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Old Jul 4, 2019, 10:47 am
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TerryK
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Originally Posted by fairhsa
........Having lived in Wellington and see planes take off and land in severe wind, the 50kph gusts did not seem an issue.........
It depends on direction of wind. ULN's main runway is 14/32. It can be a problem if there is strong cross wind from NE or SW. ULN's elevation of 4150 doesn't help either. Many airports have secondary runway built at different orientation for this purpose but ULN doesn't have one.

EDIT: Looks like WLG is also single runway 16/34 but WLG is close to sea level. I don't know how often WLG has strong cross wind.
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