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Old April 4th 06, 07:51 AM posted to rec.aviation,rec.aviation.piloting
Greg Farris
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Default With the wind?
In article ,
says...

Due to the volume of traffic we stayed on the
parallels until the wund exceeded a 15 knot crosswind.

Were you reading "Gone with the Wund, or Withering Heights?"
(sorry - couldn't resist)

The same thing
happens at any major airport, changing to the other runway is quite a
production.


True. They could even have been in the process of changing, but by the
time they get turned around quite a few have landed with a slight
tailwind.

I have also seen airports where the apron and terminal are all the way on
one end of the runway. In these cases pilots sometimesprefer to take a
slight tailwind to land toward their destination, rather than have to
taxi back.