London City is 1199 metres long, and is constrained by road bridges at both ends.
If you want to try out the 5.5 degree approach path, Gloucester airport has some training PAPIs set at this angle for you to use. I think a 737 does not have a published procedure for such an approach (although I vaguely recall that the FAA in the US tried 5 degree approaches with 727s some years ago somewhere in scheduled service looking at the impact on noise). Apparently even with a 146 if you don't come over the top of the glidepath at the right speed it's difficult to get a stabilised approach even with engines at idle.
Last edited by WHBM; 23rd May 2004 at 09:35.