Sometimes it pays to sit on the right side of the plane into NationalSubmitted by mister_meeseeeks t3_zvge71 in washingtondc
PinheadtheCenobite t1_j1q4y4u wrote
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This is a relatively common approach when you're flying in from the Northeast (Philadelphia, JFK, Laguardia, Boston, Providence, Hartford, etc.). Flights are landing and taking off from Reagan on runway 1 as the wind is out of the north/northwest/northeast - much more common in fall and winter.
Aircraft continue south past DC, and depending on the flight patterns, traffic, and congestion, will do a 180 degree turn to line up with the main runway - sometimes as quick as the Wilson Bridge and sometimes as far south as La Plata. Fort Washington is a very common turn point.
This is known as the "CLIPR2" approach.
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