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Originally Posted by chachee52
Thanks for the info. I guess it doesn't make sense to me, but sure.
Is this a newer rule? I seems to remember when I was younger they used to take of both ways, but I could be mistaken. Although a few years back there was one plane that landed Sandy point end but was new and with the wind and crashed at that end. If I remember it was a newer pilot.
Either way, my son was thrilled to see it again, we missed it last year.
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Departing to the south may not be so bad, but they had problems with aircraft landing too the south, actually with tailwinds, where the aircraft ran out of runway after landing long.
It was felt that landing and departing on runway 01 made sense, especially with the taxiing situations in the past whereas they did not always have the taxiway.
Given the size of the aircraft that land at B18, I don't think a small tailwind would create too much of a problem. Smart people than me make decisions like that.
Dave