The landing threshold is displaced, only 5800 feet available
and the ILS/GS will bring you down with only about 4600-4800
feet remaining. That will be reduced by the tailwind
extending the flare-touchdown. Then the stopping distance
will be increased by 50-200% because of the ice/snow.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Mike Schumann" wrote in
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| Landing in BOS in crummy conditions with a tailwind may be
OK due to longer
| runways. Landing with a 9 knot tailwind in a blizard with
fair to poor
| braking on a 6,500' runway was obviously not a good idea.
|
| Mike Schumann
|
| "beavis" wrote in message
| ...
| In article
et, Mike
| Schumann wrote:
|
| News reports say that the jet was landing with a tail
wind. Anyone know
| how
| much of a tailwind it was?
|
| I think the report was that it was around 7-8 knots of
tailwind.
|
| Why were they landing with a tailwind?
|
| Because the tower assigned it, and they accepted it.
The longer answer
| is that the other arrival interfered with O'Hare, and
requesting it
| guarantees you'll hold for at least 45 minutes, and
probably end up
| diverting because you don't have the fuel for that.
|
| I know, hindsight, but this happens at airports all the
time. It
| happens to me in BOS pretty regularly, because they can
pack more
| traffic in one way than the other. My airline can land
with up to 15
| knots of tailwind, if our landing data show we're within
weight limits
| for it.
|
|