previous post suggest RWY22 is used rarely but is an option when conditions are suitable and some pilots have landed when a strong S/W wind blowing.
021725Z 14007KT 110V170 3200 RADZ FEW003 SCT005 BKN007 16/15 Q1007 RERADZ BECMG 6000=
021655Z 14009KT 2500 DZ FEW004 SCT007 BKN011 16/15 Q1007 REDZ TEMPO BKN007
021625Z 13009KT 100V160 4500 DZ FEW006 BKN011 BKN025 16/15 Q1007 TEMPO 2500 BKN008=
Wind for RWY22 is 80o off the nose and with 110V170 could have given a tailwind.
Wind for RWY18R/C is 40o off the nose with no chance of tailwind.
Ok so its operational but posts suggest 'when conditions are suitable' RWY22 is used. So what makes the use of RWY22 more suitable than RWY18R/C which is used frequently. METAR reports before this time and perhaps when the crew got a report suggest the weather was a little better than at the time the A/C approached the runway. Now bear in mind a cloud base of 300FT or below makes RWY22 unusable as its not CATII rated due to lighting (no centreline lighting). So now RWY22 is on operating limits at the time of landing - 1705Z. I ask again given the amount of runways avaliable in those conditions - why would conditions be suitable for the use of RWY22?