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Old 19th Oct 2007, 21:14
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BelArgUSA
 
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Short field 747 operations

1992 / Flew in and out of KSBA Santa Barbara, California with a 747-257 for maintenance C check and paint, a ACMI contract to Saudia by Air Atlanta. Runway was 5,900 feet long, sea level, light wind. I remember I stopped easy within 2/3rds of runway. Based on this, I would say ok to go to a 5,000 feet-long runway. Of course plane was empty and minimum fuel. Incidentally, we flew out of there with enough fuel to Newburgh, NY (4.5 hrs flight) on our way to Jeddah, again no payload.
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At light weight, flaps 30, a 747-200 is a "Vref+5" of some 128-130 KIAS. Autobrakes on MED, you can probably stop on about 3,000 feet of dry concrete, and still impress the folks by a smooth landing. My flying is just average, but as for landings, people say "looks like the guy has done this before...!!!"
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Not to impress you, it is not airmanship, these old 747s are nice landing birds...
Never had a bad one even with 6,000+ hrs in them...
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