VOPB Port Blair

[eloigorri]

Hi,
I am planning a private flight to VOPB Port Blair later this year, and would appreciate a copy of the Approach Charts if anyone has a reasonably recent one.
A search on here or google has not found anything so far.

I will be launching from Phuket flying my Piper Malibu Pa46-350P Jetprop, so looks very doable from a PONR and runway perspective.

Cheers - E

[jack s]

its a Indian Navy base; have you got a written clearance to land. You just might be escorted by fighters..

[itsbrokenagain]

yes thats going to be next to impossible to get a YA number for and clearance for, its hard enough in a private VT registered plane let alone a foreign one!

[captjns]

its a Indian Navy base; have you got a written clearance to land. You just might be escorted by fighters.. :\


Fighter???? you've gotta be kidding me. The fastest piece of equipment I've ever seen there was an old Dornier with a pair of tired Garrett engines on it.:{

They've gotta watch out for bird strikes from behind!:eek:

[Canuck15]

I have flown in a number of times but I seriously doubt that you can fly in witha private aircraft. It's a pretty tricky airport with notorious weather and and it's one way in/out . There is some outfit operating float planes in the area so you may want to get a hold of them to see if they can give you some guidance, don't remember the name though .....

[captjns]

Been there many a time in all weather conditions both sunshine and pissing down rain. No major deal, provided one flies Ref + 5, does not float half way down the runway before touch down. There's gobs of runway to stop the jet.

I've always used flaps 40 auto-brake 1 and idle thrust reverse. Let the jet take advantage of the uphill grade for the last few hundred meters.

Motors need 3 minutes to cool down, so the full length roll takes advantage of engine cooling. Best news is the passengers don't get a concussion by locking up the brakes on landing. Brakes are cool to the touch.

[sushantmmehta]

captnjns,
:hmm::hmm:
I fly one of those old tired birds.:E

[silverhawk]

The reported wind from the tower is never more than 15knots tailwind with the arrester cliff at the stop end!

Best I saw on the FMC was 42 knots tailwind at 1000'. Funny how we always got rostered for it and not others.

Loved it!