Originally Posted by
dlen111
so if i get this, there is a 50 year agreement between tempe and phx, that requires that ops are split 50/50.
I assume that weather/wind situations prevail however, explaining why i occasionally notice that the standard 50/50 pattern is not being observed? ie, landing from the west in the PM instead of the normal approach from the east?
A lot of time winds around here are out of the S or SW as often as they are out of the east or west.
I suspect that 50/50 rule does come into play more often than the acutal wind direction.
I do think it is interestng that it is usually late at night and early in the morning when the planes take off over Tempe. Take-offs are louder...I wonder if that is the City of PHX's way of messing with Tempe...more noise when more people are likely to be at home?