CAT II ILS Approach into Birmingham

View from the cockpit of an Embraer 145 jet during a CATII (bad weather) landing in foggy conditions on runway 33 at Birmingham International Airport.

The runway visual range was reported as 300m & the decision height during this approach was 100 feet (the absolute minimum allowed on this type of aircraft).

The callouts you can hear are "200" feet above the runway and "minimums" which is the decision point at 100 feet above the runway.

As there is no autoland on the aircraft, the autopilot has to be disengaged at 80feet and a manual landing carried out.

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• Landing
• Birmingham
• Airport
• Embraer
• 145
• Cockpit
• Flightdeck
• EGBB
• Fog
• CATII

[efastMixer]

how do you taxi without collisions when its this foggy?

[FlyBHX]

@efastMixer by a comprehensive system of lighting in conjunction with ATC and a combination of reporting at holding points and in most airports surface movement radar.

[aviator1243]

Sounds like Rwy 6-24 in Birmingham AL. I land a Beechjet 400A there about four times a week. That runway is 12,002 Ft. long and 150 ft. wide.

[FlyBHX]

@aviator1243 No it's Birmingham UK EGBB, main runway 15/33. 06/24 was very short (some 1200m) and was closed years ago

[VIR092]

Superb approach and landing! In IFR conditions so tihick it feels that the runway comes up so much FASTER. Well done!

[FlyBHX]

@VIR092 it does indeed

[n4120p]

Very impressive landing, steel nerve and faithfull trust in the myriad of instruments involved to arrive at the threshold that clean, you 've got every thing so lined up that had to make an effort to miss the centerline lights thumping on the nose wheel ja ja.

Congrats pro job E.B.

[FlyBHX]

@aless2004 In low visibility operation you often have to vacate at the end of the runway. The intermediate taxiway exits are not available, as is the case at Birmingham in this video.

[purdu3]

@aless2004 I heard it

[shiftysbrother]

Now that was a true CAT II.  Lights+runway right at minimums. Well done.

[jofus2019]

No this was a good landing. He was hitting the centerline lights.

[FlyBHX]

@aless2004 listen out for the "Autopilot" annunciator at about 45secs

[FlyBHX]

@aless2004 06/24 at Birmingham has been closed for years as it's too short for most commercial aircraft. The only runway used now is 15/33