Reply to: How high is an aircraft 5kms from airport on landing approach

[TimberWolf]

afternoon all,

well we need to know this because there is a small airport and they are applying for planning permission to accept commercial passenger flights, they are saying 6 per hours during day light hours
and if they get the permission it will affect plan b

hence, wanting to know, how high the aircraft will be on the landing approach 5kms from the airport

not rocket science is it

so it seems from the esteemed experts present that we are talking 300m

will the aircraft be loud at that height on landing approach ?

Milan.

Also, as cliphead says the glide angle will vary for plane and conditions. I looked up the glide angle for a 737 (short haul trip plane) to get 3% glide angle. A small airport used by small aircraft may be different.

[Paddy]

No it won't be loud for small - mid sized planes. I'm in the flight path of a small airport and to be honest never notice it. Of course your Plan B for a Zen Garden and 'Massage by Milan' has other things to worry about.

My mum’s home was 2 ½ miles away from touchdown. Sometimes you could see the crew if a plane came too low. She liked being on the flight path. The down side was having the car occasionally splattered with dirty kerosene.

[KimberleyChris]

Courcheval is for girls. Try Lukla in Nepal.

It has its own fan club on Youtube.


The runway slopes steeply and ends in a rock face, once you begin approach there is no 'go round' - its land or go home.

There's a video of a plane that didn't make it, if you are a bit ghoulish :-)

[milanbenes]

thanks mate

how was Christmas and the inlaws ?

I hope hope hope, the mother-in-law didn't trip over this year and land on any young
members of the family - sorry for the reminder, but that was a shocker and I hope your
daughter fully recovered.

All the best,

Milan.

[MarillionFan]

afternoon all,

well we need to know this because there is a small airport and they are applying for planning permission to accept commercial passenger flights, they are saying 6 per hours during day light hours
and if they get the permission it will affect plan b

hence, wanting to know, how high the aircraft will be on the landing approach 5kms from the airport

not rocket science is it

so it seems from the esteemed experts present that we are talking 300m

will the aircraft be loud at that height on landing approach ?

Milan.

No it won't be loud for small - mid sized planes. I'm in the flight path of a small airport and to be honest never notice it. Of course your Plan B for a Zen Garden and 'Massage by Milan' has other things to worry about.

[milanbenes]

afternoon all,

well we need to know this because there is a small airport and they are applying for planning permission to accept commercial passenger flights, they are saying 6 per hours during day light hours
and if they get the permission it will affect plan b

hence, wanting to know, how high the aircraft will be on the landing approach 5kms from the airport

not rocket science is it

so it seems from the esteemed experts present that we are talking 300m

will the aircraft be loud at that height on landing approach ?

Milan.

[Ruprect]

fer feck's sake

so how high is the fecking aircraft 5kms from the airport on the landing approach ?

jeeez call yourselves experts

Milan.

"milanbenes is professional and courteous"

[IR35 Avoider]

Here's an even better one....

De Havilland DHC6 Twin Otter Landings at Saint Barthélemy HD - YouTube

Vommitttt... :-)

See my description of Courchevel airport in a previous discussion.

I think it was Meribel (might have been Courcheval) where one run passes the top of the little airport. The runway looks like it's only about 300 metres long, it appears planes land into the mountain and rely on the uphill slope of the runway to slow them down. On take-off, if they can't get up to speed I guess it doesn't matter, as they'll pick up plenty of speed once they've gone off the cliff at the end of the downhill side of the runway.

(Maybe it was Courcheval, I remember checking after that holiday and found I could fly direct to the airport from London City airport, which is only 15 minutes from home for me.)

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...8-meribel.html

Here's a video showing the pilots view of a landing followed by a take-off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCsQuVrmj1g

[KentPhilip]

Go to:

Flightradar24.com - Live Flight Tracker!

and zoom in on a spot 5km from the runway at Heathrow. Wait for a plane to fly over that spot, click on it, and it will tell you in the left-hand pane its altitude.

[tractor]

..

Real .netters would have the answer in the latest support pack they are pretending to hide from us because it has goodies in it.

[pacharan]

How the bell do you even think about asking a question like that at Christmas?

Have you run out of beer or something?

[wim121]

when a passenger aircraft is on airport landing approach and the aircraft is 5kms form the airport, under typical european norms, how high will the aircraft be in the sky ?

Just out of interest, why the pondering?

At 15km, above my house, at 6:00am - too bloody low.

FYI, be thankful if you are under a runway approach flightpath, far better than being under a takeoff path as the engines are throttled back for landing whereas on takeoff, they are running at a far more intensive rate.

5 degees equals 5.24 percent.
5000 times 5.24 percent equals 262 metres

200m-300m isnt too bad at all. Unless it is windy and the flight team are struggling to control the glide, you shouldnt be overly disturbed by it.

....simples!!!!
(Why am I on the dole !!!!!)

Because you're a meerkat?

[Troll]

evening experts,

hope you all had a great Christmas and have eaten enough

folks, plan b needs help,

we need to know,

when a passenger aircraft is on airport landing approach and the aircraft is 5kms form the airport, under typical european norms, how high will the aircraft be in the sky ?

thanks and all the best

Milan.

You are D.B. Cooper & I claim $200,000 in negotiable American currency

[AtW]

Ah the old 'buy a surface to air rocket launcher and threaten to blow up planes unless the authorities pay you £50million' plan B.

[Cliphead]

Google instrument approach plates.

Every airport is different and many factors will affect the glideslope if flying an IFR approach and a VFR approach can vary every time. There's no definitive at 5km an Airbus 319 will be at x altitude answer.