where the limits may be as low as 200 meters! The reason is, Cardiff's position. One end is off a cliff of some magnitude, the other end has an undulating valley. Neither end therefore is suitable for an aircraft's Radio Altimeter to be totally reliable. This means that whereas other airfields will have a facility called ILS Category III, as their approach path is more over "level" ground, Cardiff's will never be that!!
Therefore bmibaby is restricted by the airfield's limits, rather than it's
own! In fact the very same 737 could land in 200 meters right now in BHX (Birmingham) for instance where the category for the ILS is indeed Cat III and 200 meters!
Cheers - Captain xxx
