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EHM-1001 Robert:
I was always curious about departure times in the timetable. Are those desired local takeoff times, or taxiing times?

EHM-1077 Emanuele:
I believe they are take-off and
landing Zulu Times.

Manu

EHM-1034 Kris:
I'm curious about when you need to start your engines if you want to take-off on time. For instance, my first flight yesterday, yipee, from EHAM to EHBK I started the engines of the Dornier 10 minutes before I was supposed to take-off, but I could take of nearly 10 minutes after the listed take-off time. Is there some sort of "rule" here, or do you have to find out for yourself?

EHM-0962 Zhen Yi:
as manu have said those times are take off and landing times in zulu, and pilots should try their best to stick to it (i think)

EHM-1001 Robert:
OK, if it is takeoff time then the situation is more difficult. On big airports the taxiing takes 10-15 minutes, and you can never know how much plane will waiting for takeoff at the end of the active runway.

I used to ENTER the game 15 minutes before the given time. It is enough for preparation and the "life starts" also on the airport, planes start moving. At the given time, I shut the doors and start the engines. Now it seems I have to start engines 5-20 minutes before the listed time according to the airport size...

I thought the times are given from the passangers side: they have to know when boarding is finished and when the plane leaves the gate.

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