C-17 minima?
 

My brother is in RM and organises repatriation of RM killed in action. A couple of days ago he was organising a repatriation flight into Brize Norton from Afghanistan, but needed to set up Birmingham in case the C-17 could not get into Brize. It did get into Brize which was good , but raised a question in my mind, how different are the Low Vis procedures in RAF to civi st? Do you have CAT I/II/III and autoland?

Interested

Autothrottle

AFAIK, being a civvie ATCer at Manch, Brize only has a Cat1 ILS, which is [I think] 550m RVR. But I did hear that Brize was now a "non-precision" approach
Hope this helps
watp,iktch

Was the 'Div' booked for Wx or the fact that IF the R/W at Brize was blocked or u/s (by whatever), the crew had to have a 'boooked div'
I'm not advocating this as THE answer, just food for thought......

"Standard" wx div for Ascot is Manch..AFAIK
watp,iktch

Brize is just CAT1. Not sure if any of the RAF are LWMO qualified.

Perhaps the forecast at Brize was pants, so a better div was booked.

Brize is only Cat one?!? I'm amazed. I'm using Cat 3 several times a day out and about the UK regions. Surely the cost of diversions outweighs the cost of a few extra lights/lines of paint/backup generator?

WWW

Brize is Cat 1 with no RVR avail; therefore min vis is 800m, no autoland. TAF for last few days has been 300m in Freezing Fog. Not ideal.

Can't remember the figures for amber and red - but if Brize is cat 1, would a PAR not be a better option?

Only SRA at Brize I think, but it has been so long since I have done anything other than ILS or TACAN I may be wrong.

No PAR at Brize - not for years; poss never? Not that sharp for somewhere frequently used as a div for other S Eng mil a/f! PAR is the best option for those of us that have to manhandle the thing to the gnd every time - no autoland! It is only a flying truck after all......

Thanks guys for the info. I think they needed to inform relatives about when and where their loved one was going to arrive.