Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1104 times:
Hey,
I am Livingston
Go to EDI spotting very little but, can see anything arriving/departing from my house so...
Fastenseatbelt From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 76 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1098 times:
Hey!
lucky you....i can only see the planes coming in over pentland from my kitchen window...harharhar...
I have never been spotting at EDI...as much as i love planes...3.50 for the bus is a bit uch just to get to the airport...also, no one to go with. going alone is a bit weird...lol
Have you seen the Continental babies yet? I really wanna see them in EDI...would be a reason to go to the airport...lol
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1095 times:
Quoting Fastenseatbelt (Reply 2): I have never been spotting at EDI...as much as i love planes...3.50 for the bus is a bit uch just to get to the airport...also, no one to go with. going alone is a bit weird...lol
Aww, if only i could drive then
Quoting Fastenseatbelt (Reply 2): Have you seen the Continental babies yet? I really wanna see them in EDI...would be a reason to go to the airport...lol
Yes, i saw the B762 arrive this morning, although it appeared a bit larger. It amy have just been the angle
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9212 posts, RR: 42 Reply 4, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1084 times:
I'm west of the centre - Slateford, if you know it, near Tynecastle. Moved here about 11 years ago from Glasgow - a Weegie in Embra! It's stupid but I've only been out to the airport a couple of times to collect someone and I've got plenty of time on my hands at the moment. With a pair of binoculars I get a fairly good view of aircraft departing 24 and arriving 06 from my sitting-room.
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1079 times:
Quoting David L (Reply 4): With a pair of binoculars I get a fairly good view of aircraft departing 24 and arriving 06 from my sitting-room.
Ahh, 06 arrivals are morning and evening usually and 24 are departures in the afternoon normally.
As i said, i saw the CO B767 arriving today. It was 06 approach as most mornings, and it is a lovely view.
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9212 posts, RR: 42 Reply 6, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1078 times:
Quoting Dogfighter2111 (Reply 5): Ahh, 06 arrivals are morning and evening usually and 24 are departures in the afternoon normally.
Well... there's only one runway so doesn't the wind have more of a say than scheduling? If 06 is in use I see arrivals, if 24 is in use I see departures.
ScottishLaddie From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 2383 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1076 times:
Quoting Dogfighter2111 (Reply 5): Ahh, 06 arrivals are morning and evening usually and 24 are departures in the afternoon normally.
As i said, i saw the CO B767 arriving today. It was 06 approach as most mornings, and it is a lovely view.
Thanks
Mike
Whaaat! It goes by wind direction not time of day!
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1074 times:
Quoting ScottishLaddie (Reply 7): Whaaat! It goes by wind direction not time of day!
I amn't stupid, i do know how RWY direction works!!!
I was trying to say what the usual directions are. And i know how correct i am with the directions i mentioned. After all, i do see aircraft landing and departing in EDI every day.
GLAGAZ From UK - Scotland, joined Feb 2004, 1964 posts, RR: 12 Reply 9, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1071 times:
Quoting Dogfighter2111 (Reply 5): Ahh, 06 arrivals are morning and evening usually and 24 are departures in the afternoon normally
It will never operate like that on a regualr basis. Yes there will be a predominant wind direction most of the time, but it won't change as you say 3 times a day like clockwork.
If you had just said the runway that is mostly in use is runway 06 then it would have been a lot simpler than stating that the weather follows that strange pattern on a regular basis.
Gaz
Neutrality means that u don't really care cos the struggle goes on even when ur not there, blind and unaware
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1065 times:
Well, i usually see RWY 06 in use in the morning and evening. When i leave in the morning and when i get back home in the evening.
Whenever my family go on holiday, i look at the arrival and departure time. If it is in the morning, i look out and i see them leave 99% of the time. I see them arrive if they land late evening and i am 99% correct.
I do sit and watch the activity sometimes, and i very rarely see departures at 06:00 on RWY 24. Although i did depart at 0700 when i flew to BFS, but we landed back on RWY 24 and that was in the afternoon.
ScottishLaddie From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 2383 posts, RR: 9 Reply 11, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1061 times:
Quoting Dogfighter2111 (Reply 10): Well, i usually see RWY 06 in use in the morning and evening. When i leave in the morning and when i get back home in the evening.
Whenever my family go on holiday, i look at the arrival and departure time. If it is in the morning, i look out and i see them leave 99% of the time. I see them arrive if they land late evening and i am 99% correct.
I do sit and watch the activity sometimes, and i very rarely see departures at 06:00 on RWY 24. Although i did depart at 0700 when i flew to BFS, but we landed back on RWY 24 and that was in the afternoon.
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9212 posts, RR: 42 Reply 12, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1060 times:
It may be that when the wind is insignificant they'll vary the runway in use for noise abatement.
During the day 24 departures are more obvious to me because of the angle I see them at as they're climbing - arrivals are more head-on so they have a smaller cross-section. At night 06 arrivals are more obvious because I can see the landing lights.
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1057 times:
It is pretty simple what i was trying to say. In the first place, i said that USUALLY RWY 06 was used in the Morning and Evening, and 24 in teh afternoon. I have seen this process for years.
The reason this started, is because you said:
Quoting ScottishLaddie (Reply 7): Whaaat! It goes by wind direction not time of day!
Picking it up wrong. I was only trying to state an observation.
ScottishLaddie From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 2383 posts, RR: 9 Reply 15, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1054 times:
It is pretty simple what i was trying to say. In the first place, i said that USUALLY RWY 06 was used in the Morning and Evening, and 24 in teh afternoon. I have seen this process for years.
The reason this started, is because you said:
By saying that you are implying that it goes by time of day, if the wind direction is such that 24 needs to be in use in the morning and evening then so be it.
Having worked in the airport all summer at all sorts of times, the time of day has nothing to do with it, 24 is used more often than 06 generally I'd say. But that's obviously down to wind direction, and they aren't going to change the runway direction in the afternoon if the wind direction hasn't changed,
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1051 times:
I watch the aircraft arrive and depart everyday. I USUALLY see arrivals on RWY 06 in the morning and evening, and RWY 24 i USUALLY see in use in the afternoon.
I AM NOT IMPLYING THAT IT GOES BY TIME OF DAY!!!
I AM IMPLYING THAT USUALLY THE TIMES ARE SIMILAR EVERYDAY.
ScottishLaddie From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 2383 posts, RR: 9 Reply 17, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1047 times:
But that doesn't usually happen. It's usually 24 ops full stop. 06 obviously isn't used as often due to the direction of the wind which leads to 24 ops more often.
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1043 times:
That's funny how nearly every mornings and evenings i see arrivals on 06 and nearly every afternoon i see departures from 24.
I do live directly under the flight path, i do know which way the airport is and i do know what i am saying is correct. It is probably you not understanding it properley.
ScottishLaddie From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 2383 posts, RR: 9 Reply 19, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1042 times:
Quoting Dogfighter2111 (Reply 18): That's funny how nearly every mornings and evenings i see arrivals on 06 and nearly every afternoon i see departures from 24.
So in other words you are saying that nearly everyday the wind changes direction in the afternoon, which it doesn't. When I start shifts at 5/6am 24 is in use more often that 06 is, but as I've already said that is simply down to the fact that the prevailing winds dicate that 24 is used more often.
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1041 times:
That is true, but i am talking about 7:30am and 7pm onwards when i usually see RWY 06 in use.
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