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I don't think I have ever seen planes on approach fly so low as I did today. I could only briefly see them flying through the low clouds. No clue on elevation, but at least half what they normally are.
Yeah, my understanding is that on days like today, rather than smoothly descending so they arrive at the correct altitude to shoot the approach at the point where they'll shoot the approach, ATC will direct them descend a little sooner, get under the clouds (mostly) then fly level so the pilots have good visibility of the airport and traffic around them for a few miles before final approach.
So they'll totally be lower further away from the airport than normal.
My favorite days (outbound passengers will disagree with me!) are when we get a good stiff breeze coming off the mountains, and we're restricted to "only" 2 runways can only land and depart to the west because the crosswind component is too high on the 4 N/S runways. I've seen departing planes stacked up 20 deep a couple times. Days like that really highlight just how incredibly efficient this airport is during normal operating weather.