AD - Landing Field Length

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Landing Field Length

The landing field length is defined by the Federal Air Regulations for
transport-category aircraft.

Briefly, the landing distance is measured, horizontally, from the point


at which the aircraft is 50 feet above the surface, in steady gliding
flight at an approach speed not less than 1.3 times the stalling speed,
to the point at which the aircraft is brought to a complete stop on a
hard, dry, smooth runway surface.

The FAR landing field length is obtained by dividing the measured


landing distance by 0.6 in order to account for the possibility of
variations in approach speed, touchdown point, and other deviations
from standard procedures.

A sketch depicting the FAR landing field length is shown in figure H.1.
The landing field length as defined in figure H.1 usually appears in
specifications for transport aircraft designed to the criteria of FAR part
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