Yes, East Ops at KSAN is quite the rarity. For those in the know, 27 at SAN does have the LOC, but with few clouds at 500 and ceiling of 600 - 800OVC, you wouldn't break out in time to avoid the tops of downtown Sandy Eggo.
But if landing 9 and departing 27, it's very akin to noise abatement (suicide) ops at LAX after midnight local, where they arrive on the 6s and depart the 25s.
That, let alone east ops or noise abatement procedures in general for SoCal is quite the good listen.
BL.
I've seen much written about how pilots do not like landing at LAX from the west after midnight, or during storms etc...
But, as I am not a pilot, what exactly makes it more difficult? Seems to me that around the country there are loads of airports with normal operations that take you over the water, short final, or departure.
SFO,OAK,JFK,LGA,BOS, etc...
They all have runways MUCH closer to water then at LAX.
Is it because of the infrequency of use at LAX ? or is it something different?
Rob