OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IS WORRYING

The environment conditions in the area of operations are often more significant than operational safety itself ...

• Critical Diversion Airports on the optimum Winter track :

Yakutsk : Minimum winter temperature: - 75°F

Petropavlovsk & Magadan : closed for 20-26 days per year; 23-33% probability of closure in December; Not open 24h per day...

Shemya: No firefighting equipment Adak: Runway sank into permafrost in 1998 Cold Bay: No regular weather Data review; flight planning impossible...; King Salmon : No regular weather data review, volcanic activity...

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