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Boldpilot
Joined: 15 Dec 2006
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Location: Werribee ,YMAV/ YMML
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: Runway lengths |
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| Hi Guy's. How is the runway length calculated for landing and take-off distances and where in FS9 can the lengths be found for all aircraft . Or alternatively what is the rule of thumb. BP |
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DINGY
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Usually it is thus
A big heavy plane ---LONG Runway
A small light plane---SHORT Runway
Of course I am being scarastic here, but let me get serious
Manufactures of A/C in there design specs give tons of information relating to T/O runway lengths
Much information relates to Airport altitude--Temperture at time of T/O --density and of course wind direction and speed
They have charts dealing with all this and it must be followed to achieve a safe T/O
They give T/O distance to clear a 50 foot obstacle and much other info in there handbooks
I have not explored this T/O distance issue, however, I do believe if you GOOGLE a specific A/C type and ask for Specs of this A/C you will find a TON of information dealing with this subject
Happy Flying :D |
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DINGY
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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BD--a quick search for the 747 is illustrated below
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/707sec3.pdf |
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Cat1
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Location: KFTW (Meacham Intl, Ft. Worth)
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject: A different site... |
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A lot of information can be found on many different airframes here too...
http://www.risingup.com/planespecs/
Enjoy :)
Edit... I didn't answer your question BP, sorry.
Boldpilot wrote: where in FS9 can the lengths be found for all aircraft
If the airplane you are flying came with a knee board/checklist file it may be contained in this file. Some aircraft do not have these though. |
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Radioman
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Location: KLFT
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| A lot of it has to do with the thrust to weight ratio as well. I have routinely seen FedEx Airbus A300-B4-605R's taking off and landing in Baton Rouge using only two thirds the amount of runway that the much smaller Canadair Regional Jets use at that same airport. |
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Boldpilot
Joined: 15 Dec 2006
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Location: Werribee ,YMAV/ YMML
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject: Runway Lengths |
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Hi Guys ,Found a few aircraft Runway lengths to use for practical purposes ,from these examples it is no wonder that I ran off the end of the runway at Reykavic,Iceland .[BIRK] and into the sea when landing a heavy four engined aircraft. BP
Runway Length Requirements based on Maximum Allowable Gross Takeoff Weight
Runway Length (in feet)
Aircraft Type
0% gradient
0.2% gradient(a)
Aérospatiale/Aeritalia ATR-72
6,400
6,600
Airbus 320 (CFM56-5A1 engines)
10,100
10,400
Boeing 737-800 (CFM56-7B24 engines)
9,700
9,900
Boeing 767-200ER (PW4056 engines)
9,200
9,400
Canadair 200 LR (CF34-3B1 engines)
6,900
7,100
Canadair 700 ER (CF34-8C1 engines)
5,600
5,800
Canadair 900 (CF34-8C5 engines)
6,800
7,000
Embraer 145
6,900
7,100
Embraer 120 Brasilia (PW118 engines)
5,400
5,600
Learjet 30 series business jet
5,550
5,700 |
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