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Old 21st Jan 2023, 05:55
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Originally Posted by Capn Bloggs
By my calculations, on that runway, with an assumed PAPI angle of 3° located at just under 287m (giving a MEHt of 49ft), the wheels will cross the fence at 12ft and touchdown, with no flare, at less than 50m in. And that is on 2W2R. That is why they install "big jet" PAPIs with a MEHt of around 65ft.
Per the AIP (EHAM AD 2.14 APPROACH AND RUNWAY LIGHTING), the MEHT for RW22 PAPI is 62ft.

https://eaip.lvnl.nl/2023-01-12-AIRA...dex-en-GB.html
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