Visual approach along the beaches and landing of Eurowings Flight 9670 on runway 27 at Heraklion (Iraklion) Nikos Kazantzakis International airport (HER/ LGIR), Crete Island, Greece. Airbus A320 pilots at work. Produced in 4k with 4 cameras. Includes great beach and cockpit / pilot views. With cockpit and air traffic control (ATC) audio and ATIS (automatic terminal information service).
Flight number and ATC callsign is Eurowings 9670.
During the approach, the video shows Marina Port Gouves at 02:43; Vathianos Kampos Beach at 03:41; Minoan Yard at 03:55; Arena Beach at 04:00; Tobruk Beach at 04:38; Amnissos Beach at 04:44; Xenia Beach at 04:51 and Karteros Beach at 05:07
It is always special to fly to Heraklion airport: Nice views during the approach and a runway like an aircraft carrier. The approach is over water and the runway elevation is 81 feet.
Runway 27 has no instrument landing system. Usually a GPS based RNAV approach is flown or, if the weather is good, a visual approach. For the vertical guidance during the visual approach or during the final part of the GPS/RNAV approach, a PAPI (precision approach path indicator) is installed on the left side close to the runway. In the video, you can see this system. If the plane is on a 3 degree slope to the runway, it shows 2 red and 2 white lights. If it is a little lower, it shows 3 red lights and a white. And if the plane is much lower, it shows 4 red lights. The system is similar for being higher: 3 white lights mean slightly higher than the 3 degrees and 4 white means too high.
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Contents of the video:
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - ATIS audio (automatic terminal information service)
00:53 - Switchover from Heraklion approach to tower control
01:44 - Flaps are set to position 1
01:55 - Auto callout "2500"
02:05 - Landing clearance received from Heraklion tower
02:15 - Autopilot and Flightdirectors are switched off
02:31 - Extension of landing gear and flaps to position 2
02:42 - Approaching the shoreline for great views of nice beaches
03:02 - Flaps are extended to position 3
03:12 - Flaps are extended to position full as final landing configuration
03:18 - Landing checklist
03:27 - Check of altitude in accordance to distance to runway
03:32 - PAPI runway indicator shows 2 white, 2 red (on path)
03:50 - Autothrust is switched off
03:57 - "1000" auto call out
04:36 - First officer announces wind indication
05:09 - Countdown to landing: 200, 100, 50, 40, 30, 20 ...
05:15 - Overflying the threshold of runway 27
05:22 - Smooth touchdown on runway 27
05:43 - Passing 70 knots during deceleration on runway
05:55 - Changing from tower to ground control
06:05 - Leaving runway and receiving taxi instructions to parking position
07:30 - Start of turn into parking position
08:49 - Arriving at parking position / parking brake on
09:12 - parking checklist
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