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Old Feb 11, 2018 | 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by KARFA
He has already texted me to apologise for the delay which is due to strong winds at AMS - how can an airport with so many runways be reduced to one landing runway so quickly with a bit of wind?
A strong Westerly ought to do it. You end up landing 27 and departing 24. Everything else becomes a chocolate teapot due to x/wind component.
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