May 11, 201313 yr I know that a one point in history 737-200 operated to and from PADU. Is that equivalent to the 737-600 NGX? And what should my load restrictions be? And other suggestions for larger planes to fly around the Aleutians?
May 11, 201313 yr Maybe a bit too large to be realistic, but still fun and quite a challenge, is the 752. The RWY is rather short, so you'll need max autobrakes and a very precise approach, you must not give away any inch of that runway with the 757! The 736 or 737 should definitely be able to land there, regarding the payload I can't really comment, but I'd say taking into account the size of the airport and the population (and the attractivity of the Aleutians as a holiday destination :rolleyes:) I don't think that any aircraft will carry more than half the maximum payload, most likely less. Florian
May 11, 201313 yr I'd say your 737-600 NGX with a Flaps 40 landing, and Autobreak High would do fine at Dutch Harbor! As you said, the Alaskan 732s used to fly in there no problem; I believe they used to carry enough fuel for a full return to PANC as an alternative too .... so they must have been landing at Dutch with some weight. Reference - Just Planes, Alaska Airlines 737-200 DVD.
May 12, 201313 yr Author Took a WestJet (wrong company I know, but better than Scandinavian....) 737-600 into PADU RW 30 last night. Not to hard actually. I'm going to try RW 12 and the 700 also.
May 12, 201313 yr Runway 12/30 Dimensions: 4100 x 100 ft. / 1250 x 30 m Surface: asphalt/grooved, in fair condition Weight bearing capacity: Single wheel: 60.0 Double tandem: 210.0 Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings. Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”
May 12, 201313 yr many of the runways in the Aleutians were made for B-52s to take off and land. Try PADK it's got a runway large enough to land the space shuttle (well almost) I've been there for real. "Why, he just jumped into the air and kept right on going."
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