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Old 6th Jan 2020, 17:42
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Jim59
 
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At a commercial airport why would you land on the numbers when commercial aircraft land in the marked touchdown zone further up the runway?

Landing at a commercial airport in a Robin, with jet traffic behind, I asked the tower which exit whilst on long final (there were only two), he said second so I aimed to touch down nearly 3/4 of the way along the 5500' runway so I was at taxi speed well before the exit with about 1000' left 'in case' but minimised my runway occupancy time to a sensible amount. Seemed reasonable to me.
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