DEN GDP 07Mar19: UA only due to low RVR
Mar 7, 2019, 3:44 pm
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Is this stuff more advanced than in the mid-late 1980s? Because back then, I had numerous mainline flights into EWR in winter evenings diverted due to fog. Now they can land in anything?
Mar 7, 2019, 3:50 pm
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Usually fog diversions these days are when the carrier, aircraft, or runways are not equipped for lower-minimum ILS approaches, like the ground stop that prompted this thread.
Mar 7, 2019, 4:57 pm
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Very. For example, check out this video of an A320 doing a CAT IIIb landing in heavy fog. Autopilot disengages at 1:38 -- it's called "autoland" for a reason
Usually fog diversions these days are when the carrier, aircraft, or runways are not equipped for lower-minimum ILS approaches, like the ground stop that prompted this thread.
Usually fog diversions these days are when the carrier, aircraft, or runways are not equipped for lower-minimum ILS approaches, like the ground stop that prompted this thread.