Airways45 From United Kingdom, joined May 2000, 299 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1659 times:
Hi there!
Has anyone seen Heathrow's cross runway, Runway 23, being used recently? I can't find any photos of aircraft landing on it on Airliners.net. From memory, this is the short runway used when crosswinds are strong and is around 6,500ft. Rumour has it that 744s land on it when the wind is strong.
777-200 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 1017 posts, RR: 8 Reply 3, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1537 times:
When i was on a Swissair A320 from Geneva a few years back we landed on LHR's Runway 23.
James768 From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2000, 112 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1520 times:
And - has anyone who's spotted at Heathrow ever seen a plane land in the opposite direction - on 05? I too spent many years a lonnnggg time ago spotting there, and never saw this happen. Arrivals onto 23 were usually great fun, only in terrible weather, would love to have landed on it.
747Forever From United States of America, joined Jun 2008, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1501 times:
Hey there,
Runway 05 is disused, i'm not sure of the reasons why, but it is a disused runway in that direction.
Ned Kelly From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 393 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1477 times:
Within the 15 years that I spent spotting at LHR, only once did I ever see an aircraft land on 05. This was around 1977/8, when out of the blue we saw an Iberia DC10 on short final whilst standing on the QB.
James768 From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2000, 112 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1461 times:
I havent been spotting at Heathrow since long before the days of T4, so that can't be it, just found it odd that theyc ould land in one direction and not the other.
Airways45 From United Kingdom, joined May 2000, 299 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1410 times:
According to www.worldaerodata.com you can still take-off from 23 if you are a prop! Correct about 05 though, it doesn't appear on any air maps. By the way, If you approach 23 you fly directly over RAF Northolt. I seem to recall someone saying that it is most likely to be used in November...
Dispatchboy From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 12 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 1386 times:
I have only ever seen 1 aircraft land on that runway and it was a Canadian DC-10 on an emergency. Other than that I have never seen it being used on a full scale operationl day.
Carduelis From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2001, 1585 posts, RR: 11 Reply 16, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1325 times:
Do a search for B707-465, VR-BBZ, and later G-ARWE, of Cunard Eagle, later to BOAC. Flight BA712, April 1968 on the first leg of LHRZHR on it's way to SYD. From memory it literally finished it's active life on 023.
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Carduelis From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2001, 1585 posts, RR: 11 Reply 17, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1324 times:
Re my previous message - take a look at airdisaster.com with details given.
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