Originally Posted by
MoZak18
There are a lot of small controlled airports out there (even some uncontrolled ones) that have an ILS serving only one runway. Let's say the minimums are low (right around 200 and 1/2) but the wind is favoring the opposite runway. To what extent (in terms of tailwind), considering the airplane being flown, would you try to negotiate with tower to push for a straight-in landing to get in, if at all? I am just curious what others out there would do in this situation, since it isn't really an uncommon scenario.
If only there was this thing, that maybe I could use to predict landing distance, corrected for variables like a tailwind or headwind..... Then if landing distance was greater than available ruwnway I could make an educated decision.
Anyone want to invent such a thing? We could call it something off the wall, like "landing performance chart". Or "distance". We'll discuss details later.