I know this is going to be a question that pops up, so I'll just leave this here now. What are reverse operations when talking about an airport? Airports have what are called "flows." And the flow, or traffic pattern, at an airport is determined by the wind. Aircraft always takeoff and land into the wind. This is done for safety reasons. Say an aircraft needs to be going 100 knots on approach, and let's say the wind is blowing directly down the runway at 20 knots. Because the aircraft if moving though the air and isn't touching the ground, when landing into the wind in this scenario, the aircraft only needs to be moving over the ground at 80 knots. Because the wind is already moving over the wings of the aircraft at 20 knots. So you takeoff and land into the wind because you can achieve the lift needed to stay aloft, while moving over the ground at a slower speed. Flip this example and land with the wind at your back, and you now need to be moving over the ground at 120 knots to achieve the same results. So it's safer to operate aircraft into a headwind as it allows them to fly at a slower ground speed. Now, at most airports around the world, the wind can change wildly throughout the year, or even throughout a single 24 hour period. This will cause the "flow" of the airport to switch directions as the winds swing from one direction to another. However, there are some airports, that because of their geographic location, have basically the same exact winds all year. Every day, every week, every month, the winds are constant from one direction. Kahului is one of those airports. Because of its positions and the Pacific Ocean trade winds, it is very rare for them to have winds blowing from the southwest. Every once in a while though, something called the Kona winds happens. The Kona winds is an unusual weather pattern that overtakes the Hawaiian islands and actually overpowers the typical Pacific trade winds. This causes the airports in Hawaii to abandon their typical flow. Leading them to have "reverse operations." Which, is what you're seeing here. On this particular day, the powerful Pacific Ocean trade winds were being overpowered, causing us to depart towards the west instead of towards the east like you normally would.
Great explanation of reverse ops and how Hawaii Airports adjust to Kona winds. This is great plane spotting weather in Honolulu as the reverse ops route has amazing views of planes landing at HNL. Happy New year!
Super awesome super amazing stunning footage views ! .. and another spectacular beautiful shooting filming travel trip reports and thanks again my friend ! ..
At the moment I don't have any plans to make a 2024 review video. Those videos take a LOT of time to make and I don't really have that kid of time right now with the trips I have coming up.
I literally googled this because of the crazy winds that we’ve been having in the U.S. and how been forcing not only airports like LAX/SFO/SAN to do reverse ops, but also the Hawaiian airports.
What's really unfortunate is that the weather systems that typically force LAX to switch to reverse ops are usually wet weather systems. Something they could really use right now.
Hey there, great video mate. Do you have any tips on getting high quality wing view videos? I dont have an expensive GoPro just my iphone camera but my wing view shots always look so grainy and low quality whilst yours look incredible
Well my friend, I don't really do anything too special. I've tried to perfect filming these videos in as high a quality as possible without having to use any type of professional or bulky gear. I film with everything with iPhones (currently 16 Pros, but 14 Pros before that). I film everything at 4K 60fps with full HDR enabled. And then I use the stereo audio setting instead of mono. Otherwise, that's it. I don't use GoPros anymore, so I can't help you there. I got rid of my GoPros years ago as I found them to really not stack up to what he iPhones offered as far as footage quality and clarity. So it's been so long since I used a GoPro I wouldn't be able to tell you how to set it up to get the same results. And then I hold the camera by hand. It's about as simple a setup as you can get haha. Then I edit everything in Final Cut Pro, but I really don't do much to the footage except stitch it altogether. Occasionally some small color correction has to be done as the iPhone sometimes wants to blow out he blues and greens. Especially when flying over water when pretty much the entire screen is blue. Regardless, I don't ever make any major changes to the footage in post. Hopefully that helps!
Great fly! "Rare Reverse Ops"... Yeah Atlanta airport doesn't do that where they takeoff/landing the same direction on the runway east or west depending on the time, and never does so called "Reverse Ops".
Well they do, it just might not be as rare as it is here. Which makes it not as interesting haha. Even airports that switch regularly are still going to have one way be more prevailing than the other. Like DFW may do south ops 60% of the year and north ops 40% of the year. That still makes their north ops their "reverse ops." I don't know what that is for Atlanta, but one of the two directions is going to be the less used, which makes it their "reverse ops." But again, airports like Atlanta and Dallas, and Chicago, etc. all switch their flows far more frequently than airports like Honolulu or Los Angeles, so it's not as exciting or unusual to see their reverse ops happening.
No.... Um... I honestly don't remember if this was a special flight in any way. I mean, it wasn't in the regular sense of it being like an inaugural flight or something like that. But that doesn't mean it wasn't a crew members final flight, or someone was getting married after the flight, or some reason like that. And I just don't remember if there was anything like that happening haha.
Airports have what are called "flows." And the flow, or traffic pattern, at an airport is determined by the wind. Aircraft always takeoff and land into the wind. This is done for safety reasons. Say an aircraft needs to be going 100 knots on approach, and let's say the wind is blowing directly down the runway at 20 knots. Because the aircraft if moving though the air and isn't touching the ground, when landing into the wind in this scenario, the aircraft only needs to be moving over the ground at 80 knots. Because the wind is already moving over the wings of the aircraft at 20 knots. So you takeoff and land into the wind because you can achieve the lift needed to stay aloft, while moving over the ground at a slower speed. Flip this example and land with the wind at your back, and you now need to be moving over the ground at 120 knots to achieve the same results. So it's safer to operate aircraft into a headwind as it allows them to fly at a slower ground speed. Now, at most airports around the world, the wind can change wildly throughout the year, or even throughout a single 24 hour period. This will cause the "flow" of the airport to switch directions as the winds swing from one direction to another. However, there are some airports, that because of their geographic location, have basically the same exact winds all year. Every day, every week, every month, the winds are constant from one direction. Honolulu is one of those airports. Because of its positions and the Pacific Ocean trade winds, it is very rare for them to have winds blowing from the southwest. Every once in a while though, something called the Kona winds happens. The Kona winds is an unusual weather pattern that overtakes the Hawaiian islands and actually overpowers the typical Pacific trade winds. This causes the airports in Hawaii to abandon their typical flow. Leading them to have "reverse operations." Which, is what you're seeing here. On this particular day, the powerful Pacific Ocean trade winds were being overpowered, causing us to depart towards the west instead of towards the east like you normally would.
![[4K] - Rare Reverse Ops Los Angeles Landing - Delta - Airbus A350-900 - LAX - N514DN - SCS 1288](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ol8NYyqZ9UU/mqdefault.jpg)
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![[4K] - Stunning Reverse Ops Maui Landing - Hawaiian - Boeing 717-200 - OGG - N489HA - SCS 1302](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tkcaBYK9vNw/mqdefault.jpg)
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I know this is going to be a question that pops up, so I'll just leave this here now. What are reverse operations when talking about an airport? Airports have what are called "flows." And the flow, or traffic pattern, at an airport is determined by the wind. Aircraft always takeoff and land into the wind. This is done for safety reasons. Say an aircraft needs to be going 100 knots on approach, and let's say the wind is blowing directly down the runway at 20 knots. Because the aircraft if moving though the air and isn't touching the ground, when landing into the wind in this scenario, the aircraft only needs to be moving over the ground at 80 knots. Because the wind is already moving over the wings of the aircraft at 20 knots. So you takeoff and land into the wind because you can achieve the lift needed to stay aloft, while moving over the ground at a slower speed. Flip this example and land with the wind at your back, and you now need to be moving over the ground at 120 knots to achieve the same results. So it's safer to operate aircraft into a headwind as it allows them to fly at a slower ground speed. Now, at most airports around the world, the wind can change wildly throughout the year, or even throughout a single 24 hour period. This will cause the "flow" of the airport to switch directions as the winds swing from one direction to another. However, there are some airports, that because of their geographic location, have basically the same exact winds all year. Every day, every week, every month, the winds are constant from one direction. Kahului is one of those airports. Because of its positions and the Pacific Ocean trade winds, it is very rare for them to have winds blowing from the southwest. Every once in a while though, something called the Kona winds happens. The Kona winds is an unusual weather pattern that overtakes the Hawaiian islands and actually overpowers the typical Pacific trade winds. This causes the airports in Hawaii to abandon their typical flow. Leading them to have "reverse operations." Which, is what you're seeing here. On this particular day, the powerful Pacific Ocean trade winds were being overpowered, causing us to depart towards the west instead of towards the east like you normally would.
Great explanation of reverse ops and how Hawaii Airports adjust to Kona winds. This is great plane spotting weather in Honolulu as the reverse ops route has amazing views of planes landing at HNL. Happy New year!
You are definitely one of the best wing-view channels out there
Great video Skylite Productions!!! Your view of the wing is AWESOME!!!🤩
Awesome landing into OGG.
Super awesome super amazing stunning footage views ! .. and another spectacular beautiful shooting filming travel trip reports and thanks again my friend ! ..
Amazing Video, Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it my friend! Thanks for watching!
Nice!!! love your content btw.
I'm glad you enjoy it my friend!
Wonderfully done
Nice landing SP good job 👍
Buttered that one for sure! Flown to OGG many times and never had this pleasure. Nice grab!
Thank you for the wonderful flight video.😆
My pleasure my friend!
Beautiful !
Great as always ! Will you make a 2024 review clip ?
At the moment I don't have any plans to make a 2024 review video. Those videos take a LOT of time to make and I don't really have that kid of time right now with the trips I have coming up.
You need a rare 19L landing video now
Ow wow, that’s neat.
Nice SP
I literally googled this because of the crazy winds that we’ve been having in the U.S. and how been forcing not only airports like LAX/SFO/SAN to do reverse ops, but also the Hawaiian airports.
What's really unfortunate is that the weather systems that typically force LAX to switch to reverse ops are usually wet weather systems. Something they could really use right now.
Hey there, great video mate. Do you have any tips on getting high quality wing view videos? I dont have an expensive GoPro just my iphone camera but my wing view shots always look so grainy and low quality whilst yours look incredible
Well my friend, I don't really do anything too special. I've tried to perfect filming these videos in as high a quality as possible without having to use any type of professional or bulky gear. I film with everything with iPhones (currently 16 Pros, but 14 Pros before that). I film everything at 4K 60fps with full HDR enabled. And then I use the stereo audio setting instead of mono. Otherwise, that's it. I don't use GoPros anymore, so I can't help you there. I got rid of my GoPros years ago as I found them to really not stack up to what he iPhones offered as far as footage quality and clarity. So it's been so long since I used a GoPro I wouldn't be able to tell you how to set it up to get the same results. And then I hold the camera by hand. It's about as simple a setup as you can get haha. Then I edit everything in Final Cut Pro, but I really don't do much to the footage except stitch it altogether. Occasionally some small color correction has to be done as the iPhone sometimes wants to blow out he blues and greens. Especially when flying over water when pretty much the entire screen is blue. Regardless, I don't ever make any major changes to the footage in post. Hopefully that helps!
@ Wow did not expect such a detailed answer haha, thank you!
@@crab1510 always happy to help my friend!
Skylite productions may you please make more flights at the airport of Corpus Christi I really want to see your plane up in the sky
At the moment I do not have any flights planned through CRP, but that could always change.
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Great fly! "Rare Reverse Ops"... Yeah Atlanta airport doesn't do that where they takeoff/landing the same direction on the runway east or west depending on the time, and never does so called "Reverse Ops".
Well they do, it just might not be as rare as it is here. Which makes it not as interesting haha. Even airports that switch regularly are still going to have one way be more prevailing than the other. Like DFW may do south ops 60% of the year and north ops 40% of the year. That still makes their north ops their "reverse ops." I don't know what that is for Atlanta, but one of the two directions is going to be the less used, which makes it their "reverse ops." But again, airports like Atlanta and Dallas, and Chicago, etc. all switch their flows far more frequently than airports like Honolulu or Los Angeles, so it's not as exciting or unusual to see their reverse ops happening.
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Clapping sound after landing - you have problems in flight??
No.... Um... I honestly don't remember if this was a special flight in any way. I mean, it wasn't in the regular sense of it being like an inaugural flight or something like that. But that doesn't mean it wasn't a crew members final flight, or someone was getting married after the flight, or some reason like that. And I just don't remember if there was anything like that happening haha.
I was wondering the same thing….
Probably cause it was a long flight into a wonderful destination and people were excited.
What us reverse ops
Airports have what are called "flows." And the flow, or traffic pattern, at an airport is determined by the wind. Aircraft always takeoff and land into the wind. This is done for safety reasons. Say an aircraft needs to be going 100 knots on approach, and let's say the wind is blowing directly down the runway at 20 knots. Because the aircraft if moving though the air and isn't touching the ground, when landing into the wind in this scenario, the aircraft only needs to be moving over the ground at 80 knots. Because the wind is already moving over the wings of the aircraft at 20 knots. So you takeoff and land into the wind because you can achieve the lift needed to stay aloft, while moving over the ground at a slower speed. Flip this example and land with the wind at your back, and you now need to be moving over the ground at 120 knots to achieve the same results. So it's safer to operate aircraft into a headwind as it allows them to fly at a slower ground speed. Now, at most airports around the world, the wind can change wildly throughout the year, or even throughout a single 24 hour period. This will cause the "flow" of the airport to switch directions as the winds swing from one direction to another. However, there are some airports, that because of their geographic location, have basically the same exact winds all year. Every day, every week, every month, the winds are constant from one direction. Honolulu is one of those airports. Because of its positions and the Pacific Ocean trade winds, it is very rare for them to have winds blowing from the southwest. Every once in a while though, something called the Kona winds happens. The Kona winds is an unusual weather pattern that overtakes the Hawaiian islands and actually overpowers the typical Pacific trade winds. This causes the airports in Hawaii to abandon their typical flow. Leading them to have "reverse operations." Which, is what you're seeing here. On this particular day, the powerful Pacific Ocean trade winds were being overpowered, causing us to depart towards the west instead of towards the east like you normally would.
@sla31 oh cool