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To: Capt. Tom

No.

Runway length required for airline aircraft is a simple mathematical calculation.

How long required to reach Vmc (minimum controllable airspeed with one engine inoperable) and distance to reach that speed and abort and come to a full stop and remain on the runway.

The distances vary with field altitude, temperature, weight, runway gradient and wind direction/velocity.


60 posted on 03/13/2014 6:47:53 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: old curmudgeon
No. Runway length required for airline aircraft is a simple mathematical calculation.

We are not talking about theoretical safe lengths of runways for the safety and comfort of the flying public.
We are talking about how short a runway could be used to land or take off a 777. The big factor would be the pilots ability.
Some pilots would land or take off in a much shorter distance.

If you use a formula like you suggested, for a 777 the runway would probably be about 10,000 feet long. - tom

66 posted on 03/13/2014 7:04:33 PM PDT by Capt. Tom (Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
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To: old curmudgeon; Captain Tom

I fly commercial all the time. Once I took a military plane from ABQ to Holloman with a military pilot, and passenger comfort was not a concern. We jerked and jumped off the runway and began a tight turn almost immediately. It wa G force that Southwest would never have treated me to.


122 posted on 03/14/2014 7:41:36 AM PDT by DBrow
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