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What it looks like landing at the Nuuk Greenland Airport (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2019 OP
Landing a 737 in Dutch Harbor Alaska is about the same jpak Jan 2019 #1
Flying into Dutch Harbor also requires making a left hand turn.. EarnestPutz Jan 2019 #14
Old Man, Prospect, Coldfoot, Deitrich then back to Fairbanks. akraven Jan 2019 #2
SO cool! volstork Jan 2019 #3
Smooth landing keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #4
Damn, that's scary lillypaddle Jan 2019 #5
You know what I'm nostalgic for already? hunter Jan 2019 #6
The new lights also contribute more to light pollution and are making it harder for astronomers. rwsanders Jan 2019 #25
So the runway is a half block long? rsdsharp Jan 2019 #7
Wouldn't want to overshoot it! True Dough Jan 2019 #15
Only a real estate agent could have named it "Greenland." 3Hotdogs Jan 2019 #8
Yikes, that is almost a carrier deck landing! Gumboot Jan 2019 #9
The runways the airlines use at Midway are about 6500' Major Nikon Jan 2019 #12
Is that a Dash-7 ? pangaia Jan 2019 #28
Could be Major Nikon Jan 2019 #29
If so it is a STOL, right? Should make departure a might easier. pangaia Jan 2019 #30
Turboprops typically do better than turbojets with short runways Major Nikon Jan 2019 #31
Landed In Thule Several Times--Much Less Harrowing At AFB DoctorJoJo Jan 2019 #10
The harrowing part is the runway is painted white Major Nikon Jan 2019 #11
Kai Tak Heart Attack LTG Jan 2019 #13
I knew a Pan-Am co-pilot who flew that route Mopar151 Jan 2019 #16
IIRC LTG Jan 2019 #18
I landed there --as a passenger. rsdsharp Jan 2019 #17
I flew in there twice as a passenger dem in texas Jan 2019 #21
Great video of the 747 coming in to Kai Tak GeoWilliam750 Jan 2019 #20
Ah the old checkerboard.. pangaia Jan 2019 #26
Wow. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #19
No bad, seen worse! burrowowl Jan 2019 #22
Lukla pangaia Jan 2019 #27
I want a flight simulator just like that one for my birthday. Hint, hint, hint. marble falls Jan 2019 #23
Didn't the Three Stooges film there? Bob Loblaw Jan 2019 #24

jpak

(41,742 posts)
1. Landing a 737 in Dutch Harbor Alaska is about the same
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:26 PM
Jan 2019

or worse - depending on weather.

Spectacular place Greenland!

EarnestPutz

(2,087 posts)
14. Flying into Dutch Harbor also requires making a left hand turn..
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 12:11 AM
Jan 2019

...when you are a few hundred feet above the water and just as close to the rocky shoreline.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
6. You know what I'm nostalgic for already?
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:08 AM
Jan 2019

That orange glow of high pressure sodium street lamps.

Most of the street lighting in our city has already been replaced by "white" LEDs that are a little too blue for my taste, but not as bad as the ghastly bluish light of the mercury vapor lighting I remember as a kid.

In this video I can easily imagine getting off the plane into the cold and snow and ending up somewhere warm and cozy.

It's the orange city lights that do it for me.

Gumboot

(531 posts)
9. Yikes, that is almost a carrier deck landing!
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:27 PM
Jan 2019

Makes Chicago Midway look easy. And that one scares me silly every time.


Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
12. The runways the airlines use at Midway are about 6500'
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 08:46 PM
Jan 2019

Which isn't too bad, really. As a pilot who flies jets, takeoffs from shorter runways are a lot more nerve wrecking than landings. With less than 3,000' of runway to go, the centerline runway lights change from white to alternating red and white. If you aren't off the ground yet, the pucker factor goes way up even if you know everything is OK. If everything is not OK, there's a decent chance you are going to use every inch of that runway.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
10. Landed In Thule Several Times--Much Less Harrowing At AFB
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 08:03 PM
Jan 2019

But have seen planes slide off icy runways there, and also 30 below zero temps! Enjoy it now, as it melts away!

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
11. The harrowing part is the runway is painted white
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 08:19 PM
Jan 2019

But no terrain around it except for Dundas mountain, which is more like a hill.

LTG

(215 posts)
13. Kai Tak Heart Attack
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:04 PM
Jan 2019

Landings at the old Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong were known as a Kai Tak Heart Attack.

The airport sat in a bowl, studded with apartment buildings, surrounded by water and mountains. At the end of the approach was a low altitude 47 degree turn at 200 mph only 2 nautical miles from the airport. Beneath the plane, apartment buildings and lots of people.

It was especially exciting during high winds, crosswinds and typhoon season. Pilots had to fly this landing stick and rudder style. The exact opposite of the new airport on Lantau Island.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kai-tak-hong-kong-airport-scary-landing

(Sorry, no clue how to post articles or videos)

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
16. I knew a Pan-Am co-pilot who flew that route
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 10:56 AM
Jan 2019

IIRC, he mentioned a target, painted on the side of a mountain, as the glide path marker.

LTG

(215 posts)
18. IIRC
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:39 PM
Jan 2019

When you see the target on the mountain turn right. Pretty low tech and another thrill in heavy weather.

rsdsharp

(9,042 posts)
17. I landed there --as a passenger.
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:26 AM
Jan 2019

You could look into apartment windows during the decent. I wonder how the occupants felt.

GeoWilliam750

(2,519 posts)
20. Great video of the 747 coming in to Kai Tak
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 06:01 PM
Jan 2019

I used to love that approach and airport. It was always fun to ride it into Hong Kong, and it especially got your attention in bad weather.

Then it was just a 10 minute (when traffic was light) to Central. It was possible to land, clear immigration and customs (with a carry-on), and be in one's hotel room in about 15 minutes, or at least as I remember it. The Gurkhas for security, as well.

It is probably for the better that they moved the airport though.

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