I live in Welly and fly every week - those pilots are just angels man, absolute legends!!! One landing we flew straight through a 'Wind Devil' a mini tornadoe on water and I thought that my numbers were up as we slid sideways, but the pilot blasted full bore the jet engines it screamed to full rpm's and we levelled out meters above the tarmac..friggen amazing!!
I used to do a weekly commute between Christchurch and Wellington. One landing, just before touchdown there was a gust of wind from behind and the plane dropped about 5 metres and bounced, and bounced, and bounced. One lady muttered something like "That was a rough landing!". A guy near her in a uniform turned around and said "Madam. We don't grade landings. They are either pass, or fail!".
According to a friend of mine who is ex-US airforce, a good landing is one where everyone walks away. A great landing is one, after which, they can use the plane again. LOL
I’ve never seen something like this! May I feature this go around in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!
Having flown in and out of Wellington many times and lived to tell the tale, I can tell you this is one airport where the pilots get applause for safely getting their passengers on the ground. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a lot of religious conversions too, as an atheist, I have prayed to get home safe when the rock and roll starts. My mum would rather fly into Auckland and drive all the way to Wellington, it can be rough. Hats off to the skilled pilots who deliver us safe and sound.
The only time I've ever gripped the armrests during a landing was aboard a packed B767 from Brisbane on short final in a Wellington nor'wester. The aircraft shuddered and rolled as we descended closer to the runway threshold, and the cabin got very quiet indeed. Our captain picked his moment, levelled the wings and set her down firmly. Moments later he came on the PA and cheerfully announced, "Well folks, another successful landing". The entire cabin burst into spontaneous applause.
If their home port is Welly, weather like this is just another day at the office. Kinda like Cathay Pacific pilots when Hong Kong used the old Kai Tak airport. That was a white-knuckle ride at the best of times, but when the wind was up and you were crabbing a 747 down between multistorey buildings ... no thanks.
Ah Welly. Many a time we've nearly been blown over waiting for takeoff. And seen the runway coming directly at me out the window as the pilot crabs the plane in to keep the nose into the wind. It's scary as hell, but somehow the pilots always manage to flick it round at the last second and land straight. They do a great job and usually get a round of applause.
I turned up for a flying lesson at Wellington once on a day like this. We had 45kt crosswinds. Air NZ suspended all flights that day except jets. Couldn't believe my ears when my instructor told me to pre-flight for some circuits. I took up old ZK-EFZ, a little four seat Cheetah for the wildest ride of my life and I am so glad I flew that day. memorable is an understatement. Like riding a bucking bronco all the way down on finals.
Their manual has a limitation of I think 16kt from memory but that is the demonstrated maximum. I flew the landing with Fokker F.27 Captain Mike Dorrin as my instructor, The flight actually happened. At the time Mike Dorrin was a F/O on the F.27 for AirPost flying night freight & instructing by day. I would have to trawl back through my logbook for the dates but had to be in the early 1980s. My instructor certified my logbook entries. PS: Infact you got me thinking trying to recreate the date from memory. my old log book is in storage in another town, but the flight was with Wellington Aero Club & Mike later started his own flying school so this helps to date it. I stopped flying with WAC when my father died in August 1980 and I recall this was very early on a Saturday with a fierce southerly storm so it had to be around May-July 1980. That morning NAC/AirNZ grounded all F.27 operations and only flew B732 ops. These things could all be verified.
I watches 1000's videos in aviation, I love it, but, crosswind landing like this ?? Never, ever, These pilots simply are amazing and super . OMG, I just could not believe two video I watched landing in Wellington NZ ! I am going to try with FSX . Thanks for sharing this airside tv. it it amazing.
Absolutely love Wellington Airport! When at Uni in Wellington, my flatmates & I would go to the south end, Cook Straight end, climb over rocks and sit right under flight path and "planespot". Exciting watching them bump, and wobble as they pass over you so low you could shake hands w pilot!
This is a calm day in Wgtn...one thing you always get value for money via entertainment. Be it flying into or out of Wgtn, catching the ferry to or from Picton or even just driving over the Rimutakas can be a thrill.
My daughter's first flight experience was into Wellington in one of those egg beaters in a strong wind, she loved it. My knuckles on the other hand hurt
First time I flew anywhere was to NZ, from the UK in 1995. I was "bricking" it all the way. I lived in Wellington for 10 years. For work once I flew from Wellington to Blenheim and back. Flight out was uneventful. Start of the flight back was uneventful too until just after the pilot said something like "This has been the smoothest flight all day so far and we are expecting a calm flight in to Wellington." The very moment he stopped speaking, the plane dropped out of the sky, people screaming, the little curtain covering the entrance to cockpit swung open and all I could see through the windscreen see was the lights of the runway as the plane was very nose down. Fortunately, the pilot landed the plane. I am here to tell of my experience. After that day I never worried about flying. There was talk of extending the runway by sinking barges either end so that 747's could land. Yeah, nah!
Taurean1972 We flew over from Sydney on an Air New Zealand a320. The landing was actually one of the smoothest I have ever experienced......we used most of the runway and landed in the opposite direction to what is shown here though......must have been windy Wellington on a rare good day......oh well. They are planning to extend the runway out into the harbour so the airport can handle bigger jets......at around 2km long currently a320's and 737's are about as big as it gets......that's about half as long as the longest runway in Sydney......not good for the capital of NZ or if something large needs to be diverted from Auckland.
It impresses me that there have been no fatal accidents at this airport (knock wood). My recollections of flying into Wellington as a passenger are looking out the side of the aircraft and seeing the runway as we approached. The pilot was crabbing a lot. It is not unknown for passengers to be put into the brace postion for landings here. Kudos to the pilots.
I used to love watching the Bristol Freighters landing in a strong southerly. They would land at a crawl and fight their way across the ground to get to the hangers
This is normal day to day flying into Wellington. to quote one purser, you are more likely to get a rocky landing in Wellington than a smooth one. It's on the south end of the North Island and is also on the end of Cook Strait. It an blow here believe me
It's like this when landing in Gibraltar (I lived there) going low over the sea in order to land and having to fly right around the rock to take off (plus it's always incredibly windy) it's scary and awesome
For those who don't know it, for all intents and purpose, Wellington has one runway. North / South aiming. There are no other options. Which is good really, as Wellington only ever really get Northerly and Southerly winds in this area. If anything North Westers.... Look up terrain and map on Google maps or whatever. When three out of four planes give up and try somewhere else and you're on the last plane that lands for the day (at 1.30pm) I think the theories of topography can go take a jump....
jjc If what you say is true, than you should never, ever give up on your dream. You be older and well trained before they ask you to land in weather like this and it is not as hard as some of these posters make it sound. Remember, they are not pilots. So get it from one that is, go for it and you be able to handle this like a champ.
+jjc Hang in there, kiddo. You'll have the training and experience to handle a landing in these conditions successfully. If you have the passion for flying in your heart, don't give up!
2:47 Good to see those engines can handle heavy rain. Not a good time for a flame-out. In August 1979, the Australians lost a F-111 on take-off at Ohakea, when it flamed-out in heavy rain and skidded off the end of the runway. The crew ejected safely.
I learnt to fly at Rongotai! Could take off into the wind and have a strong tailwind up your khyber half way down the strip! Only a Piper Cub...but what fun!
Have you been to Wellington? There is no where else to put an airport. Plus, it really isn't so bad - this video doesn't show any extreme landings or take-offs in my opinion.
I've flown into Wellington plenty of times. Yeah, it's bumpy at times. But the time I really thought 'F-K: this is it!" was landing into Brisbane just last year. We bounced, swayed, yawed and tilted alarmingly, and I think most of us got a straight-down-the-runway view twice over from 5 metres off the deck. I'm not often scared.That time I was. NZ breeds travelers with tough stomachs!
ahh that is not true, If memory serves correctly didnt a Friendship aircraft end up in the harbour after overshooting the runway? trying to think when it was either 80's or 90's pretty sure though it was in the 80's
I think the pilots have the wind patterns well worked out, and I see in almost all landings to be very smooth, despite seeing at an altitude of, say, 100-300 feet, a plane that looks to be heading in all directions due to cross winds (squalls). Below that altitude there seems to be a 'comfort zone' in which the touchdown is actually quite smooth..
Sometimes, close to the ground, there can be an abrupt decrease in wind speed due to friction of the moving air with the ground (so the wind speed increases higher above the ground) or because of a shielding effect of terrain. This can result in an equally sudden decrease in airspeed (i.e. the speed of the plane is relative to the air, not the ground). Losing speed close to the ground is not at all desirable, due to the possibility of stalling with inadequate height to recover. Hope it helps.
Yep I recall flying into Wellington early 90's from Auckland and coming into land with one hand on camcorder and the other holding my sisters hand! It was that windy the plane was tilting from side to side you would swear the planes wing would have slammed onto the runway! The pilots cabin door swung open! But just as it was about to touch the runway the plane straighten up ! Well I should post the footage I filmed it believe it or not but it is on an old vhs tape somewhere!
Wrong, Southerlies blow straight in off Cook Strait, therefore providing smooth airflow accros the airfield. Norwesters bend over and around the hills, often creating severe turbulence and windshear on final approach.
I live in America so if I wrote this comment I would’ve said, “Yeah screw that my family’s just fine with driving *drown* to Wellington” ... mkay ill leave
Its a real shame you can't go in front of the runway on the south side any more, ( the end behind the aircraft taking off. Don't know when that was changed, i left NZ in 1989. ...........Standing there with the aircraft landing and clearing your head by 100 ft or so or having the blast of the jets knock you off your feet when they were taking off was so fun.
Thank goodness our winds are mostly North to South and visa versa. If it was East West, we would have had to walk out of Wellies. Notice, hardly any crab needed, just wind shear and stuff. But still, some serious skill needed to get on the ground.
Try this - it is like being in a pipe full of water except the water in this case is air. Scientist use wind tunnels extensively when testing how a flying device (eg plane) reacts with winds of various speeds. When testing large aircraft the tunnels can be rooms wide enough to accommodate the aircraft and fans at one end to generate the airflow. In many cases, rather than test large aircraft, scientists will simply make a scale model and test the model in a smaller wind tunnel ie the tunnel may be only a few feet in diameter and use a fan to blow wind or create a strong air current through the tunnel. For further details suggest you look up 'wind tunnels' on Wikipedia.
+redeye18477 I was a controller at Wellington tower between 1990 and 2004. The number of go-rounds during these conditions was surprisingly few, but the Qantas 767 would have had the most of any operator, as an instrument in the cockpit would detect an unacceptable gust measurement and the pilots were obliged to initiate an automatic go-round, whereas other operators would have carried on to complete a landing.
Maybe they shut the airport quicker when southerly rolls in with gusts eighty knots? Anyway, maybe the videographer of these doesn't even go out in the southerlies, as there ain't many videos of extreme southerly landings. And mate, I was sitting behind wing - and I was looking out my window straight down the runway when the rear wheels touched down.....
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I live in Welly and fly every week - those pilots are just angels man, absolute legends!!! One landing we flew straight through a 'Wind Devil' a mini tornadoe on water and I thought that my numbers were up as we slid sideways, but the pilot blasted full bore the jet engines it screamed to full rpm's and we levelled out meters above the tarmac..friggen amazing!!
I used to do a weekly commute between Christchurch and Wellington. One landing, just before touchdown there was a gust of wind from behind and the plane dropped about 5 metres and bounced, and bounced, and bounced. One lady muttered something like "That was a rough landing!". A guy near her in a uniform turned around and said "Madam. We don't grade landings. They are either pass, or fail!".
Hahahahaha
According to a friend of mine who is ex-US airforce, a good landing is one where everyone walks away. A great landing is one, after which, they can use the plane again. LOL
Any landing u can walk off is a perfect landing.
🤣🤣 Oh man!
Which month was the least windy out of Wellington? I'm guessing Jan-Feb?
I’ve never seen something like this! May I feature this go around in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!
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I am a kiwi and have flown all around the world, but no airport anywhere gives you white knuckle moments like Wellington.
Heathrow will, because your scared you'll run out fuel before you land
may i know you are a traveler or you have visited all the world by any means of profession??? nothing just curious to know....
San Diego is pretty scary, too.
Having flown in and out of Wellington many times and lived to tell the tale, I can tell you this is one airport where the pilots get applause for safely getting their passengers on the ground. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a lot of religious conversions too, as an atheist, I have prayed to get home safe when the rock and roll starts. My mum would rather fly into Auckland and drive all the way to Wellington, it can be rough. Hats off to the skilled pilots who deliver us safe and sound.
The only time I've ever gripped the armrests during a landing was aboard a packed B767 from Brisbane on short final in a Wellington nor'wester. The aircraft shuddered and rolled as we descended closer to the runway threshold, and the cabin got very quiet indeed. Our captain picked his moment, levelled the wings and set her down firmly. Moments later he came on the PA and cheerfully announced, "Well folks, another successful landing". The entire cabin burst into spontaneous applause.
If you're flying to Wellington, you want a pilot from NZ. Trust me.
+Ilona Mackinnon or Alaska
+Ilona Mackinnon Or Australia.
+topher1976au lmao
+Libby Firmin well Aussie pilots fly to NZ frequently ;)
If their home port is Welly, weather like this is just another day at the office. Kinda like Cathay Pacific pilots when Hong Kong used the old Kai Tak airport. That was a white-knuckle ride at the best of times, but when the wind was up and you were crabbing a 747 down between multistorey buildings ... no thanks.
Ah Welly. Many a time we've nearly been blown over waiting for takeoff. And seen the runway coming directly at me out the window as the pilot crabs the plane in to keep the nose into the wind. It's scary as hell, but somehow the pilots always manage to flick it round at the last second and land straight. They do a great job and usually get a round of applause.
I turned up for a flying lesson at Wellington once on a day like this. We had 45kt crosswinds. Air NZ suspended all flights that day except jets. Couldn't believe my ears when my instructor told me to pre-flight for some circuits. I took up old ZK-EFZ, a little four seat Cheetah for the wildest ride of my life and I am so glad I flew that day. memorable is an understatement. Like riding a bucking bronco all the way down on finals.
Thanks for the laugh :-)
Simon Gunson Come on Simon, those Cheetah are not able to handle a 45kt cross wind.
Their manual has a limitation of I think 16kt from memory but that is the demonstrated maximum. I flew the landing with Fokker F.27 Captain Mike Dorrin as my instructor, The flight actually happened.
At the time Mike Dorrin was a F/O on the F.27 for AirPost flying night freight & instructing by day. I would have to trawl back through my logbook for the dates but had to be in the early 1980s. My instructor certified my logbook entries.
PS: Infact you got me thinking trying to recreate the date from memory. my old log book is in storage in another town, but the flight was with Wellington Aero Club & Mike later started his own flying school so this helps to date it. I stopped flying with WAC when my father died in August 1980 and I recall this was very early on a Saturday with a fierce southerly storm so it had to be around May-July 1980. That morning NAC/AirNZ grounded all F.27 operations and only flew B732 ops. These things could all be verified.
Be safe up there Simon. Bad cross winds can kick you in the butt in the worst way.
You're telling us that Air NZ jets were landing at Welli in 45 cross wind??? Hmmmmm...
Back in 1964 a plane I was on ran out of fuel and crash-landed at this airport - it's a horrifying experience that I've never forgotten.
Jeez! That would have been very scary!
Very nice footage of some skilled pilots getting their birds safely to their destination. Nice!
I watches 1000's videos in aviation, I love it, but, crosswind landing like this ?? Never, ever, These pilots simply are amazing and super . OMG, I just could not believe two video I watched landing in Wellington NZ ! I am going to try with FSX .
Thanks for sharing this airside tv. it it amazing.
In Australia they call those seas cyclonic. In Wellington. meh.
they call the normal whether
Awesome piloting there, with some really good touchdowns in tough conditions.
That first landing would have to truly be 11/10 under the circumstances.
Absolutely love Wellington Airport! When at Uni in Wellington, my flatmates & I would go to the south end, Cook Straight end, climb over rocks and sit right under flight path and "planespot". Exciting watching them bump, and wobble as they pass over you so low you could shake hands w pilot!
This is a calm day in Wgtn...one thing you always get value for money via entertainment. Be it flying into or out of Wgtn, catching the ferry to or from Picton or even just driving over the Rimutakas can be a thrill.
3:47 -- omg, no way in that little egg beater.
My daughter's first flight experience was into Wellington in one of those egg beaters in a strong wind, she loved it. My knuckles on the other hand hurt
EGG BEATER?🤣🤣🤣🤣
First time I flew anywhere was to NZ, from the UK in 1995. I was "bricking" it all the way. I lived in Wellington for 10 years. For work once I flew from Wellington to Blenheim and back. Flight out was uneventful. Start of the flight back was uneventful too until just after the pilot said something like "This has been the smoothest flight all day so far and we are expecting a calm flight in to Wellington." The very moment he stopped speaking, the plane dropped out of the sky, people screaming, the little curtain covering the entrance to cockpit swung open and all I could see through the windscreen see was the lights of the runway as the plane was very nose down. Fortunately, the pilot landed the plane. I am here to tell of my experience. After that day I never worried about flying. There was talk of extending the runway by sinking barges either end so that 747's could land. Yeah, nah!
Agreed. On a beautiful day, it's an equally beautiful experience, especially landing Sth to Nth, with the plane coming in over the harbour.
Those whitecaps show some really strong winds in there. Great video!
Will be flying to Wellington NZ in August 2014......looking forward to it.
What was your experience ?
Taurean1972
We flew over from Sydney on an Air New Zealand a320. The landing was actually one of the smoothest I have ever experienced......we used most of the runway and landed in the opposite direction to what is shown here though......must have been windy Wellington on a rare good day......oh well. They are planning to extend the runway out into the harbour so the airport can handle bigger jets......at around 2km long currently a320's and 737's are about as big as it gets......that's about half as long as the longest runway in Sydney......not good for the capital of NZ or if something large needs to be diverted from Auckland.
@@AUmarcus if something large needs to divert from Auckland they come to christchurch and it happens a lot
Lol, I was wondering on Saturday if you would be out with the camera at the airport!
Thanks for your dedication!
It impresses me that there have been no fatal accidents at this airport (knock wood). My recollections of flying into Wellington as a passenger are looking out the side of the aircraft and seeing the runway as we approached. The pilot was crabbing a lot. It is not unknown for passengers to be put into the brace postion for landings here. Kudos to the pilots.
Nude in the backyard pool
I used to love watching the Bristol Freighters landing in a strong southerly. They would land at a crawl and fight their way across the ground to get to the hangers
Yeah they we fun stoic old planes. Miss the sound of their engines too.
This is normal day to day flying into Wellington. to quote one purser, you are more likely to get a rocky landing in Wellington than a smooth one. It's on the south end of the North Island and is also on the end of Cook Strait. It an blow here believe me
It's like this when landing in Gibraltar (I lived there) going low over the sea in order to land and having to fly right around the rock to take off (plus it's always incredibly windy) it's scary and awesome
Great footage, thank you for posting. I'm really glad to see new vids, it's been a while!
Nice scenes. Greatings from Austria
I'll drive to NZ :P
Im an Aussie, and been to Wellington, Wellington is just crazy.......
I've always been a boeing guy, but those buss's sure seem to handle the wind well :)
For those who don't know it, for all intents and purpose, Wellington has one runway. North / South aiming. There are no other options. Which is good really, as Wellington only ever really get Northerly and Southerly winds in this area. If anything North Westers.... Look up terrain and map on Google maps or whatever. When three out of four planes give up and try somewhere else and you're on the last plane that lands for the day (at 1.30pm) I think the theories of topography can go take a jump....
I'm 14 yrs old and ever since i was in pre school i wanted to be a pilot and watching this video makes me bit timid in becoming a pilot
jjc If what you say is true, than you should never, ever give up on your dream. You be older and well trained before they ask you to land in weather like this and it is not as hard as some of these posters make it sound. Remember, they are not pilots. So get it from one that is, go for it and you be able to handle this like a champ.
CaptainArt777 Thank you for the advice
+jjc Hang in there, kiddo. You'll have the training and experience to handle a landing in these conditions successfully. If you have the passion for flying in your heart, don't give up!
Harden up
being timid is a qualification bud
Wellington airport is a great place to land.
2:47 Good to see those engines can handle heavy rain. Not a good time for a flame-out. In August 1979, the Australians lost a F-111 on take-off at Ohakea, when it flamed-out in heavy rain and skidded off the end of the runway. The crew ejected safely.
Last few were absolute "greasers"...excellent flying
WE LIVED IN WELLINGTON FOR 20 YRS -HAD SOME REAL 'WHITE KNUCKLE' LANDINGS.
LOOK AT THE 'WHITE HORSES' OUT AT SEA
I learnt to fly at Rongotai! Could take off into the wind and have a strong tailwind up your khyber half way down the strip! Only a Piper Cub...but what fun!
I learnt to fly at Rongotai! Could take off into the wind and have a strong tailwind up your khyber half way down the strip!
Have you been to Wellington? There is no where else to put an airport. Plus, it really isn't so bad - this video doesn't show any extreme landings or take-offs in my opinion.
What, just one JittConnect/Qantas flight? Bit under represented I think. Great video. Thank you.
Awesome work!
I'll have to cross the ditch for a week of spotting with ya mate!
Great Video, Thanks for posting.
I've flown into Wellington plenty of times. Yeah, it's bumpy at times.
But the time I really thought 'F-K: this is it!" was landing into Brisbane just last year. We bounced, swayed, yawed and tilted alarmingly, and I think most of us got a straight-down-the-runway view twice over from 5 metres off the deck. I'm not often scared.That time I was.
NZ breeds travelers with tough stomachs!
Excellent extreme landing video! What a bad ass weather! what spot was it? On a hill? Real scary to fly in those small planes! Liked!
+Aviatorspot its on the flat, with in the mouth of the harbour, which acts like a wind tunnel
You were filming from a hill location right? What is the place name?
Well. I don't know where you're from, but their has never been a crash in Wellington.
ahh that is not true, If memory serves correctly didnt a Friendship aircraft end up in the harbour after overshooting the runway? trying to think when it was either 80's or 90's pretty sure though it was in the 80's
I think the pilots have the wind patterns well worked out, and I see in almost all landings to be very smooth, despite seeing at an altitude of, say, 100-300 feet, a plane that looks to be heading in all directions due to cross winds (squalls). Below that altitude there seems to be a 'comfort zone' in which the touchdown is actually quite smooth..
Excellent video of aircrafts in Windy Wellington! Those winds are real shit for pilots there!
At 2:14, I think they should start making Auto-takeoff and not just Auto-land. Damn the weather. It looks like God decided to dump all the dust there.
mrcannotfindaname its not dust its water sprinkled i beleive NZ dont have dust...
+mrcannotfindaname Nah just stick the windshield wipers on spastic mode and power right on through it! :P
+syed nayyar mansoor There is dust anywhere mate.
Just a another normal day in Wellington....
Haha
Darn, I think the best way of doing this is landing in Auckland and then driving to WL. This is crazy.
Great pilot work!! Amazing vids!!
Un bonito vídeo. El viento cruzado es increíble en esté aeropuerto.
lovely videos mate..thanks for uploading
This is awesome, I am a pilot for southwest just starting my carrier and there is no way I would take the risk to land that.
Does water from the sea go into plane engines and the runway if the timing is just right?
+Fire World Only spray, generally during takeoff into a bad southerly.
Sometimes, close to the ground, there can be an abrupt decrease in wind speed due to friction of the moving air with the ground (so the wind speed increases higher above the ground) or because of a shielding effect of terrain. This can result in an equally sudden decrease in airspeed (i.e. the speed of the plane is relative to the air, not the ground). Losing speed close to the ground is not at all desirable, due to the possibility of stalling with inadequate height to recover. Hope it helps.
Love those wing flexes
Did you get any vid from Thursday when that massive wind storm hit?
It is very reassuring when you see the wings of the plane flapping in the wind!
That's the aircraft trying to clap hands celebrating another escape from Wellington.
When I think of people that are good at there jobs, pilots are number one. Who is in last place? Cops!
wellington gets way worse than this when the cyclones come in (category 5 and over sometimes) and yet they still fly
Wellington hasn't been affected by a cyclone since that one time in the 60's, so I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.
*Incredible !*
Yep I recall flying into Wellington early 90's from Auckland and coming into land with one hand on camcorder and the other holding my sisters hand! It was that windy the plane was tilting from side to side you would swear the planes wing would have slammed onto the runway! The pilots cabin door swung open! But just as it was about to touch the runway the plane straighten up ! Well I should post the footage I filmed it believe it or not but it is on an old vhs tape somewhere!
Wrong, Southerlies blow straight in off Cook Strait, therefore providing smooth airflow accros the airfield. Norwesters bend over and around the hills, often creating severe turbulence and windshear on final approach.
Arrgh. The ads don't leave much of the picture!
They have the guts but amazing at the same time
nice video
Because as the capital city of New Zealand Wellington needs an airport, no matter how bad the weather conditions are.
what video camera did you use for these videos..nice work!!
Real nice, some very skillful landings there indeed.
Great video!
Been there cool and trendy place but that wind jeez
Who's big idea was it to put an airport by the ocean? That is crazy with all that constant wind blowing.
You are kidding? WOW!
It was the only place of flat land for an airport in Wellington that’s why the airport is located there.
Yeah screw that my family's just fine with driving down to Wellington 😂😂
I live in America so if I wrote this comment I would’ve said, “Yeah screw that my family’s just fine with driving *drown* to Wellington” ... mkay ill leave
Sorry guys but stupid question (im 13yrs old) whats windshear??? And how does it affect the aircraft? Thanks
Thats Name its game!!! Extreme Landings
Holy sheet.. You can clearly see those wing flexes! Sexy! :)
Don't look Ethel!😁
These fellows have got skills.
Its a real shame you can't go in front of the runway on the south side any more, ( the end behind the aircraft taking off. Don't know when that was changed, i left NZ in 1989. ...........Standing there with the aircraft landing and clearing your head by 100 ft or so or having the blast of the jets knock you off your feet when they were taking off was so fun.
Wellington airport is so sketchy, it's so short and windy
Best pilots in the world
Thank goodness our winds are mostly North to South and visa versa. If it was East West, we would have had to walk out of Wellies. Notice, hardly any crab needed, just wind shear and stuff. But still, some serious skill needed to get on the ground.
Are you using a HD cam?
the weather is extreme not the landings or take off's. those are normal and adapted to the design of the airframe
Is Wellington as bad as it looks to land and take-off at?
can anyone explain me what is wind tunnel is? plz...
Try this - it is like being in a pipe full of water except the water in this case is air. Scientist use wind tunnels extensively when testing how a flying device (eg plane) reacts with winds of various speeds. When testing large aircraft the tunnels can be rooms wide enough to accommodate the aircraft and fans at one end to generate the airflow. In many cases, rather than test large aircraft, scientists will simply make a scale model and test the model in a smaller wind tunnel ie the tunnel may be only a few feet in diameter and use a fan to blow wind or create a strong air current through the tunnel. For further details suggest you look up 'wind tunnels' on Wikipedia.
wellington is a hilly city this is probably the best and only place to put an airport
Brilliant !!!
man the pilots are good man
ha ha ha ha....windy Wellington ...someone once said , if the world had piles , that's where they would be
Very few go arounds. Is that correct?
+redeye18477 I was a controller at Wellington tower between 1990 and 2004. The number of go-rounds during these conditions was surprisingly few, but the Qantas 767 would have had the most of any operator, as an instrument in the cockpit would detect an unacceptable gust measurement and the pilots were obliged to initiate an automatic go-round, whereas other operators would have carried on to complete a landing.
+Sailor Man did the 767 used to come here if so probably as a young child or before I was born I have seen one go around with all my spotting here
Great landings
the best airport ever !!
Maybe they shut the airport quicker when southerly rolls in with gusts eighty knots? Anyway, maybe the videographer of these doesn't even go out in the southerlies, as there ain't many videos of extreme southerly landings. And mate, I was sitting behind wing - and I was looking out my window straight down the runway when the rear wheels touched down.....
I ❤️ Windy Wellington 👍🇳🇿
I JUST wonder why they wanted to build a airport when they (probably?) knew the conditions of the weather there.
rough ! all good but not if the wingtip hits the tarmac and flips. Not good.