Originally Posted by
waito
Yes, it was a Flaps Up Landing.
I wonder what the Groundspeed was - especially in Denver!! Anybody to retrieve Vref? What was the winds and temperatures at that time?
Just looked at the QRH performance, for a 65000KG (143000lbs) landing, trailing edge flaps up and no reversers, Max Manual brakes, I came up with a distance of just over 5000’, roughly half the landing distance available.
VREF 40 at 65T is around 140kts and the checklist suggests VREF 40+ 40kts for trailing edge flaps up (180kts) or 55kts for all flaps up. So flying plus 5kts gives a rather tasty 200kts approach speed!
(Just figures based on a nearly max weight landing without knowing any details other than looking up Denver and seeing it is 5500’ ish elevation.)
EDIT: Figures are for a 737-800, 15*, at home base which is 680’ elevation. So speeds for Denver will be even higher, probably!
My figures for All Flaps up landing, Max manual braking come to just over 6000’.