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Eboy
25th Aug 2016, 11:35
I'm just curious. Flying between the U.S. and Asia often takes me near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Wikipedia says it has Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (PKC), able to handle 707's. Could a 777 be landed there in an emergency?

XSBaggage
25th Aug 2016, 12:14
Yes, and not just in an emergency. Aeroflot operate a daily 777-300 service to Moscow SVO from PKC and Rossiya (well, they are part of Aeroflot too these days) use their 777-200s to Moscow VKO.

XSB

WHBM
27th Aug 2016, 22:13
Here's the airport on what looks like a pleasant summer's day with a Transaero 777 first in line and an Aeroflot one just visible beyond it

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky+Airport/@53.1690246,158.4245562,3a,60y,62.95h,88.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smV2rErT6BxF_LnpzMAV_UA!2e0!7i13312!8i665 6!4m5!3m4!1s0x58e195343e067f9f:0x63a3462995a4a82b!8m2!3d53.1 69366!4d158.4253998!6m1!1e1

Johnny F@rt Pants
28th Aug 2016, 17:10
C'mon!!

A simple search reveals a 3400 metre long runway, did you really need to ask?

Capot
1st Sep 2016, 17:35
To be fair, it's not just the runway that matters.You know, steps, other handling equipment, pavement category, RFFS category, all that stuff. But the question did seem to be about runway length alone; in a real "gotta get down NOW" emergency, of course, the runway is what counts.

Johnny F@rt Pants
1st Sep 2016, 18:48
Could a 777 be landed there in an emergency?

You know, steps, other handling equipment, pavement category, RFFS category, all that stuff.

In an emergency none of these count!

Rwy in Sight
2nd Sep 2016, 05:50
RFFS category,

I would have thought that in an emergency it does count the most after the Runway.

Johnny F@rt Pants
2nd Sep 2016, 09:05
Ok, I suppose then we have to start to not pick between different emergencies in that case.