XPMORTEN:
MD80 Takeoff field length charts give (if I understand them right
);
Required available field length of about
9300 feet (2800m)
Gross weight of 69T,
Temp 30C,
Elev 2000'
Flap 15+Slat,
7 kt tailwind,
slight uphill,
Thats about 64% of the available runway at Madrid.
XPM
Just been reading an article on the Madrid crash in the "Sunday Times" which suggests that the crew may have failed to select the slats/flaps before commencing their T/O run. Highly unlikely, I know, but if this did happen, how much more runway would have been required for an MD80 to reach a safe T/O velocity?