The joy of Madeira airport on a windy day!
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My wife’s mother had an interesting one on one trip (wife is Madeirense so they’ve landed there a lot!) from Porto the pilot made six attempts then aborted and returned back to Porto.
We had a particularly laity landing there last April. Even the French stopped talking….it was that bad!
Correct about the additional training for the pilots and it’s always captain only landings.
Crazy place to build an airport but it’s literally the only place on the island to build it.
We had a particularly laity landing there last April. Even the French stopped talking….it was that bad!
Correct about the additional training for the pilots and it’s always captain only landings.
Crazy place to build an airport but it’s literally the only place on the island to build it.
s2kjock said:
Same here.
We used to go September time and the winds were generally not so bad then, so I expect October would be fine.
There is a lot of flattish land on the top of the island where IIRC they have considered building a new airport but it would be exposed so I guess has its own issues not to mention transport links to the main population centres and impact on environment.
Porto Santo has a much better weather record and is quite close relatively, but there is only one ferry from there to Funchal and it is quite slow so infrastructure not really there for that to be a decent diversion.
I can't wait to go back to Madeira when I get a chance.
Re the flattish land at the top, yes, there is. But it’s also subject to heavy cloud in poor weather.We used to go September time and the winds were generally not so bad then, so I expect October would be fine.
There is a lot of flattish land on the top of the island where IIRC they have considered building a new airport but it would be exposed so I guess has its own issues not to mention transport links to the main population centres and impact on environment.
Porto Santo has a much better weather record and is quite close relatively, but there is only one ferry from there to Funchal and it is quite slow so infrastructure not really there for that to be a decent diversion.
I can't wait to go back to Madeira when I get a chance.
There’s a football stadium (not Maritimo which is close to the Nazare part of Funchal) that is on the hills on the east side of the city. Matches are frequently cancelled or abandoned because of cloud.
An airport would never work up on the top.
This was footage fromThursday, advance to 4.52 hrs in and watch the TAP flight’s landing.
Would have been an interesting experience!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hfFbk7dv1jg&pp=y...
Would have been an interesting experience!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hfFbk7dv1jg&pp=y...
Scariest I've ever seen.
First successful landing today, well, if you can call THAT successful.
Approxx 1.17hrs into footage. TAP flight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZjv5Fq5mRQ
First successful landing today, well, if you can call THAT successful.
Approxx 1.17hrs into footage. TAP flight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZjv5Fq5mRQ
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