Landing Times
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Landing Times
Quick question,
When an aircraft lands who logs what time the aircraft lands. Is it the controller looking at his clock or is there a machine that automatically logs the event.
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When an aircraft lands who logs what time the aircraft lands. Is it the controller looking at his clock or is there a machine that automatically logs the event.
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The Radar Data Processor sends Automatic Position Reports to the Flight Data Processor every 2 mins. The FDP uses winds and aircraft profiles to calculate the landing time.
For our electronically challenged brethren aloft - they still write it on a strip
For our electronically challenged brethren aloft - they still write it on a strip
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At EGKK and EGSS the EFPS system requires the landing/departing time field to be touched and the time is automatically entered - in minutes and seconds. No requirement to round up/down to ATC minutes, and therefore no 'fudging' of time - 2 mins will equal 120 secs!!!
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In Norway, atleast where I work, the RDPS registrers when the aircraft enters an arrival filter around the destination aerodrome. And then automatically logs this as the landing time. Ok, this may vary abit from the actual time the wheels touch the ground, but it`s a heck of a lot easier. 
In NZ, same as Norway, for billing purposes. Hah! But the controller logs every "x-ing the threshold" time for all arrivals for a) Any legal requirement, eg: incident investigation, and (b) Statistical purposes, as VFR flights and vicinity flights aren't processed by the computer. To the nearest half minute (depending on alertness etc)
