John From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1367 posts, RR: 6 Posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1229 times:
I understand runway 16 was being used as the active quite a bit today, due to strong winds. It's quite short, 6,081 feet. It has a 500 foot displaced threshold for landing due to obstructions on approach and virtually no clear zone. To anyone who knows PVD, it's a rare treat to see the big jets landing on runway 16.
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7421 posts, RR: 9 Reply 1, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1197 times:
My dad flew into PVD, but they didnt use Runway 16, because they were to heavy. So they had to use Rwy 5. It was a DC-9-50
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John From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1367 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1183 times:
Burnsie, I've seen 757s land on 16, so a DC-9-50 is certainly NOT a problem. The wind direction may have changed by the time your father flew in. Did your dad fly in today?
RL757PVD From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 4537 posts, RR: 13 Reply 3, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1160 times:
Keep in mind that the 757 has much better performace off of short fields especially when compared to the DC-9!
Experience is what you get when what you thought would work out didn't!
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7421 posts, RR: 9 Reply 4, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1144 times:
Burnsie, I've seen 757s land on 16, so a DC-9-50 is certainly NOT a problem. The wind direction may have changed by the time your father flew in. Did your dad fly in today?
Yes he arrived PVD at 11:23a the day that you are talking about. I asked him when I saw this post if he landed on that runway, he said they were too heavy at the time to land on 16.
Equip was a DC-9-50
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
Airportugal310 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3109 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1125 times:
How does your father know that they were heavy? Unless the pilot came on and said something (which I doubt...what normal passenger would care) then I doubt that he could have known such information.
Unless he was the pilot. In that case, well....nuff said.
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