A busy day in the Funchal hold....

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A busy day in the Funchal hold....

#1 Post by CharlieOneSix » Tue May 09, 2023 2:21 pm

Lots of holding and diversions due to the wind at Funchal.....but one guy seems determined to have a go - RZO160.

METAR LPMA 091400Z 01014G24KT 320V050 9999 FEW015 23/15 Q1025=

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edit: and he's down okay but I bet there were some sixpence half crown moments.
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Re: A busy day in the Funchal hold....

#2 Post by Boac » Tue May 09, 2023 4:06 pm

A tricky wind near the runway with rotors off the hill. It will be just 'normal' Funchal until about 100' :))

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#3 Post by tango15 » Tue May 09, 2023 4:14 pm

I noticed that several aircraft diverted to Las Palmas rather than Porto Santo, but perhaps its rather small apron was becoming a bit crowded.

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#4 Post by CharlieOneSix » Tue May 09, 2023 4:16 pm

RZO160 was the only one that landed this afternoon. All the others were cancelled or diverted. As a pax going into Funchal on a similar day it's the only time I've come really close to a brown trouser moment.
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#5 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed May 10, 2023 8:17 am

Buck House once asked us to take HMQ in there. There are so many days that you can't make it we couldn't guarantee to get her there. She used her little ship in the end.
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#6 Post by Wodrick » Wed May 10, 2023 8:25 am

E.I.E.

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#7 Post by tango15 » Wed May 10, 2023 2:46 pm

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Buck House once asked us to take HMQ in there. There are so many days that you can't make it we couldn't guarantee to get her there. She used her little ship in the end.
Same again today. Lots of holding and some diverting. The obligatory TAF: LPMA 101100Z 1012/1112 01017KT 9999 FEW015 TEMPO 1012/1018 01020G32KT PROB40 TEMPO 1022/1112 01025G37KT

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#8 Post by Boac » Wed May 10, 2023 4:08 pm

I no longer have the limits chart for LPMA but I'm pretty sure the TEMPO wind is outside the airfield limits.

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#9 Post by tango15 » Thu May 11, 2023 5:15 pm

Another bad day at the Funchal office: LPMA 111100Z 1112/1212 01015KT 9999 SCT015 TEMPO 1112/1212 36020G32KT BKN030 PROB40 TEMPO 1112/1206 36025G37KT

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#10 Post by Boac » Thu May 11, 2023 5:51 pm

TEMPO 1112/1206 36025G37KT
I'm pretty sure that would close the airport.

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#11 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri May 12, 2023 9:45 am

They are having fun there again today. TEMPO 1206/1306 36020G32KT. BA520 has just made it after holding.
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#12 Post by tango15 » Wed May 31, 2023 2:29 pm

The bad weather has returned to Funchal again, and holding is the order of the day:

LPMA 311100Z 3112/0112 22015KT 9999 BKN015 TEMPO 3112/3118 21022G32KT 6000 RADZ SCT004 BKN012 BECMG 3118/3120 23010KT SCT015 TEMPO 3118/3124 8000 SHRA BKN015 FEW018CB BECMG 0100/0103 VRB05KT

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#13 Post by tango15 » Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:08 pm

...and still it continues. Yesterday was one of diversions, usually back to the mainland. The problem now is that Porto Santo is suffering the same weather, so that's out as a diversion point. The weather pattern in that area seems to be completely stalled at the moment; the QNH seems very low for Madeira in June and presumably reflects the stationary low-pressure area :

LPMA TAF: LPMA 061100Z 0612/0712 21017KT 6000 -RADZ BKN008 TEMPO 0612/0615 1200 +RA BR BKN004 TEMPO 0612/0618 21023G38KT BECMG 0615/0617 9999 NSW SCT015 TEMPO 0617/0706 8000 SHRA BKN013 FEW018CB TEMPO 0700/0712 22020G32KT
LPPS 061400Z 15020G30KT 2000 -RA BR SCT002 BKN010 21/20 Q1000

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#14 Post by Boac » Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:10 pm

Bad luck if you have a holiday booked!

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#15 Post by Wodrick » Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:22 pm

Well there will be a ferry ride and you can look at that as a free cruise :-bd

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#16 Post by tango15 » Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:37 pm

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Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:22 pm
Well there will be a ferry ride and you can look at that as a free cruise :-bd
Hmmm, not sure I'd want to go on a ferry :ymsick: anywhere around there at the moment! :)

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#17 Post by Boac » Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:52 pm

Indeed, and a ferry from LISBON would be the dog's doo-dahs, wouldn't it?

The thought of all those buckets slopping around on deck......................... :-q

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#18 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:52 am

Of course the travel agents do not mention this aspect of getting there. When we were in the business we pointed out all the possible problems of our Amorgos programme and holidays here. A kid in a high street travel agency just has a brochure and points at nice photographs then takes your money. He/She (am I allowed to say that?) has no idea about the destination.
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#19 Post by admin2 » Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:35 am

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#20 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:14 am

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