Landing on Maderia
 

So why is landing at Funchal Maderia, an interesting experiance?

Anyone got photo's?

http://www.scandva.org/reports/lpfu/transavia.htm

Check it out :D

with the wind situation dwn there and the geographical layout of the airport and rwy alignment, it is only posible to make approaches when the wind is within a prescibed limit. as in crosswind limitations for a/c type etc. however these limits are less than most a/c types limits. reason is that it is possible to be cuaght out by a frequent gust which will result possibly in your wingtip touching FNC's rwy before your wheels do. I have heard of an approach where a late gust caused a wing tip nearly to do as described. the gust caused the tip to come within 30ft of the surface with the other considerably higher than that. if you know what i mean.
hope this helps

Her ladyship want's to see Maderia
 

Thanks for the replies.

I mentioned this to my non flying parents who mentioned that on both occasions they went to Maderia, they took off for their return flight, only to land somewhere else for more fuel (15+ years ago). Is this still the case or was it due to limited performance on old (737-100/200) aircraft. I think they went Britannia from Luton?

Madeira now has an extended rwy, so you can quite comfortably get aircraft such as 767's off there without them having to stop somewhere else for fuel.

Before the rwy, yes, the short rwy limited the maximum takeoff weight of these aircraft and they had to therefore limit there fuel, and pickup some elsewhere to get home.

Porto Santo was the usual place before the runway at FNC was extended.