Density Altitude Gross Weight Jet 
Flying Magazine
JUNE 10, 2025
I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 minutes, covered 1,722 nm at an average ground speed of 511 knots, and burned 22,200 pounds of jet-A. For example, last week I flew a Boeing 737-900ER from Salt Lake City to Tampa, Florida. degrees per second, and lifted off at a pitch attitude of 6.5
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
The rich can dream of jets and warbirds. There were only five stall-related accidents, most on high density altitude takeoffs at or near gross weight. The rest of us fantasize about swinging a Piper Cherokee. Lets go back to that time in postwar GA when the sands shifted quickly.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
But I have maintained 5000 feet at 6000 pounds gross weight,” notes Ross. It was 87° F, a density altitude of 7300 feet and we ended up with four people, 120 gallons plus baggage, and we got off in 2400 feet with naturally aspirated engines. “We just fly the thing around at 1000 feet, so the ceiling, we don’t know.
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