Otterman
16th Nov 2001, 13:10
Is it me, or are other people noticing that flights departing JFK are coming down in far greater numbers then statistically they "should" be. Not referring to any of the WTC flights, since none of them took of from there. But Swissair, Egyptair, TWA 800, AA 587, are just a few in the last few years, more the further back you go. JFK does not represent an extremely large volume by American standards, but it is something that crossed my mind. Any ideas, or just a statistical anomaly (probably). I am flying to JFK today, as I have done for at least 6 times per year for the last 12 years. No problems at the airport in my estimation, kind of strange though that going in you fly a non-precision approach about 50% of the time (Canasie approach 13L/R or VOR on 22L). And the departure off 31L followed by the Canarsie/Bridge climb is another interesting feature. Not many other international airports have this kind of setup (can’t think of any off-hand right now).