Originally Posted by
CBreezy
I flew the E145. The Vref at Max landing weight was 128 for flaps 45. That puts ref at 123-126 for normal landing weights. So, like I said, in the mid-120s. O'Hare is full of 145s and there isn't a single problem there with spacing.
Maybe they've gotten used to it and spaced accordingly then. At busy airports lately though (last couple years for sure) it seem like min ("visual") spacing on final is rapidly becoming the norm, to the point where not making the expected turn off is a likely go-around. We'll see. Like I said, its nothing insurmountable by any means. But its still a pretty big difference to throw tons of flights a day into an airport like ATL with that big a difference. Easily mitigated by ATC spacing, but will they be proactive and do it?