Old 09-27-2012 | 10:36 PM
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Never flown a PC12, but here are my thoughts:

The OP has a valid concern. If you look at his scenario, it's more than just a regular night landing. He's landing in the middle of the night (00:35 lcl) after a pretty long flight (4hr). He doesn't say if he's familiar with the airport or not.

It's all well and good to say use your eyes, but remember that lots of night time landings have gone wrong due to optical illusions, depth perception etc.

I see the different holes lining up in the cheese.

Are there any instrument approaches to RW14? At the end of the day though, I'd take the headwind.

Pretty good human factors question.
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