What are the rules for landing separation?
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If the lander is doing 130kts then 15 seconds is just over half a nautical mile. Tightish but not that unusual at a busy airport - for the lander it'd be a later landing clearance than they'd like but on the other hand, larger spacing on final means longer delays in the hold (or extended vectoring or earlier speed reduction), plus a reduced departure rate, all of which costs money and time for the airlines. It's a fairly fine balance.
The absolute, overriding priority is safety and specifically having a plan in case it does all go pear-shaped. As long as a go-around can safely be turned away from a departure it's alright. When you're boxed in by weather or other traffic, though, with limited options, that's a different matter.
The absolute, overriding priority is safety and specifically having a plan in case it does all go pear-shaped. As long as a go-around can safely be turned away from a departure it's alright. When you're boxed in by weather or other traffic, though, with limited options, that's a different matter.
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As an aside - "land after the vacating xxx rwy xx" is not the same as " after the landing xxx , cleared to land rwy xx"
The first means that the pilot lands on his own judgement, and is not a landing CLEARANCE - however a controller won't issue the clearance unless he deems it to be safe, the second IS a clearance.
The semantics are that in the first case , if it all goes wrong then it was down to the pilot, the second, the controller.
However, obviously the pilot still elects to land or not whether given a straight landing clearance or one of the above.
louby
The first means that the pilot lands on his own judgement, and is not a landing CLEARANCE - however a controller won't issue the clearance unless he deems it to be safe, the second IS a clearance.
The semantics are that in the first case , if it all goes wrong then it was down to the pilot, the second, the controller.
However, obviously the pilot still elects to land or not whether given a straight landing clearance or one of the above.
louby
