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London City Airport is also in a fairly built-up area, so I wondered how the approach lights work there. Seems they run through an industrial estate: https://m
by twic 5y ago
London City Airport is also in a fairly built-up area, so I wondered how the approach lights work there. Seems they run through an industrial estate:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vTAcMJnk567MLjZ79 https://maps.app.goo.gl/vTAcMJnk567MLjZ79
(and on the other side of the bridge for a little way)
- lmm 5y agoDubrovnik has them bridged over a road at the end of the runway, which felt a bit funny driving past: https://goo.gl/maps/5cFKkiGeHaAHYgfN6 https://goo.gl/maps/5cFKkiGeHaAHYgfN6
- cesarb 5y agoAnd Congonhas has both, approach lights over a fairly busy road, and in a very built-up area: https://goo.gl/maps/ugtU4TgKRdP9G9eu9 https://goo.gl/maps/ugtU4TgKRdP9G9eu9 Arriving at that airport on a plane (looking through the side windows) is always a sight, it feels as if you're going to land on top of the buildings, and at the last second the airport appears below the plane. The other end of the popular "ponte aérea" (short hop flights between Santos Dumont airport at Rio de Janeiro and Congonhas airport at São Paulo) feels similar, only that there it's water instead of buildings.
- rescbr 5y agoSão Paulo Congonhas airport uses a mix of the techniques used in LCY and DBV. Light towers in people's yards (https://goo.gl/maps/ANcFr2kfUJB9H6FS8 https://goo.gl/maps/ANcFr2kfUJB9H6FS8) and bridges over roads (https://goo.gl/maps/EZadYfA43qyMQWtN9 https://goo.gl/maps/EZadYfA43qyMQWtN9).
- zucked 5y agoI used to drive this route regularly a decade ago - as a closeted av-dork, I always loved it. This streetview angle just gave me one of those memory-powered dopamine dumps. Thanks :)
- GauntletWizard 5y agoSEATAC's approach is right over a minor highway, and they've built a very cool gantry to put the lights on: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZrmkT74Rg32DmZ9j7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZrmkT74Rg32DmZ9j7