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Originally Posted by EDUC8-or  I'm sure their OPC said they could do it, it just didn't seem to conservative to fly an approach to a shorter runway where there are tall ships passing on the river and you have to bring it in pretty low and plant it on the numbers when there is a nice long runway available. |
thats more what i was getting at in my comparison. You have about 1000' more in EWR after the displaced threshold than PHL, but its the circle that makes it fun. Keep it in tight (JFK/LGA are right next door) and dodge the shipping cranes at the docks.
As for being conservative, they are probably helping out taking 35. I dont go into PHL often so i cant say for sure, but taking 11/29 in EWR helps thier acceptance rate and in some cases can cut down on holds/ground delays for other aircraft when they start running into volume problems (ie, every inbound bank).