Aviation Specials – May 2018

than most airfi elds with an instrument approach. Pilots fi nd they are often in and out of clouds at the decision height, and t ...

22 // Extreme Airports M cMurdo Station on the tip of Ross Island is about 2,400 miles (3,800km) south of Christchurch, New Zeal ...

Extreme Airports // 23 DANCING ON ICE landing on October 8, 1970. The Connie was abandoned – the complications of repairing it i ...

years earlier, and construction began during the 2015-2016 summer. The new runway, 3 miles (4.8km) northwest of Pegasus and made ...

Ice Runway The Ice Runway, the closest airstrip to McMurdo station, is the most used facility on the continent from the start of ...

A trip to Antarctica A typical fl ight starts in Christchurch and will initially overfl y New Zealand’s South Island. Delays of ...

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FUNCHAL 28 // Extreme Airports FU NCHAL FROM THE FLIGHT DECK FUNCHAL 28 // Extreme Airports An approach from the southwest requi ...

FU NCHAL FROM THE FLIGHT DECK Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport on Madeira is sometimes described at Europe’s Kai Tak. Cap ...

FUNCHAL 30 // Extreme Airports At Jet2.com, the training includes one session fl ying and another acting as fi rst offi cer. Thi ...

correct speed although care needs to be taken not to over-control. We increase the target approach and landing speeds in gusty c ...

FUNCHAL deviate to the left of the lead-in or the extended centreline to Runway 05. It may be advisable to keep the lead-in ligh ...

FUNCHAL Departure We can also face limitations on departure. If the anemometer near the runway midpoint is reading more than 20k ...

WORLD’S BUSIEST CARGO AIRPORTS 2017 Rank Airport Tonnes 1 Hong Kong 4,881,075 2 Memphis 4,307,050 3 Shanghai Pudong 3,703,431 4 ...

M entioning Memphis is likely to conjure up thoughts of Elvis Presley and his Graceland home in many people’s minds. Music fans ...

MEMPHIS 36 // Extreme Airports became part of Delta Air Lines, which continued to enhance connectivity at the airport. By then t ...

MEMPHIS made improvements – including renovating hangar space at a former Tennessee Air National Guard facility on the airfi eld ...

proposed removing restrictions on the routes over which cargo airlines could fl y large aircraft. Liberalisation occurred the fo ...

but Memphis has an extensive vehicle handling facility as some consignments arrive from the surrounding region by road and are u ...

more fl ashing beacons, each being jostled onto Memphis airport’s extended runway centrelines by the invisible hands of air traf ...