Heraklion, Crete Island: Approach along the beaches and landing on runway 27. HER/LGIR. Cockpit view

Approach along the beautiful Crete shoreline and landing on runway 27 at Heraklion Nikos Kazantzakis international airport (HER/ LGIR), Crete Island, Greece. With ATC (air traffic control) audio. Cockpit view Airbus A320. Filmed in 4k.
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It shows an approach to Heraklion taped with 4 cameras with views inside and outside of the cockpit.
Due to the usual wind situation at Heraklion airport, runway 27 is the runway which is most of the time in use. The runway elevation is 81 feet and the runway shows up as situated on a steep rising rock in the water. This makes the landing a little challenging because shortly before you overfly the runway threshold, you are over water and your radio altitude is 200 feet, just moments later you are over the runway and your radio altimeter shows about 100 feet less. From the pilots perspective, it looks like landing on an aircraft carrier. This is also the reason because a harder than normal landing may happen at Heraklion more often than at the most other airports.
There is no precision approach, like an ILS (instrument landing system), available. Standard approach is the RNAV approach 27, which is based on GPS signals. If the weather permits, you also may be cleared for a visual approach. If the plane does not have a GPS on board available, it may fly a VOR approach, which is based on a VOR (VHF omnidirectional range) navaid located at the airport. .
After finishing the instrument part of the approach, a PAPI (precision approach path indicator) helps the pilots to stay on the right descent path. The PAPI at runway 27 guides the pilots on a 3.0 degrees glidepath to the runway, but the glide angle of the RNAV approach is 3.4 degrees. If a pilots wants to follow the PAPI after reaching the minimum descent altitude of 830 feet, he or she has first to increase the descent rate until seeing 2 red and 2 white lights on the PAPI indicator and then the descent rate needs to be reduced to follow the 3 degrees glide in accordance to the PAPI. The PAPI indicator is located on the left side of the runway.
Winds form southerly directions with more than 20 knots make the approach even more difficult: Due to the rising terrain south of the aerodrome, the wind may be very gusty and cause severe turbulence in this case.
The runway is 2714 meters long and 45 meters wide. This can accomodate almost every modern passenger plane.
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[@traveljourneysoftitu2054]

I am basically from India, living&working in Germany but I fall in Love with Greece❤🩵.... For the third time I am visiting this country, my most favourite, Vacation means for me Greece❤🩵

[@russ8544]

The music is a distraction

[@Phaistos]

In august we have been full 3 weeks on crete. Discovered the whole island. No clouds at all, clear blue sky the whole vacation. 😊

[@baleng1986]

If I wanted to hear music I would have chosen a music video. Part of the excitement of watching this kind of videos is because people want to hear the roar of the engines and all the background sounds at the cockpit (which they don't in this video). Sorry but fingers down from me and aa grade of 3/10.

[@manuelkimpel3788]

The view of this approach is just outstanding. If i were the pilot i would land there everytime :)

[@billelder4857]

Back in the stone ages, late 1970s, this was a routine stop for us in USAF AirEvac in the C-9A Nightingale. I loved this stop and many others in the area. But one day, we had a scary toward the town. Starting Takeoff roll from the cliff end we had a headwind, but by liftoff it was tailwind! It was CLOSE!😗 And we all could hear it in our voices and the tower controller’s voice! Don’t worry folks, there was nothing to see. 😎

[@johngourliemartin2696]

A very nice video, very professional flight crew, perhaps one day I will be allowed to have a holiday again in Crete, do not normally care for music but this one goes well with the video..

[@cedericocosantorini8013]

Best job in the world, seems to me.

[@graememcfee23]

the music ffs

[@techleg0]

i just landed there today and i am on vacation 😁

[@ViktorL2000]

At

[@xxspitsfirexx2010]

ive just got back from kato gouves and we used to watch the line up and gear lowering its so cool to see, from this view as you can see our hotel st Constantine and the Crete sea-life center

[@antoineinocencio8647]

Vacation in Crete last year. Wonderful memories on this island. New subscriber to your channel. Thanks for everything and keep going. An A320 french newbie flight simmer.

[@ASweetDoseofTeddy]

Wow it’s good I have watched this travel it reminds me of my experiences when there is no pandemic yet😊

[@danielmelendez9943]

I was just there last week, Crete is beautiful and loading off the plane, directly onto the tarmac was a great experience.

[@ItsmeAlexCrete]

Amazing video! Greetings from Rethymnon

[@pamelabewley1685]

Awesome video, love the music!

[@rrocketman]

Excellent

[@afroditim.421]

Ich wuchs dort auf, gerade in der Nähe. Ein schönes Video! Vielen Dank aus Berlin 😁 ich wünsche euch immer sichere Flüge Fly Safe 🌼

[@lozza7478]

really put me in holiday mood 😎