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Old 26th Apr 2009, 20:56
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Liffy 1M
 
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Question

I live under the approach to runway 34 at DUB and over the years I have on occasion observed significant lateral variation in the approach paths taken by aircraft on this non-precision approach. In particular I recall an A300 freighter one snowy night which seemed to be lining up with the nearby M1 motorway before making a go-around.

Although this runway is not heavily used, it can be needed when 10/28 is unexpectedly blocked and the winds rule out using 16, which has the ILS. In bad weather aircraft may only be breaking cloud two miles or less from the runway. The MD-83 report referred to the difficulty of picking out the runway lights from the suburban lighting. I wonder whether flashing lead-in lighting to 34 à la the famous Canarsie approach to JFK runway 13L would help in this regard?
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