Questions tagged [airport-operations]
Questions about how airports handle the transport of aircraft and passengers through and around them, and how this might be impacted by things external or internal to the airport itself.
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What is the purpose of a walled area in the vicinity of Heathrow Airport?
Looking at a satellite map to the East of Heathrow Airport, there is a small passenger jet parked in a walled off area. Looking at the aerodrome chart the entire area is listed as Bealine Base, which ...
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What are the specific side step minimums for an approach?
This question piques my curiosity a bit on this subject. In regards to circling approaches the AIM 5-4-19 states that
a. ATC may authorize a standard instrument approach procedure which serves ...
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Aerodrome category, certification?
I need to know how you tell the certification of new airport just built? how can you tell if airport is certified for International flights or not? approved for intl flights or not meeting ...
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Are the jet blast fences positioned other way around in this video?
I was watching the following video, showing a 757 landing on Skiathos, Greece.
If you take a look at the 8:26 mark, you'll clearly see that all jet blast fences are ...
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Compering between ILS / BARO-VNAV [closed]
my question concerning the Comparisons between the ILS/ Baro-VNAV approaching system
from the view points of safety, technician ( infrastructure, installation,maintenance and ..eg) relation efficiency,...
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What is DPI? How is it Useful? And How does it work?
I have heard of DPI (departure planning information) status for a flight. I wanted to know what is this Status for? How is it computed or determined? What are the different status for it if any and ...
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Can a deployable ILS operate in CAT II or CAT III?
Can a deployable ILS operate in CAT II or CAT III? As far as I know a deployable ILS can operate only in CAT I.
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Why must a pilot enter “Upwind” when entering the traffic pattern for RWY 9 at Linden (LDJ) airport in New Jersey?
The chart supplement procedures require aircraft to enter the traffic pattern "Upwind" for Runway 9 at Linden (LDJ) airport in New Jersey.
Question: Why is this required?
Chart Supplement:
New York ...
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Why so much ground time at Frankfurt Airport?
Disclaimer: Total layman here.
I frequently fly into and out of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) with regional jets (flight time advertised as 45 minutes) and one thing that everyone is always annoyed about ...
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Why are follow-me cars used in Gran Canaria Airport in good visibility for incoming aircraft?
I've been at GCLP (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) a few weeks ago.
I've observed that all incoming traffic was guided by a Follow Me while outgoing traffic went without one.
I was curious about ...
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What happens to a large plane after a successful gear-up landing?
There are plenty of videos of non-fatal gear-up landings - even of airliners. I can find none that show the recovery of the aircraft after safe evacuation of crew and passengers and completion of ...
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USA: Why don't airports raise landing fees to make up for low passenger fees?
A question from travel.stackexchange.com about luggage carts prompted a discussion on the economics of airports. The gist was:
American airports have much lower passenger service fees which
are ...
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What precautions prevent 'insiders' from stealing a large aircraft, as in the Horizon Air Q400 incident?
For those who haven't heard it yet, a ground worker stole a Q400 at SeaTac this week, performing an unauthorized takeoff and going for a joyride before eventually crashing into an island. The plane ...
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Where can I find runway usage statistics of USA airports? [closed]
Ok I’m looking for stats and data of planes arriving at various airports and what runways they use most. I need to know the most used runways for arrivals in airports here in the States. Can anyone ...
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How are the runways operated at Toronto Pearson?
I have a sort of technical question regarding the operations of runway systems at larger airports, specifically at Toronto Pearson (satellite view here). As far as I can see, the airport has 5 runways:...
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How are procedures for curved-runway operations different from those for straight runways?
Runways having a significant curve between the two ends aren't exactly common, but they do exist, one good example being Elk City Airport's runway 14/35.
When operating to or from an airport with a ...
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Do airports use automated ground operation systems?
I'm interested to know if any airports use an automated ground operation system guide planes between gates and vise/versa from/to landing strips/tarmacs.
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Why do simultaneous-ops parallel runways need to be so far apart?
In the answers to this question about Denver's widely-scattered pinwheel of runways and this question about Schiphol's runway out in the middle of nowhere, it's mentioned that parallel runways are ...
