London City Arrivals

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I spent an enjoyable couple of hours watching arrivals and departures at LCY last Friday from the riverside footpath opposite the threshold at the Eastern End of the airport. Given the short runway and touchdown zone and witnessing a very strong smell of burning rubber after each arrival I wondered:

1) Do aircraft based here have a higher than average maintenance requirement on brakes and tyres? and

2) do a higher proportion of landings end up in a go-around given the very short touch-down zone?

Any insights would be very interesting to hear :)

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17 BA Embraers are based there

[DaveReidUK]

do a higher proportion of landings end up in a go-around given the very short touch-down zone?Unlike LHR and LGW, LCY doesn't appear to publish statistics on the numbers of go-arounds.

[good egg]

I'd take an educated guess that the vast majority of missed approaches are due to weather...

Low cloud/low vis
Windshear
X-wind/tailwind

I believe the CAA do publish some missed approach data

[Musket90]

From the UK AIP - London City

"The end of the 336m TDZ is marked with two pairs of white inset high intensity lights. This visual reference may be lost prior to landing depending on point of touchdown and attitude of the aircraft. If during final approach it is anticipated that the touchdown point will be outside this area, a missed approach procedure should be initiated."

[AtomKraft]

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.

[future_atc]

Having visited Greenwich last weekend the view from the Emirates Airline Cable Car across the Thames[ UP TO 300 FT ] of LCY is fantastic. Great view of 09 Arrivals from the cable car and also from around the o2 arena.