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Old 1st Dec 2009, 21:09
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LIRQ or Florence is another example of opposite runway direction operations. Very few pilots are qualified to land on runway 23 due to a tricky circling approach over the city, and so almost all landings are on 05. However, most take offs are off 23 due to the high terrain on the climb out of 05.

We can accept up to a 10kt tailwind on landing on 05 and a 15kt tailwind component on take off on 23. Usually the tower and atis give variable winds.....
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