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Beirut International NOTAM
Notam
Beirut International Airport Lebanon Airport To Reopen At 0430 Gmt Weather Clear, No Wind, Visibility 2 Miles In Smoke And Fire. Rwy 17-35 Normal Length 11,157 Ft. Current Length 24 Ft. Closed To All But Helicopters And Piper Cubs In A Headwind Rwy 3-21 Normal Length 12,815 Ft. Current Length 10,000 Ft See Note Note Clear Runway Length , 5 Sections Of 2000 Ft Each Pilots Urged To Avoid 50ft Dia. Craters At Turnoffs And Intersections Holes Can Be Avoided If On Rwy3 Apprch Pilots Swerve Left, Left, Right, Left And Turnoff On Grass Before Last Intersection. Avoid Mud, Taxiways And Shrapnel. Reverse For Rwy 21 Except To Watch For Unexploded Ordinance Before Second And Third Crater. Rwy 18-36 Normal Length 10,716 Ft Current Length, Now Two End To End 5000 Ft Rwys. Short Takeoff Procedures Recommended To Avoid New Anti Aircraft Gun And Personnel Located In The Crater At The Intesection. You Will Know It If You See Or Hit It. Stay To Left Or Right Of Craters, Depending On How Wide Your Landing Gear Is. Go Slowly Over Cracks In Concrete Higher Than 4 Inches. Avoid Airbus Protruding From Crater At The End Of Rwy 18, Engine Lying On South Side Of Rwy Is Available To Anyone Willing To Retrieve It. Only Taxiway A-c Intact, Use Grass, Avoid Mud. Explicitly Follow Hand Signals Of Ground Personnel With Automatic Weapons. . If Two Or More Follow Me Trucks Are In Front Of You Follow One With Biggest Gun, To Locate Terminal, Follow The Smoke. Do Not Confuse With Visible Flames, As That Is The Fuel Farm. Jet Bridges Closed Until Bodies Removed, Park Short , Army Trucks Will Pick Up Passengers And Luggage. Do Not Contact Tower, Which Is Inop Until Rebuilt, Or Another Radio Found. Electronic Navigation Aids Are Out Of Alignment And Should Not Be Used Unless Aircraft Is Equipped For Water Landing, Upon Gate Arrival Check Tires For Sharp Metal And Body Parts. Oh Yes, Almost Forgot, Announce Intentions Before Entering Pattern, Then Rock Wings, Flash Landing Lights And Sing The Lebanese National Anthem Over The Radio To Avoid Being Shot Down. Enjoy Your Stay In Beirut! |
For a second I thought this was for real. The Piper Cub in a headwind gives it away.
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MEA-Middle Eastern Airlines, a Lebanese national carrier, had a few A320s/330s still on the ramp at BEI when the Israelis bombed and cratered the runway. They got them out by taking off using the parallel taxiway, and then the Israeli Air Force came back the next day and bombed the taxiway. I saw a few of their planes in Larnaca, amazingly parked not too far away from El Al 757s.
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Originally Posted by Gordon C
Notam
Beirut International Airport Lebanon Airport To Reopen At 0430 Gmt Weather Clear, No Wind, Visibility 2 Miles In Smoke And Fire. Rwy 17-35 Normal Length 11,157 Ft. Current Length 24 Ft. Closed To All But Helicopters And Piper Cubs In A Headwind Rwy 3-21 Normal Length 12,815 Ft. Current Length 10,000 Ft See Note Note Clear Runway Length , 5 Sections Of 2000 Ft Each Pilots Urged To Avoid 50ft Dia. Craters At Turnoffs And Intersections Holes Can Be Avoided If On Rwy3 Apprch Pilots Swerve Left, Left, Right, Left And Turnoff On Grass Before Last Intersection. Avoid Mud, Taxiways And Shrapnel. Reverse For Rwy 21 Except To Watch For Unexploded Ordinance Before Second And Third Crater. Rwy 18-36 Normal Length 10,716 Ft Current Length, Now Two End To End 5000 Ft Rwys. Short Takeoff Procedures Recommended To Avoid New Anti Aircraft Gun And Personnel Located In The Crater At The Intesection. You Will Know It If You See Or Hit It. Stay To Left Or Right Of Craters, Depending On How Wide Your Landing Gear Is. Go Slowly Over Cracks In Concrete Higher Than 4 Inches. Avoid Airbus Protruding From Crater At The End Of Rwy 18, Engine Lying On South Side Of Rwy Is Available To Anyone Willing To Retrieve It. Only Taxiway A-c Intact, Use Grass, Avoid Mud. Explicitly Follow Hand Signals Of Ground Personnel With Automatic Weapons. . If Two Or More Follow Me Trucks Are In Front Of You Follow One With Biggest Gun, To Locate Terminal, Follow The Smoke. Do Not Confuse With Visible Flames, As That Is The Fuel Farm. Jet Bridges Closed Until Bodies Removed, Park Short , Army Trucks Will Pick Up Passengers And Luggage. Do Not Contact Tower, Which Is Inop Until Rebuilt, Or Another Radio Found. Electronic Navigation Aids Are Out Of Alignment And Should Not Be Used Unless Aircraft Is Equipped For Water Landing, Upon Gate Arrival Check Tires For Sharp Metal And Body Parts. Oh Yes, Almost Forgot, Announce Intentions Before Entering Pattern, Then Rock Wings, Flash Landing Lights And Sing The Lebanese National Anthem Over The Radio To Avoid Being Shot Down. Enjoy Your Stay In Beirut! |
It's an interesting NOTAM to say the least. Do you think it's real, or is it fake Flappy?
I'm not in the military, so I apologize for being on my own little planet ;) |
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