Good day for Listening to West Coast Feeds

[tyketto]

Normally I wouldn't post something like this, but looking out my office window, it's warranted.

We're getting socked up here in NorCal. Nice rain storm coming in (much needed rain), but has the potential for mudslides and flooding due to oversaturation of very dry land.

However, flooding is taking the stage here. US 101 is flooded. I-880 is getting close. That has put ground stops into effect at KSFO and KOAK. Both are in east ops, with ILS 19R on request and only landing the 10s at KSFO.

This stretches down to LAX as well, where they are in 2.5nm visibility, and in east ops. They landing/departing the 6s and 7s.

KSNA is in North ops as well, as they are departing the 2s. Only KSAN is in normal ops, though that may be changing as well.

KLAS has construction going on until May, then again from October to March of 2015, all on 25R/7L. So it is closed, putting them in configuration #3, putting the 1s as primary runways.

So storms, closures, and flipping the boat at nearly every airport in California and Oregon (KPDX is using the 10s) is making for an interesting day on the feeds out here.

BL.

[Fryy/Avocadoflight]

UAL362 just landed at KSFO, sounded like some sort of emergency. Just picked it up on the SFO_TWR feed at 20:50 local, (0455z). Anyone else catch the reason for the emergency?

[tyketto]

UAL362 just landed at KSFO, sounded like some sort of emergency. Just picked it up on the SFO_TWR feed at 20:50 local, (0455z). Anyone else catch the reason for the emergency?

Not sure yet, but it's been a hell of a day.

Today at LAX, they are still in east ops, but to make it worse, the ILS for 6L is out of service, so traffic going to the north side has either been landing 6R or when breaking out of the OVC008 layer at roughly 750ft, changing to 6L. Plenty of go arounds and lost traffic there.

ASA466 was given a heading to join the 6R localizer, but instead, whether by habit or not, tried to join the 6L localizer, and totally missed the airport. Tower ended up cancelling the approach clearance, and got him the hell out of there.

But today, ground stop continues for SFO (they're in east ops, along with KOAK), and no visual approaches to KLAS (BKN010, OVC016). Fun day for the feeds.

BL.