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Old 05-18-2012 | 03:03 PM
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MoZak18
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A lot of landing distance charts/tables for light aircraft don't even account for a tailwind. Either you have a table with 0, 5, 10, 15 mph etc headwind or a percentage correction factor to the distance that is only meant for a headwind. This is similar to the situation where you're taking off from airports in the mountains with density altitudes in excess of 8,000 ft or so. The takeoff distance chart typically only goes to 7,500ft or so DA. You can use those Koch charts or whatever in that case....but the moral of the story in either case is that you are venturing outside the numbers of the POH.

Yes, for larger aircraft you will typically have a chart as opposed to a table that can account for either a headwind or tailwind, but just because some aircraft have it available doesn't mean that all aircraft have it available. Then again, I'm assuming you were being serious. If you were being sarcastic, I recommend you take a look at some actual takeoff/landing distance charts for different aircraft.
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