Piedmont short runway
05-13-2015, 05:24 AM
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Piedmont short runway
I used to fly a dash and knew it can stop quickly but never flew the -200 and -300.
In Boston yesterday I believe it was a -200 flew the ILS 27 transition to 33R. 33R is only 2557' long and it got me thinking..what is the shortest you can accept? I can't imagine finding a much shorter runway than that out in the system.
In Boston yesterday I believe it was a -200 flew the ILS 27 transition to 33R. 33R is only 2557' long and it got me thinking..what is the shortest you can accept? I can't imagine finding a much shorter runway than that out in the system.
05-13-2015, 06:07 AM
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Hey we land the C-17 in 3500 no problem all the time! And it's empty weight is 288K add some fuel and cargo and you're at 400K landing on a 3500ft runway...but really we only use like 2000 for landing and 1500-2000 for takeoff. In fact in Iraq we would often be off the ground at 370K in 1500ft.
05-13-2015, 06:21 AM
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It was cool to see. I know I could stop the dash and my current plane on that runway in an emergency but we wouldn't have the opspecs or data to even legally attempt it. The -400 had awesome brakes but even that I don't recall us doing under 4000'.
It was funny, the female on the radio had a strong accent and kept saying 34R, after correcting her 3 times the controller gave up.
It was funny, the female on the radio had a strong accent and kept saying 34R, after correcting her 3 times the controller gave up.
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