Biggest AC, Smallest Airfield
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Biggest AC, Smallest Airfield
Was watching an A321 climbing out of BHD today and just wondered if anyone has any other good examples of large AC utilizing Airports with small apron areas taxiways etc.
I suppose Eiliat would be another good example.
I suppose Eiliat would be another good example.
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Hello,
Im learning to fly from Stapleford aerodrome and the biggest a/c operating is a B200 Kingair and our runway is half asphalt and half grass more or less... 1077m x 46m ( 600m x 18m asphalt )
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Im learning to fly from Stapleford aerodrome and the biggest a/c operating is a B200 Kingair and our runway is half asphalt and half grass more or less... 1077m x 46m ( 600m x 18m asphalt )
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Aberdeen:- Alitalia cargo 747 touch and go last year. LTU A330-300 2 years ago. BA 777 2 years ago (Tony coming in from D.C enroute to Balmoral) and Sultan of Brunei in his wife's (apparently) A340 few years ago. All very impressive to watch on a 6001 foot runway!!!
one thing I have noticed here though is that every aircraft taking off does so in a normal distance, with the exception of Ryanair's -200's which rotate around the glidepath antenna for opposite runway
1000foot remaining and looks very low over the road...
one thing I have noticed here though is that every aircraft taking off does so in a normal distance, with the exception of Ryanair's -200's which rotate around the glidepath antenna for opposite runway
1000foot remaining and looks very low over the road...
....have watched BY 757's being planted firmly on the piano keys at SOU(thampton) a few times. A 757 (private) has also been to Guernsey ( 
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Many years ago (late '70's IIRC), a BA L1011 was operated to Jersey, to clear a backlog of earlier fogbound pax. An L1011 also made it in and out of Southend (late 90's?) for storage.
During Farnborough Airshow weeks, I've seen Falcon 50, 900, 2000, CL601 and ATR72 at Blackbushe (1200m approx).
Oh, and a C130 on the grass at Middle Wallop.
)Many years ago (late '70's IIRC), a BA L1011 was operated to Jersey, to clear a backlog of earlier fogbound pax. An L1011 also made it in and out of Southend (late 90's?) for storage.
During Farnborough Airshow weeks, I've seen Falcon 50, 900, 2000, CL601 and ATR72 at Blackbushe (1200m approx).
Oh, and a C130 on the grass at Middle Wallop.
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747 lands at Rand Airport
The runway used was 1660m x 15m. There's some superb photo's on the thread.
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Stoney X
The runway used was 1660m x 15m. There's some superb photo's on the thread.
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I regularly used to land the C130 on grass strips of less than 2000ft (600m) - and take off again! And we didn't need the 40kts wind-over-deck that the C130 on Forrestal did, though that was an amazing achievement.
All things are relative,
I once landed a microlight on a strip owned and operated exclusively by a model flying club. I was the first manned aircraft they'd ever had.
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I once landed a microlight on a strip owned and operated exclusively by a model flying club. I was the first manned aircraft they'd ever had.
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And what about the Vulcan the military diverted into Sunderland Airport before they built the car factory.
Recall it had something like 2,500' of runway, had to take the Vulcan out by road, in pieces!
Recall it had something like 2,500' of runway, had to take the Vulcan out by road, in pieces!
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I can personally attest that you can get a Boeing 727 in and out of astonishing short runways with a fairly decent load. The biggest problem faced when operating on short runways is the load bearing capacity of the runway due to very high footprint of the 72.
Continental Airlines has or had a regular scheduled run in a Boeing 727 somewhere in the Pacific on a runway that was only 4,000 feet. Eastern Airlines operated a 727-200 in and out of Key West, Florida (KEYW) and that runway is 4,800 feet.
Continental Airlines has or had a regular scheduled run in a Boeing 727 somewhere in the Pacific on a runway that was only 4,000 feet. Eastern Airlines operated a 727-200 in and out of Key West, Florida (KEYW) and that runway is 4,800 feet.