Comments on: Pilots confusing Essendon Airport for Melbourne Airport

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:52:56 +0000

On the other hand, the usable runway at Wellington is much less – with 130 m (430 ft) and 106 m (348 ft) displaced thresholds at the north (16) and south (34) ends.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Airport#Runway

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:50:55 +0000

In reply to meltdblog. Runway 16/34 at Wellington is 2,081 metres long, but at Essendon pilots are confusing the 1,504 metre long north-south runway for Melbourne.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:48:44 +0000

In reply to Carl. The number of incidents slowed down by 1991, with one in 1994, then none for 20 years - I'm guessing the addition of runway strobe lights at Melbourne Airport addressed the source of confusion.

By: meltdblog

meltdblog — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:33:13 +0000

YMEN has almost identical length to NZWN so 747’s wouldn’t have any trouble landing at or leaving.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:05:45 +0000

Wow. 7 in 36 years. This sounds like such a big issue.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:29:59 +0000

In reply to Andrew. On the upside each time the plane landed safely, air traffic control having told the pilots to correct their approach.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 07:58:22 +0000

Once incident is too many, and after reading of so many incidents I think I have instantly developed a fear of flying.