Originally Posted by
slatgrille
Misty morning - Shuttle 20A after a long time in the hold at FL80 with RVR around 300m for Rwy14, diverts back to LHR. Within 10 minutes or so of it heading south, the RVR lifts to around 1,000m. There must be a reason for LHR being used as a distant alternate, when there are BA Shuttle ops into MCR. Must be very frustrating for those passengers trying to get to Leeds...
It's not mist. It's not even fog (by the precise definition of the many types). It is cloud.
Leeds Bradford Airport is quite literally in the clouds. When you build an airport 681 feet above mean sea level this is what very frequently happens (even as we approach Summer).
The first commercial flight to anywhere from Leeds East Airport - I'll be on it! The 5 or 6 million inhabitants of Yorkshire will never look back.