When I was flying out of Fort Bliss, it was not uncommon to have heavy's
shot approaches to Biggs Army Airfield only to go around and then land at El
Paso. The approach ends of both runways are only a mile apart. I do no of
one Delta flight that landed and had to turn around and take off again. I
also know of at least 4 C-130's that have landed at El Paso only to have to
take off again to come to Biggs. The problem here? Two differnet towers.

Fred


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Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, "Yossarian" said:

minutes later. Pretty minor I guess but I've never seen or heard of a
heavy
jet doing a go around. Must have freaked some of the passengers out!

On a 737 making a bad approach to the "alternate" MSP runway one night
- high, fast, too-tight base-to final turn ... I was *real* glad he
didn't try to salvage it. No announcement over the interconm, though.

Somewhat related, several years ago I watched a United 737 land at
SLC, taxi back, and take off again. Wrong airport? Weird to see it.