Backpacker
Interesting viewpoint re strong SW winds at AMS.
My experience of flying in there over 100 times over the past 17 years or so is that I have only ever landed on the short runway 22 once, and never on 24.
This despite the fact that when the winds are strong, the are frequently from that direction. I had been told that this was due to the local noise lobby determining the operational policy rather than airmanship.
My experience is that they will frequently use runways 27 and 19R as was (and now the new polderdam? 18R) with sizeable crosswinds for arrivals and 24 for departures.
The turbulence onto 27 especially in strong SW winds is quite pronounced
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