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If memory serves me well I believe that CMF only has a Cat 1 ILS so 550 meters required to land on the southerly runway. Airfield elevation is 778 feet amsl. Cloud forecast are above aerodrome level not sea level. Also it is a steeper than normal approach, so if you have more than say an 7-8 knot tailwind, then it goes into the realms of a proper " Steep Approach" which they are not certified to carry out and all aircraft must be fitted with the appropriate equipment and Crews trained accordingly.
So you must then land on the northerly which is a Visual Circle to Land, which has its own separate requirements and you cannot land on the that runway at night due terrain issues.
Hope this helps explain a few things 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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So, chopkins13, how did it go?
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| michaelbury17 wrote: |
I think the issue is whether you fly into Chambery, Grenoble or Geneva these are all pretty small airports & most likely 40 weeks of the year they cope adequately the issue being Saturday turn around ski trips...swamped & we just have to deal with it, like others have mentioned, smile you are about to experience awesome thrills on the hill together with fantastic scenery & great apres....enough said  |
Not quite. Chambery could make life easier for everyone if they got themselves organised and dropped the complacent attitude of "It is OK for the other 40 weeks" approach that you accept. Peak passenger numbers is certainly a huge issue but some of the impact of that could be addressed by better queue/crowd management. The recent comments by posters show that Chambery's incompetence in this area is a (the?) major gripe. I've used Chambery many times and it has varied between OK and pretty bad but last Saturday (and I have seen it busier), they took their incompetence to a new and higher level. Still, at least, I won't have to endure the delights of the half-term Saturdays.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| michaelbury17 wrote: |
| I think the issue is whether you fly into Chambery, Grenoble or Geneva these are all pretty small airports & most likely 40 weeks of the year they cope adequately the issue being Saturday turn around ski trips...swamped & we just have to deal with it, like others have mentioned, smile you are about to experience awesome thrills on the hill together with fantastic scenery & great apres....enough said |
I wouldn't say Geneva was particularly small, no Heathrow, but not small.
Chambery is crap.
If you land, which we have every time, it is fine. Collecting luggage is quite a scrumfest but on the whole OK.
Departing is a whole other world of pain.
The only plus side of departing from there is that you don't get ripped off so heavily on food and drink as you do at GVA. And you don't have to go through security until you flight is actually called.
At GVA we have had to throw away countless drinks at the charter terminal only to be bused into the main part for a 5euro bottle of coke. Only Yesterday, after a misunderstanding on a menu special offer, i had to stand my ground with the restaurant manager after they tried to charge me 76euro for 4xburger and chips. In the end we walked out leaving four trays say at the till. F that, i am quite free and easy with cash on holiday but that was a p1ss take.
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Salzburg airport also had issues yesterday the 18th due to fog
Some flights moved to Munich though those seemed to be Thompson and possibly Thomas Cook flights
There were Jet2, Easy Jet, Ryan air and BA flights that were landing and getting away, by lunch time anyway not sure how bad it was earlier in the day.
Both terminals were a bit of a scrum though
Fortunately we were only about 30 minutes late leaving
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Corduroy, if you can't get to the Migros supermarket - at the station end of the airport - which is a good source of picnic stuff, sandwiches, fruit, etc then the answer to Gva is to take a cheese buttie. When I pick up people arriving at Gva, which is quite frequent, I always take some provisions for them. And on the drive in I often stop at the boulangerie in Sallanches, near the cinema, which is open long hours, to pick up some sustaining rations.
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FAQ
mainly because I don't have to ever do this!
