HOLD THE RUNWAY STILL!

The top crosswind action from runway 33 at BHX in 2024 - though see • RARE A380 DOUBLE Go A... for A380 double go-around.

[@Soh90]

Crabbing while on your takeoff run is a new level of difficulty

[@Djnffnoeosmfasjjd]

Many pants were ruined after this day.

[@m_swizzy22]

That was one hefty gust the ATR got at the start, ground effect + gust = 🥶 that looked quite crazy!

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

I love how the zoom fore shortens the runway and makes it look like a rollercoaster! I bet if you stand in the centre of it it looks flat!

[@Sajuuk]

Shows how light aircraft are for their size, and how ridiculously strong that wind was.

[@TehButterflyEffect]

Not light, but the amount of lift they generate.

[@panzerofthelake506]

​@@TehButterflyEffect...which requires them to be relatively light for their size

[@SpidaMez]

nah that was mostly ground effect that kept the aircraft up

[@TheHikingHoosier]

A video with Ryanair in which the plane doesn’t smack the runway. Bravo!

[@fredMplanenut]

Great video, and no silly commentary.

[@bhxairspot6830]

Thank you!!!

[@athgt6630]

...as opposed to another popular feed that is full of WOOOWWs and OHMYGAWWWDDs when an aircraft goes around

[@komokolo4977]

Really great flying by that second pilot

[@iansmartel5473]

I didn’t realize that Birmingham AirPort runway was so level.

[@iancurtis1152]

A bit “lumpy” isn’t it😁

[@User007RD]

I was the engineer who built this runway. That day I left my level at home but I think I did alright

[@detroitbucknut]

lol it's 10000 feet long. that's as level as a runway gets.

[@Sajuuk]

BIIIIIIRMINGHAM!

[@H.EL-Othemany]

It's just the FOV

[@AviationLock]

This guy is a real one for standing or sitting in all of that wind. Great video!

[@PenAirPilot]

You managed to catch every instagram pilot in one video! Whoa that was intense..... Great vid!

[@shawbury25]

I love how back on the day Birmingham decided to use to runway directly adjacent to the prevailing wind and close the south westerly 23ish runway which every other airport in the UK and Ireland mainly use. Makes for good videos though!

[@davewood9888]

Crikey that ATR at 3 minutes 30 was performing quite a dance!

[@sophiavlog7350]

Reminded me of me when I walk home from the pub.

[@oscarzt1652]

like trying to land on a carrier without having to land on a carrier

[@markcardwell]

Tires are getting a workout 😊

[@bhxairspot6830]

True!😁

[@TRPGpilot]

* tyres

[@Raptor2233]

@@TRPGpilottires*

[@SenszR]

Tires = US Tyres = UK

[@jakint0sh]

@@TRPGpilot* tires

[@nsm1091]

Great video. lesaon for me as a pilot of a business jet. "Do the cross controlling till end to maintain center line and then terminate to ground without flare" Its going to be a positive touch down but much easier to maintain dorection due to traction from ground.

[@TehButterflyEffect]

Yeah that's how I was taught to land in a crosswind.

[@sonnycruz7032]

That second pilot was still able to touch the nose gear down on the center line. Wow!!!

[@iLexxer]

When you really must applause to crew And go to church

[@tunnsie]

Ladies and gentlemen. In preparation for landing, please put on your complimentary helmet and use your mouth guard as we may experience just a tiny bit of turbulence on our arrival.

[@richardriggs4413]

I just soiled myself watching these videos. Best I've seen on the internet. Maybe best is the wrong word. Most terrifying works better.

[@jadeyork4919]

Britain's landing strips are a test alright, it's very often blowing a gale here, heart in the mouth moments there

[@lukalevstek7851]

A metroliner was all over the runway.

[@unicorn7337]

All those missed approaches made my palms sweaty sitting here watching the video, can't imagine how nerve wracking it must have been for the passengers on board! Well done on an excellent video, and also to all the pilots who got their birds down in these horrendous conditions.

[@joakoc.6235]

Nice drifting video.

[@richardharrold9736]

I own a former corporate limo that was first sold and registered in Birmingham... I think I'm beginning to work out how it had 201,000 miles on it at its first MoT! Bashing up and down the motorways to Heathrow and/or Manchester...

[@PeterJ-ij6mm]

Twinprop craft straightened up to soon before his gear made contact.

[@PLANEMANIA747]

Wonderful capturing ❤

[@JollyMe22]

This is pretty amazing, albeit in kind of a scary way. Was this all in one day, or a compilation? Thx.

[@bhxairspot6830]

Mainly from a couple of days.

[@mizzyroro]

That Aer Lingus ATR pilot demonstrated poor crosswind landing technique. He should have aileron into the wind and in this case left aileron to make the left main land first. Notice how the EasyJet a320 did so and was able to land safely.

[@unfound23]

To be fair the easyjet pilot got what nearly a 5 degree bank angle when he tried to compensate. Agreed first gear to touch down is the one facing wind direction. But I wouldnt have risked a wing strike like him with this maneuver.

[@aburke806]

You can clearly see the left aileron was held almost fully into the wind (left aileron spoiler almost fully raised)

[@101jtag]

On takeoff with strong crosswind from the left pushing the tail right, hence nose left, and requiring right rudder... interesting. Then upon liftoff a quick left dab to set the crab angle.

[@ta666ak666]

Was it just me who scrolled through the video to see if that little ATR finally made it?

[@billyrocket62]

I am baffled by the fact that they didn't completely level the ground before building a runway on it. That is one wavy pos landing strip!

[@simonyapp]

£££

[@fernando_om]

The waves are exaggerated by the telephoto lens of the camera, it happens when they apply too much zoom. The runway is wavy, but not that much.

[@BramBiesiekierski]

You are looking at many kilometres of runway. A small undulation over that distance will look large when it's all compressed in 1 frame

[@jwm6314]

Everything about this airport is a shitshow and it should be closed and completely rebuilt, starting with level and ending with pointing into the prevailing winds.

[@johnp9020]

Maybe a little more aileron into the wind?

[@The-KP]

Great vantage point, and also a powerful telephoto lens. Which lens and camera do you use for these shots?

[@jamesbp]

If this was the USA there would've been a lot of diversions, and delayed flights

[@DaPlenThing]

ATR planes always take things so roughly lol The larger planes shrugged it off and the little ones were just tossed around

[@macrovigilance]

great captures BHX as!

[@simonyapp]

Perfect location ❤

[@famblam7]

Wow ! That sure is one windy airstrip. Now, there are some pilots really earning their pay.

[@jorgelaiuppa7616]

Let’s rock an roll!

[@DavidRowbotham-gu7kz]

Best x wind vid.

[@b757_aviation]

Brilliant video well done!

[@vboytan]

Anyone know the METAR that day? I wonder if winds were like 30-40 cross. Holy moly!

[@priceyA320]

Metro has a crosswind limit of 25kts but it sure looked like more than that!

[@drmichaelalatsaris1231]

Great capture. Well done. On the way to a serious channel

[@justine.0108]

Amazing video!

[@barsaf9989]

I know, the wind normally comes from this direction, so let's build the runway perpendicular to the wind just to challenge the pilots.

[@jannesm-sp7773]

Hi, how the heck did the A320 correct towards centerline with a bearing right of runway heading? Is it just because auf the bank angle and a "sliding" effect 0:56 ? That was no crabbing with the nose into the wind

[@dylanriecker]

If i'm understanding what you're asking after you get down to the runway you don't want to land sideways. So what you do is use the rudder to align the nose with the runway and use the ailerons to bank left or right to keep the plane in the center while using rudder to keep the plane's nose straight Edit: you'll also see sense the nose is no longer pointing into the wind the left wing is going to be lower to keep the bank to the left so the wind doesn't push it off the runway. Because of this you will land with one of the back wheels first instead of both like normal then after that first one touches you let off the bank and let the other wheel touch

[@ronduncan9527]

Awesome!

[@melzyy]

that ryanair mf had the best approach of them all lol

[@FarmerDrew]

Fr

[@TehButterflyEffect]

Why is there no alternate runway for when the crosswinds are this bad?

[@Mr_Bones.]

Because money and land

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@billkea7224]

I suspect a lot of barf bags were filled that day.

[@jhmcd2]

Okay, never been to Birmingham so I don't really know, but I see a lot of these vids from there, and if the winds are that bad they seriously need a crosswind runway. That being said, these pilots really need to learn to hold their crosswind correction. In the Caribbean you get pretty stiff corsswings a lot too and I never see this level of go arounds.

[@bhxairspot6830]

I haven't been to Caribbean airports but the terrain around BHX tends to create turbulence and gusts, so not just a strong wind.

[@jhmcd2]

@bhxairspot6830 Same thing in the Caribbean, especially when you have thunderstorms blow up. Another of the airports there are located next to the beach too, so by after noon on a hot day, gust of over 30kt aren't uncommon.

[@Cold_DEATH]

i thought ryanair pilots can land it since they don't care about which gear touches down first

[@waynee6042]

Nice spotting mate. Holy crap, Mother Nature has no respect for multi million dollar aircraft sometimes!!!

[@TRPGpilot]

Who is exactly is " 'M'other Nature" with the Capital M and N? Is 'she' a deity of some kind?

[@waynee6042]

@@TRPGpilot Yes

[@TRPGpilot]

@@waynee6042 You probabaly met unicorns while taking a walk in the woods also I guess . . .

[@FishAviation]

@@TRPGpilotit’s a saying bruv, it just means “nature”

[@TRPGpilot]

@@FishAviation Well just say "nature" then? Why use some made up nonsense phrase? . . .

[@cloudstreets1396]

I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that crosswind exceeded the crosswind limitation for that metro

[@raymomull2258]

That ruins the flat earth theory!

[@6SIX_South]

Wind speed?

[@msgt81]

Where is this runway?

[@bhxairspot6830]

Birmingham, UK

[@AugustoCarpe]

How strong was the wind that day?

[@bhxairspot6830]

very variable - quite still one minute and over 30 knots the next

[@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing]

seems like bad conditions but worse pilots

[@Yourweakminds]

As with all things birmingham - simply don’t go there!

[@Oliepolie]

Man Birmingham really is a sh*thole…

[@djmorin8745]

Just letting the wind push you off centerline… that’s basic private pilot technique… IrishATR