09-28-2023Quote:
Theres another piece to it however. If you fk it up, the end of runway 32 seamlessly goes into a parking pad of stressed concrete that will support an airplane, hence being a parking pad. You have an insurance policy of about 600 feet of extra pavement after the end of the runway if you over run it. Tower only opens the runway when there is no aircraft parked there. You don’t want to count on it obviously but it’s there.
look at a google maps image of the runway and you’ll see what I mean.
Can you reach out to the POI and ask him how he feels about what you just said and report back, Like how like a "parking pad" at the end of the runway is an insurance policy. 32 also has yellow chevrons before the threshold of runway 32... Why not just land way back there for insurance reasons... or maybe we can use the green painted pavement at the end of runway 27, for insurance.. or EMAS at the end of 4L...Originally Posted by avi8orco
Exactly what I said….Runway 32 is 5000 feet long, all of it is available for legal landing distance calculation. Therefore as long as the plane is capable, as in aerodata minimum runway length is less than 5000 feet, you should be able to land and stop in xxx configuration with 15% buffer added on the actual runway surface. It is short by airliner standard but the 190 is completely capable in most cases, and apparently now the 220 is also, to legally use that landing distance.Theres another piece to it however. If you fk it up, the end of runway 32 seamlessly goes into a parking pad of stressed concrete that will support an airplane, hence being a parking pad. You have an insurance policy of about 600 feet of extra pavement after the end of the runway if you over run it. Tower only opens the runway when there is no aircraft parked there. You don’t want to count on it obviously but it’s there.
look at a google maps image of the runway and you’ll see what I mean.
I guess as long as you brief it its all good... We only have 5000' but if I mess it up I also have another 600' or parking area I can use...
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