weekend ppl:
Another interesting tidbit: "57% of [United Airlines] crosswind takeoffs [in the set of operational data analyzed] in excess of 30 knots occurred at DEN." Think about that a moment. 57% from one airport. I wonder what percentage of all UA operations world wide in that data set departed from Denver? I'm betting a lot less than 57%.
When the present Denver Airport was first proposed there was a fair amount of discussion about the subjective observations of pilots who used old Denver Airport (Stapleton) that during significant TRW activity, the cells were often stronger in the area of the new airport than over Stapleton and to the mountains to the west.
If, in fact, this has any validity
perhaps the same could be said for strong winter winds.