Timeline for On landing in Paris, from India, which side of the plane to sit to see Eiffel tower?
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| Oct 18, 2021 at 10:28 | answer | added | Roxanne Krohn | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/1036494171480236032 | ||
| Aug 29, 2018 at 3:23 | comment | added | gmauch | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because its a better fit for aviarion SE. | |
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| Aug 25, 2018 at 3:23 | comment | added | Fattie | hi @MichaelKjörling , yup I understand how approaches work :) From the OP's point of view, it's unknowable on a given flight - one of a set of possibilities. As you probably know, when you roll a dice it's not actually "random" but we describe it that way. Note that the wind direction is "random". | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 22:16 | comment | added | user | @AndreKR Fair enough, but if you want that from METARs, you'll need to look at METARs over a period of time. That's probably beyond the analysis most people are willing to do for a Stack Exchange question. :) | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 22:16 | comment | added | user | @Fattie Approaches are not flown at random at all. Even in general aviation toward untowered/uncontrolled airports in uncontrolled airspace, there's a literal pattern to the madness, and in controlled airspace, even more so. The approach flown will depend on which runway is active and assigned to that particular airplane, but especially the former isn't done at random at all. From a quick look at Wikipedia, CDG has four parallell runways (08/26 and 09/27, each a pair L/R for a total of four runways), so final approach (last several km) will be just about exactly in an east/west direction. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:12 | comment | added | AndreKR | @MichaelKjörling My idea was that maybe there is a typical weather for CDG. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 14:31 | comment | added | Fattie | That is a great question, thanks! Very sadly, landing procedures do not work like that. It is simply random, ie, it is different on every flight, every day. The only smarty-pants answer would be "in the front of the plane!" | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 12:07 | comment | added | user | Adding to @davidjwest's comment earlier, I believe the typical commercial aviation approach glide slope (the angle at which the airplane approaches ground in preparation for landing) is 3 degrees, though exceptions do exist (not sure if CDG is among them; that's what an approach plate would tell you). I also believe that the typical climb pitch is 10 degrees nose up, but that doesn't however imply a climb angle of 10 degrees. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 12:04 | comment | added | user | @AndreKR METARs wouldn't be a factor; those simply describe the current weather. Visibility and cloud base figures might indicate whether on a particular approach the Eiffel tower would be visible or not from a given distance (since distance from the airport on an approach implies a particular altitude), but the weather will be what it is on that day, and if you are unlucky in that regard, which side of the aircraft you're sitting on won't really matter. TAFs (terminal area forecasts) might tell you whether you're likely to be able to see the Eiffel tower, but only some hours before landing. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 3:51 | answer | added | Antzi | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 20:23 | comment | added | David Richerby | @davidjwest I'm confused. Take-offs and landings are in the same direction, unless the wind changes between the two, so shouldn't you be on the same side of the plane? | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 12:29 | comment | added | davidjwest | @crayarikar I concur. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 12:20 | answer | added | hmakholm left over Monica | timeline score: 17 | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 12:18 | comment | added | crayarikar | @davidjwest correct, but only if the CDG holding pattern dictates the aircraft to approach from the West fly over the city and then loop back towards CDG for an Eastern approach. Most flights from the East to Paris don't have to join the holding pattern and simply land directly from the East, which would mean seeing the tower is not possible no matter where the sit. | |
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| Aug 23, 2018 at 11:45 | comment | added | davidjwest | OK, I will look into this in detail later but I think your chances of seeing the tower on take-off are minimal, landing is possible if the wind is from an easterly direction. On take-off sit on the left and on landing the right. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 11:23 | vote | accept | Ashish Bahl | ||
| Aug 23, 2018 at 11:23 | comment | added | Ashish Bahl | @davidjwest landing & departure from CDG. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 11:00 | comment | added | davidjwest | Can you confirm which airport you are landing at? | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 10:34 | comment | added | davidjwest | You are more likely to spot ground targets on landing rather than take-off as you will likely be closer to the ground. Departing aircraft tend to climb relatively quickly whilst those landing descend much more gradually. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 8:30 | comment | added | AndreKR | You might get better answers on aviation.stackexchange.com. Those guys know how to read approach plates and METARs. | |
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| Aug 23, 2018 at 6:13 | answer | added | crayarikar | timeline score: 55 | |
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