Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 minutes, achieve stable approach at 1,552 feet, cross the threshold at 44 feet, touch down 1,542 feet down the runway, and disconnect the autobrakes at 91 knots. For example, last week I flew a Boeing 737-900ER from Salt Lake City to Tampa, Florida.

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Pilot Knot Gross Weight Runway 110

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

I crossed the runway threshold at 70 mph and let a little more speed bleed off as I attempted to stay a few inches off the runway with the nosewheel slightly up. Combining that with the higher gross weight, I had trained in an airplane that rendered a very different experience, not preparing me for the first flight in a much faster airplane.

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Gross Weight Runway Crosswind Airplanes 65

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

With 10 passengers and luggage on board the airplane, it was well under gross weight, but it soon became apparent we could not out climb the ice buildup. They had moved to their strategic waiting position close to the landing runway threshold. Finally, out of the low cloud the airplane appeared from the east.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Aircraft Weight and Limitations An aircraft’s weight affects inertia and stopping distance. The POH lists landing distances for specific gross weights. Smaller aircraft may only have short field landing distances for maximum gross weight. The greater the mass of the aircraft, the longer the landing roll.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Density Altitude Descent 52