Parallel LANDINGS!!! PRM and SOIA approaches! Explained by CAPTAIN JOE

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Dear friends and followers, welcome back to my channel and to a great video about, "How can it be that airplanes fly so close to each other and then land on parallel runways?" The procedure/technique I´ll be showing you today are the PRM and SOIA approaches. I admit the are fairly rare and only a few airport around the world have such approaches but they are definitely worth explaining as the videos some passengers have recorded from their seat look pretty daunting.

A PRM approach is more or less the same as a normal ILS approach, except that the landing runway has an adjacent parallel runway spaced only 3000-4300 feet apart. If you approach such an airport, you would listen to the ATIS beforehand and the ATIS will mention if PRM approaches are in operation. You as a pilot have to have special training within the simulator to be certified to fly such an approach. Then you read the "Attention to all users of PRM approach" chart. There is some key information listed on that chart, briefing you with the differences and facts about the PRM approach.
The most important item, in my opinion, is the dual VHF requirement. You aircraft has to have two functioning VHF radios. On set number one you dial in the tower frequency and on the second set you monitor/listen to the approach controller, and set the volume level accordingly.

But see more in the video!

Thank you very much for your time! I hope you enjoy this basic introduction video about PRM approaches!
Wishing you all the best!

Your "Captain" Joe

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[KenGrimm]

Great explanation, Joe. I am a software engineer; I helped to design the PRM system. Some interesting notes: The FAA never wanted PRM; it was driven by demand from airports and airlines. At SFO, the airport authority didn't want it, but one airline did want it, so that airline volunteered to pay for the entire installation. It was that airline whose senior pilots invented the SOIA procedure. It turns out that while it is very difficult for most pilots to learn to reliably fly PRM without forcing breakouts, most pilots master the SOIA procedure quickly and easily.

[spencercolgan]

Captain Joe, why don’t you do a video on your scariest flight.

[coreyhamura]

Hey Captain Joe, Ive only experienced this approach once. At the San Francisco Airport I was a passenger on the LDA Approach and I was sitting on the left side of the plane. It was such an exhilarating moment. The pilot let us know what was happening and you could hear the excitement in his voice. Best landing Experience I’ve ever had

[echorogue]

*break out manuever occurs

YouTubers:
I almost DIED in a PLANE CRASH!!! (Storytime)

[adamant]

I am a current ATC at Northern California TRACON and I actually work SFO arrivals. SOIA approaches are run less than 1% of the year at SFO. In the video with the 747 going around you are watching "Side By visuals" that are done in VMC conditions. The reason that the 747 is going around is because heavy jets cannot overtake other aircraft during these operations. All heavy jets are required to be on the ILS PRM to runway 28L during SOIA procedures as wake turbulence does not exist until the visual segment when it is then the pilot's responsibility to provide their own wake turbulence mitigation. If you have any other questions please let me know.

[gouravdey]

I must follow these guidelines while flying in the GTA V

[orbitalpotato]

Olympics new event announced:
*Synchronized landing*

[billnelson]

Fantastic video! I'm a retired controller from SFO, at the 8:00 point on the video, the breakout is actually a Boeing 737 being pulled off the approach to runway 28L. We never allowed heavy aircraft to fly the approach using side-bys (ie, Heavy Boeing 747 along side of a Heavy Boeing 767 etc). What has happened in the video is the Cathay "heavy" (Boeing 747) was overtaking a "large" (B-737) which is not allowed in wake turbulence separation rules. The safest thing to do when the 747 advises they cannot stay behind the 737 and will pass it, is to cancel the 737's approach clearance and bring them back for another try. We typically avoided pulling the widebody off the approach due to the fact they'll create additional wake turbulence issues and have typically already flown for 10-12 hours - we'd like to get them on the ground. Earlier in the video you'll see the Boeing 777 rolling out on 28R overtaking the regional jet on 28L... that's about as close at its ever allowed without someone being taken off the approach. Great video production, really enjoyed it!

[HFamilyDad]

I'm 51 and have been into aircraft all my life but never heard of this - thank you so much, you're never too old to learn something new!

[Bobo-bwuc]

Flying 750 feet close to each other
Person: that’s dangerous

Blue angels: flys 18inch close

[typografiti]

Hi Captain Joe, I'm not a pilot, but I am an aviation enthusiast. I love the way you speak and explain stuff. Watched all of your videos. Keep up the great work 👍

[pelleschwarzberg]

I was flying from Schiphol to Rome and I had a PRM approach. I saw that the A320 next to us was coming really close and seconds later we had a brake up procedure!

[krokodil]

I did experience brake up procedure...with my ex wife...

[jordank]

I'm super late, but my local airport (5 minutes from my house) KMSP has been doing PRM approaches since 1997!

[TheCreditShifu]

Cool info. But it is scary knowing how complicated and possibly risky it is, would prefer to sit in my seat as a passenger in ignorance!

[BrianJOlds]

Captain Joe is a true pilot at his core. It's cool to see how excited he got about his SOIA approach experience 😊

[yannickgeudens]

Hi Joe, great video again. Can you
make a video about cargo pilot VS passenger pilot or long haul pilot VS short and mid rage.

[joek]

SFO...my "Home Field" and I experience it all the time when coming home. It never gets old!

[MehulP]

Hope all is going well with your switch to Boeing!

[monkeman]

Captain Joe... I just want to say thank you. Because of this glorious channel I discovered to become an airline pilot. I thought about this before a couple times but then I said to myself that it's not what I want to do.
BUT
When I discovered this channel I thought about the whole thing. Now I see: It is just wonderful to fly and to sit in the cockpit while flying a whole plane! I think this will be my dream job.
Thank you for this channel and your videos.
Good luck and keep going!
Greetings from Germany