“Al - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 24, 2003 Wind and ice affect landings NOT EVEN the airport’s new instrument landing system (ILS) was able to help several Air Canada Jazz Nights land here last month and this month, While pilots of the company’s Bae-146 four-engine jets could use the ILS to bring down their aircrafi to landing height in inclement weather, a brisk tail wind meant they had to circle to land from the other direction. “When you're coming in at 100 knots, let's say, you don’t want a tailwind of 25 knots. What you want to do is circle around and land into the wind,” explained air- port manager Laurie. Brown. But on these ‘occasions, the clouds were too low to allow for the aircraft to-safely circle around, so the land- ings were called off, he said. ; The Bae-146 is a larger plane than the Dash 8 Jazz was flying here until the beginning of November. Not only is the Bae-146 heavier; it doesn't have the kind of braking system to allow it to safely stop on the runway if there is a significant tail wind. Landing into the wind helps slow an aircraft down, reducing brake wear and the runway distance that is needed. “With the Dash 8 you wouldn't have a problem, but with the Bae-146 you would,” said Brown. As it is, Bae-146s have gone off:the runway here twice in past years. Having room for larger aircraft to slow down is one Teason airport officials are going ahead with plans to lengthen the 6,000 foot runway by 1,500 feet. “You need more runway to slow down,” said Brown. How slippery the runway is in winter was also raised by Brown as a reason to lengthen it, “Even if there is not a tailwind, and if there is not good friction, they will go elsewhere.” he said of aircraft. Airport workers conduct tests of the runway in the winter to determine how slick the surface is. 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