Flightradar - some poor passengers really aren't landing at Madeira at the moment

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2 landing attempts and still not down.

I think it's windy there

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how long has BA been trying to land now?

Currently texting with my mother who is in Madeira right now. She says it’s a little windy misty and rainy but not too bad. She also enjoys flight radar so is keeping an eye out!

Nearly 4,500 people watching it now!

Oh bless them on the BA flight. Looks like they’re off somewhere else now

Think the PXO one is going back home!

I do find the patterns interesting - and also how they get the flight paths so consistent for each turn

Two EasyJet and a Tui incoming from Tenerife.

EasyJet going straight past ….

Probably Porto Santo, or maybe Lisbon? I don't know why I'm guessing, I know nothing.

Right, SWT130 let's be seein' ya!

Edit: never mind, looks like they're returning to Porto Santo.

Are the EasyJet flights from Tenerife ones they were diverted there earlier? Just wondering if they’re full of passengers who’ve been stuck on there for hours flying between different islands

BA isn't gaining height though - does that mean it's just going back into that holding pattern?

Is BA in the hold again!!!!

Looks like it. Maybe the weather conditions are improving.

Son due to take off to Vancouver imminently from Heathrow. Am at work , so cannot keep looking at FR !!

Is British Airways still in a holding pattern? 3rd attempt? Crew must be desperate to finish their flight by now😂passengers and pets too.

Looks like PXO is back where it started from

Meanwhile...The US Navy are drawing Darth Vader masks over the Black Sea

Prob to Tenerife, where the passengers will hang around for another flight back to Madeira!

What a way to spend a holiday!!

I didn't tag @ASGIRC in with my further comment, but FWIW the official situation a while back, in 2017 from the Portuguese AIP (official source of info) for FNC was,.... and here comes the techie stuff:

Wind Limitations, When landing:

1. Maximum of two minutes mean Wind Speed Values indicated by the Touchdown anemometer: • In the sector 300° to 010° MAG (clockwise) - 15KT, with the maximum Wind Gust of 25KT. In the sector 020° to 040° MAG (clockwise) - 20KT, with the maximum Wind Gust of 30KT. In the sector 120° to 190° MAG (clockwise), and if Runway in use is 05 - 20KT with a maximum Wind Gust of 30KT, and if Runway in use is 23 - 15KT, subject also to maximum Wind Gust of 25KT as indicated by MID Anemometer.

2.Maximum of two minutes mean Wind Speed Values, including Gust indicated by the MID or ROSÁRIO Anemometers • In the Sector 200º to 230º MAG (clockwise) - 25KT.

So to cut to the chase when that lot was written while back in 2017 there was no blanket 15 knot limit but it is quite possible rules have changed so I'm ready to be corrected.

Looks like the EasyJet flight is going to give it a go, and the BA is going to try again behind it….

EasyJet looks the too high, wonder if BA will have another go first.

one morning on flight radar and I’m and expert 😂

We landed with EasyJet this time last year - on the second attempt. I found it quite exciting but I’m a FR fan!

This would be great in a pub.
Big screen, few drinks.

A potential drinking game!!

EasyJet way too high to be thinking about landing soon. Presume will circle for a while?