Narrative:

I was the flying pilot. We were planning for ILS straight in approach. We made contact with the final approach controller; he told us that the ATIS information was changed. We picked up the new ATIS and we found out that [the airport] went from a straight in approach; to an ILS approach to circle to land! That is a highly unusual configuration for [this airport]. The ATIS indicated that the runway was now closed. Having flown in and out of [this airport] for the past 18 years and being based there; I am very familiar with [the airports] peculiarities. The winds were highly favoring a straight in approach to runway 04; they were 05 at 18 knots. For runway 13; that is pretty stiff x-wind. After completing this hellacious maneuver and trying to line up the aircraft with runway 13 while winds were blowing from the northeast at night I was faced with a cloud of blowing dust from the construction crew that was cutting concrete; with one of those huge concrete cutting wheels; next to runway 22/04; by the approach end of runway 22. At the most critical point of landing; I lost complete sight of the end of the runway and I relied completely on 'seat of the pants' flying to x-wind land the aircraft onto runway 13. I was so upset that the airport completely bypassed the curfew and started such kind of construction during regular operation hours. After exiting the runway; I instructed my first officer to ask the ground controller for the tower supervisor's phone number. They gave it to us. After parking the aircraft; we secured the airplane and we called it a night. I called the tower supervisor and I strongly expressed my dissatisfaction with their way of handling the entire thing. I asked him why they decided to start this kind of construction that early and jeopardize the arrival of all those flights. I told him about the horrendous landing conditions that the construction workers were creating. He apologized and told me that it wasn't because of them; but; it was the [city's] fault. He asked me if I wanted to talk with them and I said yes. I mentioned the fact that I understand that everyone has to do their job; but safety should be the number one priority. He agreed!after I got done talking to him; I called [the city]. I spoke with a supervisor. I explained again who I am and what transpired. She said that because of last week's bad weather; they were behind on schedule and since the flight schedule was 'lighter'; they decided to start construction [earlier]. I told her that this imposed a big safety risk on arriving flights; especially when we had to deal with a cloud of dust right in the touch down zone of runway 13. She apologized and she said that she'll file a report. I told her that I would do the same. In my opinion; last night; could easily had an aircraft running off the runway with the landing conditions they created. Extremely poor management and handling by the [city] and the fact that ATC accepted it made things even worse.safety should never be compromised; because the [city] is behind construction schedule.

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Title: An A319 Captain reported landing while a construction crew was working on an adjacent runway; creating so much dust that it created visibility issues for the active runway.

Narrative: I was the flying pilot. We were planning for ILS straight in approach. We made contact with the final approach controller; he told us that the ATIS information was changed. We picked up the new ATIS and we found out that [the airport] went from a straight in approach; to an ILS approach to circle to land! That is a highly unusual configuration for [this airport]. The ATIS indicated that the runway was now closed. Having flown in and out of [this airport] for the past 18 years and being based there; I am very familiar with [the airports] peculiarities. The winds were highly favoring a straight in approach to runway 04; they were 05 at 18 knots. For runway 13; that is pretty stiff x-wind. After completing this hellacious maneuver and trying to line up the aircraft with runway 13 while winds were blowing from the NE at night I was faced with a cloud of blowing dust from the construction crew that was cutting concrete; with one of those huge concrete cutting wheels; next to runway 22/04; by the approach end of runway 22. At the most critical point of landing; I lost complete sight of the end of the runway and I relied completely on 'seat of the pants' flying to x-wind land the aircraft onto runway 13. I was so upset that the airport completely bypassed the curfew and started such kind of construction during regular operation hours. After exiting the runway; I instructed my First Officer to ask the Ground controller for the Tower supervisor's phone number. They gave it to us. After parking the aircraft; we secured the airplane and we called it a night. I called the tower supervisor and I strongly expressed my dissatisfaction with their way of handling the entire thing. I asked him why they decided to start this kind of construction that early and jeopardize the arrival of all those flights. I told him about the horrendous landing conditions that the construction workers were creating. He apologized and told me that it wasn't because of them; but; it was the [city's] fault. He asked me if I wanted to talk with them and I said yes. I mentioned the fact that I understand that everyone has to do their job; but safety should be the number one priority. He agreed!After I got done talking to him; I called [the city]. I spoke with a supervisor. I explained again who I am and what transpired. She said that because of last week's bad weather; they were behind on schedule and since the flight schedule was 'lighter'; they decided to start construction [earlier]. I told her that this imposed a big safety risk on arriving flights; especially when we had to deal with a cloud of dust right in the touch down zone of runway 13. She apologized and she said that she'll file a report. I told her that I would do the same. In my opinion; last night; could easily had an aircraft running off the runway with the landing conditions they created. Extremely poor management and handling by the [city] and the fact that ATC accepted it made things even worse.Safety should never be compromised; because the [city] is behind construction schedule.

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