March 28, 2024: Westerly winds and the closure of runway 8-26 (which is the preferred runway for landings during west operations at TJSJ) gave me the rare opportunity to experience a runway 28 RNAV approach and landing during the evening hours. See captions for more details!
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SJU normally operates on an eastward direction (runways 8 and 10) due to prevailing easterly trade winds year-round. However, certain weather events like hurricanes passing to the north, cold fronts, and even thunderstorms can reverse the surface winds from a westerly direction, prompting air traffic control (ATC) to turn the airport around to "west ops", or "reverse ops". In 30 years of flying in and out of this airport, this is my 1st time experiencing a landing on runway 28.
Airline: Spirit Airlines
Aircraft type: A320-200
Registration: N656NK (1st flight July 2018)
Route: Baltimore (BWI) to San Juan (SJU)
Flight time: 3 hours, 28 minutes
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Негізгі бет The LEAST COMMON APPROACH @ San Juan, Puerto Rico: Runway 28 NIGHTTIME LANDING - SJU Airport | 2024
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