Weather In Sydney & Melbourne

[Grahame Hutchison]

Many of the flights out of Sydney this afternoon were running vary late because of the strong winds in Sydney and Melbourne. My son's DJ flight to Melbourne was delayed by more than one and a half hours however he was lucky to get on the earlier flight. Most flights were operating from Runway 25 in the late afternoon when I was there.

Some of the ACARS transmissions...

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .VH-ZXA
Message label: 86 Block id: 6 Msg. no: M06A
Flight id: QF0502
Message content:-
ARI
ETAB 2135YBBN
WHLCHR / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI MORNING. SORRY WE R LATE
CHAOS IN SYD WITH STRONG
WIND...
WEATHER... NOT PILOTS
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 07:39]


ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .VH-ZXA
Message label: 86 Block id: 7 Msg. no: M07A
Flight id: QF0502
Message content:-
ARI
ETAB 2135YBBN
WHLCHR / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI SEVERAL STRESSED PAX WER
ON QF500 CONX TO QF970
TO TSV. WILL THEY MAKE
THE FLIGHT PLSE.
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 07:43]

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .HL7449
Message label: 36 Block id: 9 Msg. no: M11A
Flight id: KE0581
Message content:-
RKSI/YSSY/02APR08/FLT OPS/S 32.383/E151.173/26995/36700/AT THAT TIME SYD WX IS OK AND MIN FUEL IS NOT OK AND COSIDER CHANGE ALTN TO YSCB/
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 11:31]

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .HL7449
Message label: 36 Block id: 5 Msg. no: M14A
Flight id: KE0581
Message content:-
RKSI/YSSY/02APR08/FLT OPS/S 32.834/E150.917/25278/34300/SO PLEASE CHANGE ALTN TO YSCB AND GIVE US YSCB TRIP FUEL FIGURE THANK YOU/
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 11:41]

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .VH-VXD
Message label: 86 Block id: 6 Msg. no: M97A
Flight id: QF0859
Message content:-
ARI
ETAB 0440YSSY
WHLCHR 01 / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI DOH EXCLAMATION MARK
WE JUST GOT HOLDING
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 14:55]

ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .ZK-OJG
Message label: 14 Block id: 4 Msg. no: M90A
Flight id: NZ0783
Message content:-
--AIR02NZCHYSSY062004000100NNN
L1
L2
----------
HI GUYS. EXTENSIVE HOLDING. ESTIMATED LANDING TI
ME 0617
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 16:39]


ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .N602FE
Message label: 10 Block id: 0 Msg. no: M26A
Flight id: FX0077
Message content:-
020077/OPSCTL/DA PHNL/DS YSSY/FOB 042000
/FTX LDG RWY 25 OPS ONLY
DUE WIND
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 16:51]

[Adam P.]

Not a fun day. Not a fun day at all.

Some regionals were copping up to an hour and a half CTMS holding on the ground, followed by an hour doing laps of Bindook. Schedule? What schedule?? :mad:

Grahame you missed the "SI DOH EXCLAMATION MARK" from VXD... :)

[Sarah C]

Leaving just runway always causes problems but anyone down at Krispy Kreme yesterday would have been entertained!

OFf topic, anyone know why there is a FJ 747 at the INTL Freight terminal at the moment?

[Robert Zweck]

Adelaide copped this weather earlier...I thought 38 kts was stiff, but the TV showed that the weather in Melbourne was much worse.

[Steve S... 2]

Hi,

A sign of serious problems to come when they close runway 25 at Sydney for maintenance. The westerly wind gets alot stronger than that of yesterday and when it happens (and it will many times during July to September) expect major delays.

[Mark T]

I was booked on a 1pm departure from Melbourne yesterday and we finally departed at 6.20pm on VH-EBV, flown down to Melbourne to help "sort out the mess". The first and second flights that I was allocated were cancelled and then VH-ZXB went u/s due to a tech issue and ended up on a B747 service. A long day at Tulla :(

[Nigel C]

It just means that other airports will have to prepare for diversions, and lots of them!


More information on the RESA upgrade can be found here http://www.sydneyairport.com.au/SACL/Corporate+Information/Runway+Safety/default.htm

Have a look at Chapter 3 for details proposed for the closure of Rwy 07/25.

[lloyd fox]

Yes Brisbane got 3 diversions yesterday out of it.

BI 193,QF130 and Viva Macau.