jetcareers - View Single Post

Omdahl · November 17th, 2007, 12:18

We have a similar situation where I'm at with an closed AFB near the airport with the same runway layout. If we see an aircraft headed to that airport we say something like "it appears your heading to the closed AFB". That has happened twice with an airline when I was working. I also had a citation coming from a direction where he looked like he was coming to the airport but would be overflying the closed AFB. I got a confused, "ah, approach?" "I am lining up for the runway in front of me, but my GPS shows I am still 14 miles from the airport." DING DING DING! That's the first clue. If you have the equipment to verify USE IT! If something doesn't look right, ASK!

November 17th, 2007, 12:18	#30
Omdahl Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 78	Re: Landing at the wrong airport... We have a similar situation where I'm at with an closed AFB near the airport with the same runway layout. If we see an aircraft headed to that airport we say something like "it appears your heading to the closed AFB". That has happened twice with an airline when I was working. I also had a citation coming from a direction where he looked like he was coming to the airport but would be overflying the closed AFB. I got a confused, "ah, approach?" "I am lining up for the runway in front of me, but my GPS shows I am still 14 miles from the airport." DING DING DING! That's the first clue. If you have the equipment to verify USE IT! If something doesn't look right, ASK!