Strange landing at SJC

On Aug 19, 3:32*pm, Alexander Avtanski wrote:
Hello,

I just came back from a walk outside my office in Santa Clara. *Around
3:00pm I saw something quite unusual - while all the planes from San
Jose International were taking off in N-W direction, there was a
single plane (something that looked a bit like MD-80) that seemed to
_land_ coming from N-W, exactly opposite the rest of the traffic.

If the winds are light its not unusual for ATC to allow you to land
opposite direction. They may have agreed to it only if he kept his
speed up. This may have saved him $1000 in jet fuel.

-Robert

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On Aug 19, 3:32 pm, Alexander Avtanski wrote:
Hello,

I just came back from a walk outside my office in Santa Clara. Around
3:00pm I saw something quite unusual - while all the planes from San
Jose International were taking off in N-W direction, there was a
single plane (something that looked a bit like MD-80) that seemed to
_land_ coming from N-W, exactly opposite the rest of the traffic.

If the winds are light its not unusual for ATC to allow you to land
opposite direction. They may have agreed to it only if he kept his
speed up. This may have saved him $1000 in jet fuel.

While this is true, the traffic mentioned by the OP seemed to indicate they
were busy and traffic came soon before and after which led me to believe it
was an emergency. SJC is a fairly busy airport.

In Memphis, FedEx favors landing to the north which allows their planes a
short taxi to their hub. They will sometimes land with very high tailwinds
(30-35 kts) so I'm told.

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.. On Aug 19, 3:32 pm, Alexander Avtanski wrote:
Hello,

I just came back from a walk outside my office in Santa Clara.
Around 3:00pm I saw something quite unusual - while all the planes
from San Jose International were taking off in N-W direction, there
was a single plane (something that looked a bit like MD-80) that
seemed to _land_ coming from N-W, exactly opposite the rest of the
traffic.

If the winds are light its not unusual for ATC to allow you to land
opposite direction. They may have agreed to it only if he kept his
speed up. This may have saved him $1000 in jet fuel.

While this is true, the traffic mentioned by the OP seemed to indicate
they were busy and traffic came soon before and after which led me to
believe it was an emergency. SJC is a fairly busy airport.

In Memphis, FedEx favors landing to the north which allows their
planes a short taxi to their hub. They will sometimes land with very
high tailwinds (30-35 kts) so I'm told.



No, they can't operate with tailwinds that high. Typicla limits are 15
knots, though I have operated with a limit of 25 for take off and landing
in an airport with only one way in and out. We had special perfomrance
sheets for that.


Bertie

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No, they can't operate with tailwinds that high. Typicla limits are 15
knots, though I have operated with a limit of 25 for take off and landing
in an airport with only one way in and out. We had special perfomrance
sheets for that.


Bertie


Oh yeah, since you haven't done it, it could never happen.

Did little Anthony inherit this trait from you?

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No, they can't operate with tailwinds that high. Typicla limits are
15 knots, though I have operated with a limit of 25 for take off and
landing in an airport with only one way in and out. We had special
perfomrance sheets for that.


Bertie


Oh yeah, since you haven't done it, it could never happen.


Nope, because the manufaturers say so , dickbreath.




Bertie

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No, they can't operate with tailwinds that high. Typicla limits are
15 knots, though I have operated with a limit of 25 for take off and
landing in an airport with only one way in and out. We had special
perfomrance sheets for that.


Bertie


Oh yeah, since you haven't done it, it could never happen.


Nope, because the manufaturers say so , dickbreath.

besides if you dont really know whats where
theres traffic from moffet that travels roughly the same n-s direction
but a few miles west

and traffic from north takes a south leg either side of the airport
then turns base down near capitol expressway before turning final

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