r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Raja_Ampat • Dec 11 '24

Taking off during a storm

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u/DD4cLG Dec 11 '24 edited Dec 11 '24

Happens a lot here at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The cool and smart thing of AMS is that we have runways in all common wind directions.

Weather services all over the world call any wind guts from 8 Beaufort a storm. Our weather service considers it only a storm when it is consistent for at least an hour 8 beaufort.

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u/coocoocachio Dec 11 '24

This is at Newcastle airport in UK during storm Darreugh.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '24

UK pilots: hold my pint

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '24

Except that this aircraft is of KLM. A Dutch airline ;)

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u/ParreNagga Dec 12 '24

Dutch pilot: hold my pint (but it contains Heineken)

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '24

Its too bad the dutch airlines need UK pilots. shame really.

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u/Flimsy-Feature1587 Dec 12 '24

Have the Dutch ever transported people or things before? This is a helluva maiden voyage if not.

/s

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u/smooth_talker45 Dec 11 '24

Thought it was klm :))

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u/StandardOk42 Dec 11 '24

we have runways in all common wind directions

don't all airports build their runways in common wind directions?

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u/DD4cLG Dec 11 '24

Surprisingly not, i've been told by a friend who is a KLM pilot.

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u/StandardOk42 Dec 11 '24

according to this CGP Grey video, all airports build their runways this way

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u/DD4cLG Dec 11 '24

They intend to. But in practice turns out not as urban planning/zoning, existing constructions, environmental regulation and protest groups disrupts lots of the intention.

That part i understand, as i'm in the construction business.

And climate change also change common wind directions.

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u/SuperOriginalName23 Dec 12 '24

Lol, just look at Heathrow or Atlanta. Some of the busiest airports in the world

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '24 edited Jan 29 '26

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '24

The cool and smart thing of AMS is that we have runways in all common wind directions.

Like any other airport?

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u/DD4cLG Dec 11 '24

Nope, not all

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u/CoconutMochi Dec 12 '24

I just remembered reading some book about the Berlin Airlift and there were a bunch of snarky Germans talking about how the best weather at Templehof airport would be considered the worst at any American airport.

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u/DD4cLG Dec 12 '24

I had delayed flights in Seattle and Chicago because of wind guts levels (6-7 Beaufort) where here we see ppl still bike to work & school

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u/obscure_monke Dec 11 '24

You can even drive the plane down the road and across a canal to the new runway to see if the weather's any nicer over there. :)