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Old 25th Aug 2015, 01:48
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Because you have to have it on the deck before those lights, there isn't quite as much time to finesse ones touchdown.
It's still possible to pull off consistently good landings, but sometimes you just have to plonk it down to avoid going past the lights.
In all the time I worked there I never missed the lights, so never went around for that reason. But there are more go arounds at LCY than at most airports. Most are caused by windshear encounters, or are done because of light winds giving small tailwind components. Some types have zero tailwind limits. The RJ100 is an example.
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