Скачать или смотреть Compilation of San Francisco Airport Very Rare Windy landings on runways 01 30DEC2014

Landings on the 01s at SFO are extremely rare, and when they do happen, usually 1-3 times every 2 years, it is usually only a few planes that fly the approach making it hard to set up and photograph. On 12/30/2014, SFO and Millbrae experienced the windiest day in over 30 years, and it happened to be in just the right direction to force SFO to land on the 01s. It was the first time in a decade that the 01s were used for landing for more than a few hours, on this day they were in use from late-morning until the middle of the night(only the 2nd time I've ever seen planes landing on the 01s at 2 or 3AM!). There is no precision approach for the "circle to land runway 1R/1L", pilots fly the ILS down 28R, break away 2.5 miles to the runway on a visual circling approach to fly a traffic pattern and land at SFO. With the rising terrain, SFO gets constant low aircraft alerts and every pilot flies the approach very different with some hugging US-101 and El Camino Real while others go all the way out to Crystal Springs. What a show it is, must be similar to the old days of Kai Tak.

I am a photographer first, so I took way more photos than videos. I included photos in this video, but mostly those of aircraft I videotaped. I will soon release a second video of landing on the 01s which will be a photo slideshow from 2007-2014. At the time of filming, I had a crappy lens with no image stabilization and shot with a heavy Canon 7D so I apologize for the quality.

Footage of planes landing on the 01s is very, very rare. I hope you guys enjoy it!