Extremely Turbulent Approach and Landing on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 in Denver Colorado
A crazy bumpy approach into Denver DEN on a Southwest Boeing 737-700 ex Alaska Airlines plane.
Let me know in the comments which part of this video is your favorite!
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0:00 Approach South of Denver
5:00 Approach over Denver Suburbs
7:20 Worst Turbulence
11:10 Base Turn
12:15 Turn to Final
14:00 Final Approach
15:50 Windy Landing
17:00 Taxi In
This video was shot with amazing stabilization and color from my iPhone 12 Pro Max.
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Yes it can be those rocky mountains, sometimes on final descent, windy conditions. Those pilots do a great job.
@RyanVince
2 жыл бұрын
DEN gets all sorts of crazy weather
@radfem2010
Жыл бұрын
@@RyanVince Yeah used to fly into Stapleton from Col Springs a lot in high school. Always something happening no matter the season!
@michaelklein2921
4 ай бұрын
@@RyanVinceI’ve had turbulence into Denver even on the nice days.
You ain’t kidding! Seems to be the norm for Denver. Well done, thanks for the upload 👍🏻
@RyanVince
3 жыл бұрын
It was quite the ride. Felt like I was in one of the smaller planes I fly not an airliner with all the bumps!
Great Video!
@RyanVince
5 ай бұрын
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Make sure to check out my other videos too.
What an excellent view of the wing.
@RyanVince
6 ай бұрын
I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
God’s earth is absolutely beautiful!🥰
Flew in and out of Stapleton only but it was most often quite windy. Used to do between Denver and Colorado Springs including on Rocky Mountain Airways (usually a Twin Otter). Could feel the turbulance and ears popping on the descent. Nice landing. Those longer runways at Denver International must come in handy.
@RyanVince
10 ай бұрын
Stapleton was even worse than the relocated airport!
I live in florida and flew to denver last month. Starred out the window at colorado, amazed that eastern half is flat and western half is mountains. Kansas looked entirely flat flying across. 😊
@RyanVince
9 ай бұрын
Colorado has such a variety of terrain from rolling hills of the plains to arid almost desert to the south and then the mountains from lush trees in the north to very rocky in the south
Bumpy ride for sure but crystal clear video and audio. Some of the sky videography was stunning. Great job!
@RyanVince
3 жыл бұрын
It was a great approach!
For DEN standards, that was actually not too bad. It can be much worse approaching from the west over the mountains. Then it's a roller coaster ride! Nice video!
@RyanVince
3 жыл бұрын
I'd say this was a roller coaster ride, in the bumps you were just held into your seat by the belt and stuff that wasn't secured went flying.
@joelt4416
3 жыл бұрын
@@RyanVince can you direct me more or less where on the video I can see this? I honestly couldn't find it.
@RyanVince
3 жыл бұрын
Go to the beginning of the Severe Turbulence section around 7:20 in. Unfortunately the image stabilization on my phone is almost too good but you can see the times it does rattle pretty good and the stabilization couldn’t keep up, was basically because I was floating in my seat and the camera went for a bit of a ride
I watch for flaps starting down. Im 70 and renred cessna 150's and 152's for 45 years. They are fun when its bumpy. 😊
This was my experience flying out of Denver to Vegas last Sunday afternoon.
@RyanVince
Жыл бұрын
Its always bumpy here!
Imagine a natural bathroom hand dryer of the earth. Denver is the hands the mountains are that dryer. Its constant wind trying to spread out. When your pilot banks he or she is cutting that wind up for easier decent
There's just certain airports you should expect to get your butt kicked when flying into. Denver is certainly one of them especially if it's a windy day! I love it! PHX on a really hot summer day has some crazy convection (imagine that)
@RyanVince
8 ай бұрын
Denver is always a crazy airport!
@paaat001
6 ай бұрын
Albuquerque is no slouch either.
I kept waiting for the extreme turbulence to show up, but I must've blinked and missed it.
@RyanVince
6 ай бұрын
“Extremely Turbulent” is what the title says, not extreme turbulence. Extreme would result in the aircraft needing inspections for damage
I am sorry for that experience, it did look uncomfortable.
Denver is notorious for turbulence. If you fly into or out of DEN, expect turbulence.
Some pockets of moderate bumps. Good video, though.
@RyanVince
Жыл бұрын
Denver is always bumpy!
Gotta love rotor winds from those mountains. In a C172 this is much much freakier. I would kill to fly an airliner through this crap, us small guys get it rough! Lol!
@RyanVince
3 жыл бұрын
I'd say this was on par with some good Colorado moderate in a small GA plane, the stabilization made it smoother!
I kept watching for the "extreme turbulence" that never came. Must be a first time nervous flyer or something.
@RyanVince
3 жыл бұрын
It's labeled in the video. Unfortunately the image stabilization made look a lot better than it was.
@divineknowledge4607
3 жыл бұрын
@@RyanVince gotcha. That makes sense now. My Samson phone would be bouncing around like it was in a popcorn maker 😂.
philly was some of the worst turblance i ever felt in a landing ,, UGHHH
Normal for any plane ascending and descending. Lighter the plane the more movement obviously. Looked like a beautiful day to fly into Denver. Estimated 80% of people have not flown in their lifetime. That’s unreal. Try to enjoy it.
@RyanVince
10 ай бұрын
Turbulence like that is not normal for aircraft. This particular day there was mountain wave off the Rockies
@sknight8621
6 ай бұрын
@@RyanVincethat was very light to light turbulence, it's extremely common especially in that area of the SW USA
I love my flight a bit bumpy
@RyanVince
2 жыл бұрын
It was quite the bumpy approach into DEN
Den, PHX, LAS, ABQ, PSP, etc. expect a few bumps approach or climb out. Chill, you’ll be there shortly.
@RyanVince
6 ай бұрын
DEN is the worst for turbulence. It’s always fun to get bounced around though!
That wasn't severe turbulence, that was moderate - severe turbulence is defined as momentary loss of aircraft control and requires a maintenance inspection of the aircraft right after landing to check for structural damage.
@RyanVince
8 ай бұрын
Where in the video is it listed as Severe, I don’t think I state anything other than it’s extremely turbulent?
@jamesbabbath5306
8 ай бұрын
@@RyanVince it's in the chapter title
@RyanVince
8 ай бұрын
Unless I’m totally missing something, all I see is “Worst Turbulence” at 7:20
Where were you flying from
@cannedplacebo3198
2 жыл бұрын
This flight was flying from Cancun, Mexico.
@RyanVince
2 жыл бұрын
As the other user said, this plane was inbound from CUN
Where were you flying from?
@lizmontana9177
3 жыл бұрын
I have lived in Denver for fifty years and I have never had one smooth flight in and out of there. LOL and of course I'm already really afraid of flying. I only fly two or three times a year, that's about all I can handle. LOL
@Omi-ub3cu
Жыл бұрын
Do you know when is better to fly into Denver to avoid turbulence? I know early mornings are best, how about the time of the year? I need to see family in Denver, but I can’t take those landing approaches.. I’m too anxious. Im willing to drive 8 hours from Salt Lake City in order to avoid this.
@EliteGamer_HD
11 ай бұрын
@@Omi-ub3cuId suggest you go at night. Less TURB then. Mid day during the summer has thermals that create a bit of bumps. WInter is best if you want to fly during the day.
I hate to say it, but for Denver flying, that was about normal. Maybe slightly worse, but not much. We're just used to it...
@RyanVince
Ай бұрын
I fly into Denver all the time, that was by far the worst I have experienced in hundreds of flights
its denver tho so im not surprised
@RyanVince
Жыл бұрын
It's always bumpy in Denver
Hey, can you get a Recording of Metra 104 Horn And Bell City Of Chicago For Trainz? anyways, Nice video!
What do you mean, "extremely turbulent"? Just a smooth landing here in Florida.
@RyanVince
10 ай бұрын
Did you watch the section of the approach where it was labeled for turbulence. That day the bumps were caused by mountain wave and gusty low level winds
God what a horrible airport! They put it in the absolute worst possible location for turbulent winds coming over the mountains and diving down to the surface. And there is STILL, 30 years later, not a damn thing anywhere near it. They closed a perfectly good airport 10 miles from downtown to build this monstrosity!
@RyanVince
3 ай бұрын
First off, the old Stapleton airport was worse for winds compared to the current Denver airport. Secondly, have you been to DEN lately, there’s houses and shops and everything else near the airport. It is absolutely not in the middle of nowhere anymore
Figures, I new it would be Denver before I even looked. Consistently the worst city to land into in the entire US. Another reason I hate living in Denver. Even though there were some bumps towards the end that is a completely normal Denver landing
@RyanVince
8 ай бұрын
Denver is always bumpy but that’s what makes it fun!
Looks like light chop with a few moderate bumps
Cue the screaming child 🙄
@RyanVince
6 ай бұрын
It’s a given no matter how hard you try to avoid them
@avalon1108
6 ай бұрын
@@RyanVince 😣
Thank you for the upload. I hate to say this but that isn't an extremely turbulent or "crazy bumpy" approach. I do respect your thoughts on this but this flight here would honestly be considered fairly low chop or turbulence. My family and I fly probably 10 times a year and I can't remember many times where (anywhere) there wasn't some light chop either during takeoff or landing. I've been on a few flights where moderate and reasonably serious turbulence (not severe) occurred and I can tell that this isn't at all what that is. You'll know it when you come across it, believe me. But you know what, even on those few rare occasions, the pilots and plane had no problem simply bringing us through it. It was no big deal at all.
That turbulence wasn't that bad...moderate at best.
Where'd you fly in from? They're talking about border patrol and shit in there.
@RyanVince
2 жыл бұрын
Cancun!
@marktwain3531
2 жыл бұрын
@@RyanVince Oh, that makes sense.
I take it you’ve never flown into Denver before. Almost Every takeoff and landing is turbulent but this is nowhere near extreme
@RyanVince
26 күн бұрын
Denver is my home airport. Of the hundreds of flights in and out of DEN that approach was hands down the worst
Typical Denver, bro. Nothing to worry about.
Turbulence? You don't know what turbulence is... 😅
@RyanVince
Жыл бұрын
Oh I’m sure I do with the number of broken iPad screens I’ve ended up with while flying
@Sontus718
Жыл бұрын
OK, if you say so... I was only commenting on what I see in the video - I guess it looks different when you sit in the front left seat...