Easyjet - Gatwick to Aberdeen
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Easyjet - Gatwick to Aberdeen
Something funny going on just now - Easyjet A319 been circling Dundee and to the North of Dundee in a circuit 5-6 times and is now landing in Edinburgh.
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2015/03/18 20:50 EGPD 182050Z 25001KT 0100 R34/0175 FG VV/// 03/03 Q1035 NOSIG
You beat me to it. . . . . somewhat doubt ABZ has Cat3 & that is 200m for most folk, although I guess the Bus has 3b so probably 75m TDZ.
You beat me to it. . . . . somewhat doubt ABZ has Cat3 & that is 200m for most folk, although I guess the Bus has 3b so probably 75m TDZ.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-31956290
Aberdeen Airport flights cancelled
It comes after a number of services were either diverted or cancelled the previous evening due to heavy fog.
The fog warning is no longer in place, but the disruption led to several planes being in the wrong place.
Early morning flights affected on Thursday included services to London Heathrow, Manchester, Amsterdam and Paris.
Aberdeen Airport flights cancelled
It comes after a number of services were either diverted or cancelled the previous evening due to heavy fog.
The fog warning is no longer in place, but the disruption led to several planes being in the wrong place.
Early morning flights affected on Thursday included services to London Heathrow, Manchester, Amsterdam and Paris.
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What would have been the situation for this?
Pilots check metar at Gatwick / on route but press on anyway and hope fog will clear?
Pilots check metar when getting close to Aberdeen, realise there is fog and circle until the decision is made to divert.
Surely Scottish control would have known about the fog in Aberdeen too so why not just divert straight to Edinburgh rather than circling North of Dundee?
Just trying to understand this a bit better.
Pilots check metar at Gatwick / on route but press on anyway and hope fog will clear?
Pilots check metar when getting close to Aberdeen, realise there is fog and circle until the decision is made to divert.
Surely Scottish control would have known about the fog in Aberdeen too so why not just divert straight to Edinburgh rather than circling North of Dundee?
Just trying to understand this a bit better.
What would have been the situation for this?
Pilots check metar at Gatwick / on route but press on anyway and hope fog will clear?
Pilots check metar when getting close to Aberdeen, realise there is fog and circle until the decision is made to divert.
Surely Scottish control would have known about the fog in Aberdeen too so why not just divert straight to Edinburgh rather than circling North of Dundee?
Just trying to understand this a bit better.
Pilots check metar at Gatwick / on route but press on anyway and hope fog will clear?
Pilots check metar when getting close to Aberdeen, realise there is fog and circle until the decision is made to divert.
Surely Scottish control would have known about the fog in Aberdeen too so why not just divert straight to Edinburgh rather than circling North of Dundee?
Just trying to understand this a bit better.
Here are the TAFs for the period in question:-
TAF AMD EGPD 181603Z 1816/1912 02005KT 6000 FEW045
TEMPO 1816/1908 4000 BR
PROB40 1816/1908 1500 BKN002
BECMG 1908/1912 9999=
TEMPO 1816/1908 4000 BR
PROB40 1816/1908 1500 BKN002
BECMG 1908/1912 9999=
TAF EGPD 181057Z 1812/1912 02005KT 6000 FEW045
BECMG 1812/1815 7000
PROB30 TEMPO 1812/1818 9999
TEMPO 1818/1908 4000 BR
PROB30 1820/1908 1500 BKN002
BECMG 1908/1912 9999=
BECMG 1812/1815 7000
PROB30 TEMPO 1812/1818 9999
TEMPO 1818/1908 4000 BR
PROB30 1820/1908 1500 BKN002
BECMG 1908/1912 9999=
TAF EGPD 181702Z 1818/1918 VRB05KT 6000 FEW002 BKN040
TEMPO 1818/1908 4000 BR
PROB30 1818/1903 0900 FG BKN002
BECMG 1908/1912 9999
TEMPO 1913/1918 7000 RA BKN014=
TEMPO 1818/1908 4000 BR
PROB30 1818/1903 0900 FG BKN002
BECMG 1908/1912 9999
TEMPO 1913/1918 7000 RA BKN014=
TAF AMD EGPD 181807Z 1818/1918 VRB05KT 1500 BR FEW002 BKN040
TEMPO 1818/1906 0500 FG VV///
TEMPO 1906/1910 6000
BECMG 1910/1912 9999 NSW
TEMPO 1913/1918 7000 RA BKN014=
TEMPO 1818/1906 0500 FG VV///
TEMPO 1906/1910 6000
BECMG 1910/1912 9999 NSW
TEMPO 1913/1918 7000 RA BKN014=
TAF AMD EGPD 181859Z 1818/1918 VRB05KT 0200 FG VV///
TEMPO 1906/1910 6000 NSW SCT002
BECMG 1910/1912 9999 NSW SCT020
TEMPO 1913/1918 7000 RA BKN014=
TEMPO 1906/1910 6000 NSW SCT002
BECMG 1910/1912 9999 NSW SCT020
TEMPO 1913/1918 7000 RA BKN014=
Interesting to note the TAFs were amended a few times also.
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Just trying to understand this a bit better.
If the weather is below limits before you leave, and likely to remain so, certainly my employer also knows how to read a forecast, and they make the decision on whether to cancel, divert, or "give it a go". I, as Capt, take enough fuel to both legally and prudently carry out their wishes as best possible. If my employer has not seen the weather, I would not just head off, but check what they wished for...
What decision the operator makes is complex - they are not just looking at this flight, but the knock on effects.
Looking about this all seems a non-story and standard practice across most airline.
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especially at ABZ - the haar or sea mist often rolls inland - it can form a vertical wall with a VERY rapid change in conditions across the boundary
I'v been in offices in Aberdeen near the airport with the front, inland western side in bright sunshine and the back, eastern, seawards side about 50 m away shrouded in thick mist
You might as well go and take look TBH
I'v been in offices in Aberdeen near the airport with the front, inland western side in bright sunshine and the back, eastern, seawards side about 50 m away shrouded in thick mist
You might as well go and take look TBH
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No disrespect intended to either the OP or the Mods I assure you, but when we see how rapidly similar posts get moved on, I am genuinely puzzled why this post has managed to remain in R&N for so long. Again, no disrespect intended, just honestly curious.
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I remember being diverted to EDI away from ABZ on trip from LHR (Brit Midland, if I recall) and that was about 17 years ago. Nothing much new in aviation.