Pilots POV | Boeing 737 landing in Funchal Madeira Airport LPMA

In this video you get to join me in the cockpit of the Boeing 737 and see what it's like to land in Madeira from the Pilots point of view (POV).
Landing in Funchal Madeira (LPMA / FNC) is no small task.
It is probably one of the most difficult airports to land at with an airliner.
This landing was my first time experiencing the approach from the first officer seat.
Approach and landing in Funchal has to be done by the captain since there is special training required to be allowed to land at Madeira Airport.
The visual approach is flown manually and is quite demanding since you encounter strong winds coming over the island.

This Video is a few years old when I was still flying the Boeing 737 for an other airline.

As always sit back and enjoy!

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[Baybay_]

Currently in Flight school at a university. I watch vids like this to prepare for what is to come. Thank you for sharing your experience 💯

[TJ_GAming]

Being a passenger to Funchal is just incredible, really shows the skills of the pilots who fly you there, everything I've gone I've never even noticed the crosswinds, but I know how hard the approach is

[yigitatli]

I respect the pilot who flies with his tie on

[LuxPlanes]

Fun to see a 737 video, a330 is awesome but 737 is my favorite :) cool video!

[alexguerra]

My favourite landing to do on flight sim. Great video!!

[GrayMatter]

Flown into FNC several times now, including once with winds very close to the limit. That time, we had to divert to PXO for more fuel after holding for ages. Credit to the pilot for getting us down safely (few others made it that day).

[Peakersosorry]

Wow what a hand book approach and landing, crossing threshold at 50ft is very perfect.❤❤

[SWAFanPilot]

Looks incredible. Currently a student pilot at 15 and I can't wait to fly a 737 one day. Also, I appreciate the 60FPS video.

[philiphookham]

Hi Pascal, I've tried to land at Funchal with a very strong cross wind a couple of times on my flight simulator (MSFS with VR headset) and found that the turbulence over the runway is really tricky to handle. It's great to see how to do it properly for real. Nice landing !

[fourthnebula]

Another amazing one pascal. Thank you!

[yukiina]

Outstanding flight! this airport is really difficult to landing

[bobflyman]

Amazing to see a video of you landing in Madeira. I sailed my little 30 foot lyacht from the UK to the Caribbean in 1992 and one of my stops en route before the Canary Islands and our Atlantic crossing was Madeira. We approached in thick overcast weather. I had no idea there was an airport perched up there on the island until as we approached we saw or heard an airliner approach to land and then with a roar of the engines do a go around. 😮 . Since those sailing days and 70, 000 miles logged I got into flying and have 600 hours now. Only paragliding and paramotoring, but flying is flying! 😊

[jorisev]

I was on a flight to Funchal last year when there were severe winds coming from the worst possible direction. On the approach, just before the right turn, we actually turned left because there was too much wind. Everyone was disappointed, but after that manoeuvre the plane suddenly went through what I'm guessing was wind shear, because the plane felt like it dropped very quickly for just a few seconds. That was a good indicator that it was indeed not safe to land at that time :-p Landed on Porto Santo to refuel, had 1 more failed attempt in Funchal, and then flew back to Lisbon where we got stuck for 2 nights before finally making it to Funchal. Fun times!

[kapivitek]

Wow very good landing from the captain!

[Contentibus]

Wow that looked to be butter 🧈 well done sir !

[mccloysong]

Beautifully done. I try this in X-Plane 11 sim often and it's a challenge since the first half of the runway is uphill, so your flare has to be a slight climb to not bang it in.

[GuyCian]

love the Vids Pascal, You are my favorite aviation youtuber and one day i hopefully become a pilot myself. Keep up the awesome work

[Jack]

Finally! New video from our favorite captain❤️

[raphi]

Wow nice Approch with the YC kn Funchal. I think its sad that you arent flying for TUI anymore, i would love to see more of your 737 Landings and this Landing was butter smoth

[Discover]

Thanks for always giving us Such an Detailed look into the Pilots Life. Amazing Video as Always Pascal!