Missed appraoch questions
I was wondering if anyone knows the following :-
1. How many attempts can be performed at landing at the original airport before being diverted to another airport ?
I know fuel is king here but are there other factors that can determine a diversion.
2. Are long haul flights given priority to land over short haul flights due to fuel ?
3. Do long haul flights skip holding patterns due to lack of fuel ?
Questions 3 and 4 relate to my best guess that long haul flights do not have a 2 hour holding time at their destination but I could be wrong.
Thanks for answering these questions. They have been questions I had wondered for a while.