Originally Posted by
RAHPilot5
What is your procedure when a microburts is issued? How long must you stay on the ground before taking off?
I am asking because of the microbursts alerts issued out of Denver couple weeks ago and watching a Lynx plane takeoff on Runway 08 in the middle of the alerts.
Also to be fair, a United, SouthWest, and Frontier used Runway 08 for departure during the alerts. Everyone else on Tower freq declined to take off on Runway 08 or 17R and 17L. I was in shock as to why those 4 planes took off while multiple planes were going miss on runway 16R and 16L.
Thank you.
To actually answer your question, there is no set time limit. Obviously you cannot takeoff or land with the advisory in affect. Once the alert has ended, you may takeoff and land, but caution should be exercised. On the ATIS, the advisory stays for 20 minutes after it's ended, I believe. However as long as the alert is no longer in affect, you can takeoff and land. Remember, lawyers write the flight manuals, not pilots.