Boeing 757 Cockpit Circling Approach Runway 04 Ancona Italy

[MrArunammanath]

@CaptYanknBank

when they say 020/19 does that mean the wind direction is 20Degrees relative to the runway at 19kts? And if that was to give you a tailwind component at Runway 22, why didnt you use the opposite side of the runway to land so its more of a headwind.

I am just a little glider pilot haha and very curious, can someone explain it please?

Cheers

[CaptYanknBank]

@MrArunammanath If the tower stated wind is 020/19 then it is the direction it is from (magnetic). So for a runway 02 (also magnetic) the wind would be straight down the runway at 19 knots. If the runway is say 06 then you would have a crosswind of approx 12 knots and a headwind of approx 15 knots. If the runway was 11 then it is a straight crosswind. We always aim to land and take-off in to wind, the B757 maximum Take-off & Landing tailwind component is 15 knots.

[freddytitmus]

Great Vid Captain!! I look forward to these, Cheers!!!

[paranoma87]

Why did were you assigned the instrument approach? Could it have been possible to make a visual approach in these conditions or was it for ATC reasons that they had you perform the circling approach?

[CaptYanknBank]

@paranoma87 Hi, It's standard practise that we set up for a Cat 1 approach even in visual conditions. There is no Radar here in Ancona so no radar vectoring therefore we have to perform a procedural approach. In this case as the wind was a very strong tailwind, we made the standard ILS down to Circling minimum altitude and then circled around to land on the opposite runway to make a visual approach. The 'minimums' for a Circling approach are much higher than for an ILS approach.

[FlightSimLov3r]

Very nice approach!

[blakman7]

Hey Capt, great video as always! Any chance on that 757 autopilot disconnect sound longer than the 1/2 second? Haha, I still haven't forgotten about that. Hope that all is well.

[frequentairbusflyer8]

wow look at that scenery, good stuff!

[CaptYanknBank]

@frequentairbusflyer8 The scenery was great, it was such a windy day, the sea was very rough. For the departure that evening the wind was gusting over 40 knots, thankfully down the runway....!!!

[frequentairbusflyer8]

@CaptYanknBank

holy! that is damn windy!

[drummerkid69]

thanks for the upload man!!!

[draoi99]

Great video! i'm surprised how near you were to the runway when you turned to final. I would have thought you would have gone a few miles further, but I guess these planes are quite manoeuverable really.

[CaptYanknBank]

@draoi99 Yes, surprisingly manoeuverable, we were already Gear down and flap 20 so just needed landing flap, at that low speed the turn radius is pretty low.

[Slaterator]

Very good video ! Thumb´s up !

[CaptYanknBank]

@Slaterator Thanks very much

[FSXSuperboy]

Awesome video!



[CaptYanknBank]

@FSXSuperboy Thanks very much.

[gt5004life]

Great video, as usual! What's the maximum tailwind component allowed for the 757?

Sent you a PM a while back. Cheers.

[CaptYanknBank]

@gt5004life Hi, we use 15 knots as max TWC for take-off & landing.

I'm months behind my youtube messages etc, really bad but life so busy..!!

Apols for not getting to your message yet.....

[gt5004life]

@CaptYanknBank No problem. Does the 757s max TWC for take-off and landing vary much from the 767?

And you say "we use" does that mean that the 15 knots isn't a Boeing limitation, but SOP? Again, thanks for the video and for your time :)

[CaptYanknBank]

@gt5004life Hi, the 15 kts max TWC is a Boeing AFM limitation for the 757 and 767.

Sometimes an airline may not following a Boeing limitation but generally it will be even stricter.

eg Boeing says max Crosswind component of 40 kts, an airline may use 35kts.

[RHINOneSeven]

Brilliant, love the video remarks as well!

[CaptYanknBank]

@RHINOneSeven Thanks very much, you're welcome.