LVPs are in Force (1)
100m visibility from my work window. We had a bit of a delay waiting for planes to land before we could take our turn to take off. For the technically minded, the RVRs were 200/175/225m. RVR "Runway Visual Range" is how far you can see down the runway including the bright runway lights. For example, you may only see 100m of tarmac but you can still see 200m of lights at the beginning, 175m halfway through takeoff and 225 at the end at liftoff. Fog deeper than this is quite uncommon. Needless to say, at liftoff speed of 150mph, 225m goes by quite quickly. The minimum allowed RVR for takeoff is 125m for me and just 75m required for landing (by computer autoland...) Needless to say, I don't have a pic of what the runway lights look like when we are lined up and ready to launch. This is just the lead-on taxyway.
LVPs are in Force (1)
100m visibility from my work window. We had a bit of a delay waiting for planes to land before we could take our turn to take off. For the technically minded, the RVRs were 200/175/225m. RVR "Runway Visual Range" is how far you can see down the runway including the bright runway lights. For example, you may only see 100m of tarmac but you can still see 200m of lights at the beginning, 175m halfway through takeoff and 225 at the end at liftoff. Fog deeper than this is quite uncommon. Needless to say, at liftoff speed of 150mph, 225m goes by quite quickly. The minimum allowed RVR for takeoff is 125m for me and just 75m required for landing (by computer autoland...) Needless to say, I don't have a pic of what the runway lights look like when we are lined up and ready to launch. This is just the lead-on taxyway.